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Archives for September 2014

Health Care
How to rearrange your environment to lose weightHow to rearrange your environment to lose weight
Health Care

“It’s easier to become slim by design than slim by will power,” says Brian Wansink in a Q&A.

By Julia Belluz
Health
A short visual history of the Ebola epidemicA short visual history of the Ebola epidemic
Health

The Ebola outbreak has reached an unprecedented number of victims in the history of the disease.

By Anand Katakam
Culture
A great cast can’t save Madam SecretaryA great cast can’t save Madam Secretary
Culture

CBS’s new drama debuts Sunday and really wants to be the next Good Wife. It likely won’t get there.

By Emily St. James
Immigration
By Ted Cruz’s logic, Obama fixed the child migrant crisis by promising amnestyBy Ted Cruz’s logic, Obama fixed the child migrant crisis by promising amnesty
Immigration

We made him a chart to illustrate it!

By Dara Lind
Sports
Roger Goodell won’t admit the NFL has a domestic violence problemRoger Goodell won’t admit the NFL has a domestic violence problem
Sports

Ray Rice is not the first NFL player to assault a woman.

By Joseph Stromberg
Labor
Georgia governor concocts conspiracy theory about unemploymentGeorgia governor concocts conspiracy theory about unemployment
Labor

“Maybe there is some influence here that we don’t know about,” he said. Or, you know, maybe not.

By Matthew Yglesias
archives
The Scottish vote was a class war and the rich wonThe Scottish vote was a class war and the rich won
archives

A quick regression suggests that richer areas were considerably more likely to oppose Scottish independence than poorer ones. That makes sense.

By Zack Beauchamp
Culture
Fall TV premiere dates 2014: when your favorite shows are backFall TV premiere dates 2014: when your favorite shows are back
Culture

Fall TV premiere dates 2014: Here’s a list of every show coming out from now until the end of the year, and when they premiere on your television to help you prepare for the months ahead.

By Kelsey McKinney
Health Care
Doctors wanted to extend life. Instead they extended death.Doctors wanted to extend life. Instead they extended death.
Health Care

Why one doctor thinks old age is a fate worse than death.

By Ezra Klein
Syria
Republicans can’t agree on what to do about ISISRepublicans can’t agree on what to do about ISIS
Syria

Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz all have different views.

By Andrew Prokop
Syria
How an ISIS attempt to free prisoners in Baghdad could spiral into something much worseHow an ISIS attempt to free prisoners in Baghdad could spiral into something much worse
Syria

How ISIS’ first attacks in Baghdad in months raises the specter of ethnic cleansing in Baghdad.

By Zack Beauchamp
archives
Map: where every state sells its exportsMap: where every state sells its exports
archives

Most states sell to Canada, a few sell to Mexico or China, but there are also some weird ones. Inside Connecticut’s economic ties to France, and the mysteries of the Nevada-Switzerland trade partnership.

By Matthew Yglesias
Technology
See how Apple’s products have evolved with these before/after imagesSee how Apple’s products have evolved with these before/after images
Technology

Apple’s modern products are slimmer, sleeker, cheaper, and more powerful.

By Timothy B. Lee
Culture
Shonda Rhimes isn’t an angry black woman and neither are her charactersShonda Rhimes isn’t an angry black woman and neither are her characters
Culture

On Friday, The New York Times published a careless and obtuse piece about ABC’s new show Hot to Get Away with Murder.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Video
Governing has a liberal biasGoverning has a liberal bias
Play
Video

Two political scientists looked at every major policy change since 1945, and this is what they found.

By Ezra Klein