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Archives for October 2014


Global undernutrition has declined by 39 percent since 1990. That’s amazing news.


The movement has some interesting things to say about video game journalism — and far more misogynistic trolls.


Our culture forces women to sacrifice opportunities in order to stay safe. Fixing that problem is a battle worth fighting.


Show this to the next person who quotes Bill Maher on Islam to you.


A historian of education argues that despite the widely held notion that American schools are failing, things have actually never been better.


Why Grimes is trying to defend comprehensive immigration reform...while attacking Mitch McConnell for supporting “amnesty”


Our eyes are limited, but our brains make up for it by inventing incredibly powerful microscopes

“We’ve gotta be able to create safe places for LGBT people of faith to come out.”


Humans are desperate to stop lionfish from devouring the Atlantic — so we’re hunting them, eating them, and even training sharks to attack.


SB 697, California’s “Yes Means Yes” law, is a terrible bill. But it’s a necessary one.


“No one gets to make you feel less than,” said Marvel’s Kelly Sue DeConnick.


Why inequality is a big problem in China — despite the public’s extraordinarily positive view of capitalism.


Why “if you’re not paying for the product, you’re the product” is a little too simple.


Peter Jahrling, who helped to discover a new strain of Ebola, thinks the virus that’s circulating now might be more easily spread.


A tribute to the true lead character of America’s most popular show.