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Archives for October 2014

Health Care
7 Democrats have a plan to make Obamacare cheaper. Here’s how.7 Democrats have a plan to make Obamacare cheaper. Here’s how.
Health Care

The plan could bring premiums down — but there’s a big catch.

By Ezra Klein
Neuroscience
One in five vegetative patients might be conscious. Can we talk to them?One in five vegetative patients might be conscious. Can we talk to them?
Neuroscience

Researchers have been using brain scans to try to listen to their thoughts.

By Susannah Locke
archives
How Kentucky became a rare Common Core success storyHow Kentucky became a rare Common Core success story
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The state was the first to jump on the bandwagon for the new standards, and has had better luck than other states.

By Libby Nelson
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Annie Lennox is singing about lynching, but she doesn’t want to talk about itAnnie Lennox is singing about lynching, but she doesn’t want to talk about it
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The singer was happy to do a cover of “Strange Fruit,” but scared to say what the song was actually about.

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
Health
Why is Ebola less deadly in America than in Africa?Why is Ebola less deadly in America than in Africa?
Health

When the virus met modern medicine, nearly everyone survived.

By Julia Belluz
Science of Everyday Life
This is why flying on a plane makes you feel terribleThis is why flying on a plane makes you feel terrible
Science of Everyday Life

It turns out that sitting in a small, pressurized metal tube at 35,000 feet for several hours wreaks havoc on your body.

By Joseph Stromberg
2016 Presidential Election
2014’s best conspiracy theory: Chris Christie is trying to make Scott Walker lose2014’s best conspiracy theory: Chris Christie is trying to make Scott Walker lose
2016 Presidential Election

Some Wisconsin Republicans think Christie wants to knock off a 2016 rival.

By Andrew Prokop
Health
3 reasons public health experts think Ebola quarantines are a terrible idea3 reasons public health experts think Ebola quarantines are a terrible idea
Health

Quarantining returning Ebola workers “is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer.”

By Sarah Kliff
From World War I to Rand Paul: The rise and fall and rise of America’s anti-war right
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An interview with Daniel McCarthy, editor of The American Conservative, on the history behind Rand Paul’s worldview.

By Zack Beauchamp
Video
Why an Ebola travel ban is a bad idea, explained in 2 minutesWhy an Ebola travel ban is a bad idea, explained in 2 minutes
Play
Video

The only way to prevent Ebola’s spread is to help beat it in West Africa.

By Ezra Klein
Climate
5 products you probably buy that are quietly driving human rights abuses5 products you probably buy that are quietly driving human rights abuses
Climate

These five common consumer products have demonstrated connections to serious human rights abuses. That illustrates a major point of tension between modern capitalism and human rights.

By Zack Beauchamp
Culture
Remember the Taylor Swift/screaming goat mashup? Here’s a new one from “1989”Remember the Taylor Swift/screaming goat mashup? Here’s a new one from “1989”
Culture

All You Had To Do Was [Scream].

By Alisha Ramos
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Vox Sentences: New York and New Jersey’s awful quarantine policy is showing some cracksVox Sentences: New York and New Jersey’s awful quarantine policy is showing some cracks
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New York and New Jersey team up to punish people risking their lives to fight Ebola in West Africa.

By Dylan Matthews
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Everything you need to know about Detroit’s bankruptcyEverything you need to know about Detroit’s bankruptcy
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Vox explains the biggest municipal bankruptcy in US history

Health
Why fear is trumping science when it comes to EbolaWhy fear is trumping science when it comes to Ebola