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Archives for September 2014


Summer, that wonderful season of watermelon and excitement, is coming to a close.


Here’s why he decided to put it off.


Do Republicans have a 64% or a 25% chance of taking over?


Dana Goldstein, author of The Teacher Wars, explains that magical thinking about teachers has been a part of education reform since the 1800s.


We need to use this near-miss to wake us from our species-wide slumber.


Each year, 1.7 percent of American women between 15 and 44 have an abortion.


And the state with the longest wait isn’t one you’d expect.

Starz’s new reality series looks at everything from gender in Hollywood to why it’s so hard to get a movie made nowadays.


The world was already afraid that Russia might invade Estonia, this triggering war with the US — then this happened.


Most victims were raped by somebody they already knew.


New data from the CDC show alarming trends in adult obesity — and a shred of good news.


It’s time for the August jobs report. Here’s what economists expect.


Here are two charts that show the policy’s effect.



