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Archives for October 2014

Labor
A really simple guide to Brazil’s presidential electionA really simple guide to Brazil’s presidential election
Labor

Here’s what you need to know about who’s running, why it matters, and what to watch for.

By Zack Beauchamp
Culture
3 ways this election could transform money in politics3 ways this election could transform money in politics
Culture

Money matters for elections, of course, but this election also matters for campaign finance.

By New America Foundation Weekly Wonk
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Mindy Kaling got mistaken for Malala Yousafzai at the New Yorker festivalMindy Kaling got mistaken for Malala Yousafzai at the New Yorker festival
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“Did he really think I’m Malala? And that if I were, I’d be at the Boom Boom Room?”

By Max Fisher
Police Violence
Amnesty International finds “human rights abuses” in Ferguson, MissouriAmnesty International finds “human rights abuses” in Ferguson, Missouri
Police Violence

The organization’s damning report outlines several problems.

By German Lopez
Technology
How copyright law gives Amazon too much power over the book industryHow copyright law gives Amazon too much power over the book industry
Technology

The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act make sit hard to compete with Amazon in the e-book business.

By Timothy B. Lee
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There’s a new Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a fake phoneThere’s a new Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a fake phone
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“Phone addiction is real.”

By Brandon Ambrosino
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Vox Sentences: The ridiculous New York City Ebola freakoutVox Sentences: The ridiculous New York City Ebola freakout
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Ebola reaches Mali and New York City — guess which gets more attention?

By Dylan Matthews
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We still judge Monica Lewinsky more harshly than Bill Clinton, and it’s not okayWe still judge Monica Lewinsky more harshly than Bill Clinton, and it’s not okay
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Their differing treatment for the same offense is both unfair and illogical.

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
Labor
One chart that explains why the recovery doesn’t feel like a recoveryOne chart that explains why the recovery doesn’t feel like a recovery
Labor

Paychecks are growing. Sort of.

By Danielle Kurtzleben
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The New York Ebola patient is a hero. Stop criticizing his bowling trip.The New York Ebola patient is a hero. Stop criticizing his bowling trip.
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If the cost of treating infectious diseases was to give up everything else you love in life, no doctors would treat infectious diseases, and we would all be at much greater risk.

By Sarah Kliff
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Election forecasters now give Democrats a slight edge in GeorgiaElection forecasters now give Democrats a slight edge in Georgia
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Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has criticized her opponent’s business record.

By Andrew Prokop
Neuroscience
Some of psychology’s most influential studies were also completely unethicalSome of psychology’s most influential studies were also completely unethical
Neuroscience

Researchers trained a baby to fear harmless objects. And that’s not all.

By Susannah Locke
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Look at this photo and tell me immigration laws are justLook at this photo and tell me immigration laws are just
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Global poverty could be over if rich countries stopped policing their borders.

By Dylan Matthews
Culture
Laggies is the anti-Eat, Pray, LoveLaggies is the anti-Eat, Pray, Love
Culture

Calling director Lynn Shelton’s Laggies a female slacker movie might be selling it short.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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Rand Paul just gave one of the most important foreign policy speeches in decadesRand Paul just gave one of the most important foreign policy speeches in decades
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Paul is signaling that, when he runs for president in 2016, he isn’t going to move toward the Republican foreign policy consensus; he’s going to run at it, with a battering ram.

By Zack Beauchamp