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Look Back in Anger: Abuse Claims, Pension Strikes, Talkative Robots

Skimm This

theSkimm

News

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A handful of states are passing laws to help victims of child sexual abuse seek justice. We’ll explain why one new law in New Jersey could end up helping victims across the country. Meanwhile, French workers took to the streets to protest a proposed change to the pension system. We’ll connect the dots between France’s recent history of protests and how this new one is playing out. Also on today’s show: the positives and negatives of negative interest rates, and a rebooted robot returns to space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, December 5th.

0:03.1

Welcome to Schim this.

0:04.2

We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why

0:07.9

they matter.

0:08.9

Today, states across the country are passing laws to help victims of child sexual abuse

0:14.0

seek justice.

0:15.0

We'll tell you why one new law in New Jersey could end up helping victims across the country.

0:20.8

Then you may have heard of the yellow best protests in France.

0:24.0

But have you heard of the pension plan protests?

0:26.9

Trust us, there are huge deals.

0:28.8

And finally, an AI-powered robot gets a second chance.

0:33.0

We're here to make your evening smarter.

0:34.9

Let's skim this.

0:39.2

Today's episode is brought to you by Skylight Frame, the gift that thousands of moms call

0:43.8

the best gift ever.

0:48.3

The most complicated story today is about justice for victims of child sexual abuse.

0:53.6

Even though it seems like this should be a very straightforward thing to achieve, it

0:57.2

can take decades for victims to realize what happened to them and or to choose to speak

1:02.1

up about it.

1:03.1

But even then, statute of limitations laws can make it really hard to seek justice.

1:08.8

Over the last year, a number of states have implemented new ways to make it easier for

1:13.0

victims to have their day in court.

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