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Archives for September 2014

Culture
Should you see the new crime thriller The Drop?Should you see the new crime thriller The Drop?
Culture

It’s also got James Gandolfini’s final work onscreen.

By Emily St. James
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The Senate just rejected a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens UnitedThe Senate just rejected a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United
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The vote was along party lines.

By Andrew Prokop
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These two senators are going to a desert island to surviveThese two senators are going to a desert island to survive
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Senator Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) is not a household name, but he might soon be. Heinrich, and fellow Senator Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) will star in an episode of a Survivor-like Discovery Channel show called Rival Survival.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Space
Is asteroid mining legal? Congress wants to make it so.Is asteroid mining legal? Congress wants to make it so.
Space

Here’s why Congress is discussing a law about asteroid mining

By Joseph Stromberg
Syria
ISIS is a political problem. Obama is trying to solve it with bombs.ISIS is a political problem. Obama is trying to solve it with bombs.
Syria

Forgetting that ISIS can’t be solved by force alone is the biggest risk to Obama’s strategy in Syria and Iraq.

By Zack Beauchamp
Health Care
Are men really going to have access to a new contraceptive by 2017?Are men really going to have access to a new contraceptive by 2017?
Health Care

Recent headlines suggested there’s a miracle birth control for men coming to a pharmacy near you.

By Julia Belluz
Police Violence
The legal reason why it matters if Mike Brown was shot with his hands upThe legal reason why it matters if Mike Brown was shot with his hands up
Police Violence

Eyewitnesses agree Mike Brown had his hands up when Darren Wilson shot him. Wilson will have to justify that he felt Brown was a threat, anyway.

By Dara Lind
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How the Ebola outbreak spun out of controlHow the Ebola outbreak spun out of control
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2 minutes on the reasons behind this unprecedented Ebola epidemic.

By Julia Belluz and Joss Fong
Police Violence
Eyewitnesses agree Michael Brown was shot with his hands upEyewitnesses agree Michael Brown was shot with his hands up
Police Violence

Several witnesses watched the Michael Brown shooting from beginning to end, and they all say pretty much the same thing.

By German Lopez
Technology
Companies are waiting longer and longer to go public. Here’s why.Companies are waiting longer and longer to go public. Here’s why.
Technology

Microsoft first offered its shares to the public in 1986 when it was worth $1.1 billion. Facebook waited until it was worth $100 billion.

By Timothy B. Lee
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The constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United, explainedThe constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United, explained
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The Senate is debating it this week. Here’s how it would work.

By Andrew Prokop
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Jon Stewart demolishes NFL commissioner Roger GoodellJon Stewart demolishes NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
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Jon Stewart mocked the NFL for its absurd hypocrisy in a segment on The Daily Show last night.

By Kelsey McKinney
Syria
Obama’s ISIS policy is fine, but his rhetoric is riskyObama’s ISIS policy is fine, but his rhetoric is risky
Syria

Threat inflation is a poor match for a prudent military strategy.

By Matthew Yglesias
Education
Ranking high schools tells you which schools are rich or selectiveRanking high schools tells you which schools are rich or selective
Education

But otherwise they’re pretty meaningless.

By Libby Nelson
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ISIS in Obama’s own words: from a joke to war in 9 monthsISIS in Obama’s own words: from a joke to war in 9 months
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The President’s rapid evolution on ISIS, in under 3 minutes

By Joe Posner