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A scandal, third party candidates, and a shocking new poll.
And the two big changes that need to happen to save its reputation
With weeks left in the 2014 election, only about 15 percent of Americans are closely following news about the midterms. That’s lower than in 2010 or 2006.
It turns out that millennials are people, too, and generational politics is dumb.
Grit has been called the secret to success — but schools don’t yet know how to instill it in kids.
Plaintiffs filed 40 percent fewer lawsuits in September than they did a year before. And a landmark Supreme Court ruling on software patents might be the reason.
Case in point: The biggest solar installer in America is now offering loans to make it cheaper to buy rooftop panels.
Please don’t read further if you don’t like spoilers.
The CDC has announced a new airport screening process to identify travelers with Ebola before they enter the US
Healthcare.gov is getting a facelift — one that the Obama administration hopes will simplify consumers’ shopping experience in 2015.
Because you were wondering why anyone, ever, would do such a thing
A nurse treating Ebola patients told health care workers “I think I have Ebola.” They didn’t listen.
Relying on the wealthiest citizens and corporations to fund the public sector does not create the revenue necessary for large-scale initiatives to reduce inequality.
Opponents say that a leading proposal for network neutrality would lead
Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national, died this morning.