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Archives for August 2014

TV
5 reasons Masters of Sex is such a mess5 reasons Masters of Sex is such a mess
TV

This episode just confirms that the show has lost its way in season two. Can it find its way back?

By Emily St. James
Culture
Boyz II Men and Oasis likely wouldn’t chart todayBoyz II Men and Oasis likely wouldn’t chart today
Culture

These groups represent a time in music that no longer exists: When bands that would play to small niches today used to play to everyone who loved music.

By Kelsey McKinney
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Stop making high school students wake up so earlyStop making high school students wake up so early
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Starting school before 8 a.m. doesn’t make medical or academic sense.

By Libby Nelson
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Full-time work doesn’t mean 40 hours per weekFull-time work doesn’t mean 40 hours per week
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40 percent of the US’s full-time workers report that a typical week means 50 or more working hours

By Danielle Kurtzleben
Social Policy
5 reasons politics doesn’t fix inequality5 reasons politics doesn’t fix inequality
Social Policy

It’s much more complicated than a lack of information

By Sean McElwee
Natural Disasters
Photos from Iceland’s latest volcanic eruptionPhotos from Iceland’s latest volcanic eruption
Natural Disasters

The lava fountains have reached as high as 200 feet in the air.

By Brad Plumer
Religion
The most important sentence in Putin’s new speechThe most important sentence in Putin’s new speech
Religion

“The Russian and Ukrainian peoples are practically one single people” — yikes.

By Max Fisher
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Russia’s army gets even more brazen about UkraineRussia’s army gets even more brazen about Ukraine
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A Russian tank was spotted with “For Donbas” painted on the side. That’s the region Putin insists he is not invading.

By Max Fisher
Culture
Celebrate the long weekend with this playlistCelebrate the long weekend with this playlist
Culture

You don’t have to work. Listen to music.

By Kelsey McKinney
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Why no one will call Russia’s invasion an invasionWhy no one will call Russia’s invasion an invasion
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Will avoiding the I-word make it easier for Putin to withdraw from Ukraine?

By Max Fisher
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Russia keeps violating Finnish airspaceRussia keeps violating Finnish airspace
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Is it time for Finland to join NATO?

By Matthew Yglesias
Movies
New horror film As Above, So Below: see or skip?New horror film As Above, So Below: see or skip?
Movies

The movie has some effective, unsettling images, but it’s also got an essentially meaningless story.

By Emily St. James
Neuroscience
The science of boosting memoryThe science of boosting memory
Neuroscience

Researchers are hard at working trying to figure out how memory works, and they have some tantalizing clues.

By Susannah Locke
Binge-watch some of 2014’s best TV so far
Culture

Watch these shows over your long weekend — or any other weekends in your foreseeable future.

By Alex Abad-Santos, Emily St. James and 1 more
Police Violence
Abuse is taken seriously when it’s caught on tapeAbuse is taken seriously when it’s caught on tape
Police Violence

It takes “overwhelming evidence” to get the public outraged over abuse — but more and more, incidents get caught on tape

By Dara Lind