Lake Mead’s Vanishing Water, School Paddling, Screen Time Science & Police Surveillance | TMI Ep 446

Lake Mead’s disappearing water is exposing decades-old secrets, corporal punishment is still legal in American schools, new research challenges assumptions about children and screen time, and a major investigation raises troubling questions about police access to nationwide surveillance technology.On today's TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan...Lake Mead has lost an astonishing amount of water, and the receding shoreline is once again revealing human remains. But behind the grisly discovery is a much larger story about drought, evaporation, heat, snowpack and just how dramatically America’s largest reservoir has changed.Think paddling students disappeared generations ago? Not quite. Corporal punishment remains legal in public schools in 15 states, and thousands of American children are still subjected to it. We look at where the practice remains, who is most affected and why medical experts continue to push back.Parents have been warned for years that screens are rotting children’s brains, but a new eight-year study suggests the reality may be considerably more nuanced. Researchers found an unexpected relationship between screen use and cognitive performance — with some important caveats.And finally, automated license-plate cameras are giving police unprecedented power to track vehicles across America. A Washington Post investigation found some officers allegedly used that access for very personal reasons — while their own departments apparently had no idea.Join The TMI Show LIVE Mon-Fri at 10am ET