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Archives for October 2014

Congress
The bigger spender wins congressional races 91 percent of the timeThe bigger spender wins congressional races 91 percent of the time
Congress

There are a lot of reasons — incumbents raise more and get reelected more, for one — but the money can’t hurt.

By Anand Katakam
Syria
ISIS just pulled off its first carbombing with a stolen American HumveeISIS just pulled off its first carbombing with a stolen American Humvee
Syria

The Humvees we sent to protect Iraqis against terrorist bombings have now become terrorist bombs themselves.

By Max Fisher
Health Care
Obamacare requires you to have health insurance. Here’s how that works.Obamacare requires you to have health insurance. Here’s how that works.
Health Care

The individual mandate is the least popular and most controversial part of Obamacare — and it’s a policy that’s absolutely necessary to making the health reform law work.

archives
Data shows newspaper endorsements can actually make a differenceData shows newspaper endorsements can actually make a difference
archives

The effect of endorsements on election results is modest, but real.

By Dylan Matthews
Health
Ebola will make Americans more xenophobicEbola will make Americans more xenophobic
Health

How fears of disease change people’s politics.

By Ezra Klein
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This photo of Kim Jong Un looks like a still from a Wes Anderson movieThis photo of Kim Jong Un looks like a still from a Wes Anderson movie
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Plus bonus photo of Kim inspecting a pink teacup.

By Max Fisher
Movies
Loved Book of Life? Then you need to see this short film by its director.Loved Book of Life? Then you need to see this short film by its director.
Movies

Jorge R. Gutierrez won a student Emmy in 2001 for Carmelo.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Health
“I want to be treated with compassion and humanity”: quarantined Ebola nurse speaks out“I want to be treated with compassion and humanity”: quarantined Ebola nurse speaks out
Health

The nurse will be released from the hospital, but she’ll remain under a mandatory quarantine order until she leaves New Jersey.

By German Lopez
Congress
The GOP has a 68 percent chance of taking the SenateThe GOP has a 68 percent chance of taking the Senate
Congress

Polls favor them in most key races, but Georgia could be a complication.

By Andrew Prokop
archives
“I already bought you”: the slave-like conditions in the UAE“I already bought you”: the slave-like conditions in the UAE
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Many of the women who travel to the UAE to become domestic workers are horribly abused by their employers and recruiting agents.

By Amanda Taub
Culture
With 1989, Taylor Swift succeeds where Garth Brooks failed 14 years agoWith 1989, Taylor Swift succeeds where Garth Brooks failed 14 years ago
Culture

A few days before Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, another country star snagged his first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Country chart.

By Kelsey McKinney
Education
The case against senior year of high schoolThe case against senior year of high school
Education

If students started earning college credits earlier, maybe everybody would be better off.

By Libby Nelson
Marijuana Legalization
“More weed, less war”: The new conservative dark money gambit to win the Senate“More weed, less war”: The new conservative dark money gambit to win the Senate
Marijuana Legalization

New ads try to convince young voters to vote libertarian.

By Andrew Prokop
Health
Fear, not Ebola itself, is the biggest threat to West Africa’s fragile economiesFear, not Ebola itself, is the biggest threat to West Africa’s fragile economies
Health

A deadly disease not only keeps people from work because of illness; it keeps people from investing in other countries

By Danielle Kurtzleben
Health
Returning Ebola workers shouldn’t be treated like “criminals and prisoners”Returning Ebola workers shouldn’t be treated like “criminals and prisoners”
Health

Quarantines may sound nice, but they involve mistreatment of heroic health workers.

By Sarah Kliff