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Archives for November 2014

Health Care
The GOP’s political strategy against Obama keeps leading to policies conservatives hateThe GOP’s political strategy against Obama keeps leading to policies conservatives hate
Health Care

Immigration is just the latest example.

By Matthew Yglesias
Israel
Spending a few days in East Jerusalem left me terrified. Here’s why.Spending a few days in East Jerusalem left me terrified. Here’s why.
Israel

East Jerusalem might seem calm, but a clear look at the situation on the ground shows that the city is a powder keg. Here’s why.

By Zack Beauchamp
Immigration
Did George H.W. Bush really pave the way for Obama on immigration?Did George H.W. Bush really pave the way for Obama on immigration?
Immigration

The precedent Obama’s using for executive action: a 1990 program called Family Fairness

By Dara Lind
archives
Women pay an “invisible tax” at the drugstore, and France is investigating itWomen pay an “invisible tax” at the drugstore, and France is investigating it
archives

Women’s shirts cost more to dry clean, and women’s haircuts often cost more. That matters far beyond the realm of bank account balances.

By Danielle Kurtzleben
Health Care
Everything you wanted to know about obesity and weight lossEverything you wanted to know about obesity and weight loss
Health Care

We’ve answered all of your weight- and obesity-related questions.

Immigration
The best arguments for, and against, Obama’s executive action on immigrationThe best arguments for, and against, Obama’s executive action on immigration
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Immigration

This might be the most divisive thing President Obama has done. But is it the right thing to do anyway?

By Ezra Klein
archives
New York has a financial transaction tax on the books — it’s time to start collecting itNew York has a financial transaction tax on the books — it’s time to start collecting it
archives

A unique legal situation creates an opportunity for progress.

By Lenore Palladino & Sean McElwee
Video
Turning worm spit into silk is surprisingly beautifulTurning worm spit into silk is surprisingly beautiful
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Video

Watch the nearly 5000 year old process that supplies the world with its most prized threads.

By Joe Posner
Criminal Justice
Marysville school shooter Jaylen Fryberg: what we knowMarysville school shooter Jaylen Fryberg: what we know
Criminal Justice

There was a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, just north of Seattle, on October 24. Here’s what we know, and what we don’t.

By German Lopez and Amanda Taub
Health Care
An organ shortage is killing people. Are lab-grown organs the answer?An organ shortage is killing people. Are lab-grown organs the answer?
Health Care

Some people are already walking around with lab-grown organs inside them.

By Susannah Locke
Health Care
Michael Cannon says Obama staffers meant to restrict subsidies. Obama staffers disagree.Michael Cannon says Obama staffers meant to restrict subsidies. Obama staffers disagree.
Health Care

“In the thousands of hours we spent debating this law and drafting it and sitting in meetings, I never heard anyone suggest that subsidies would be denied,” says one former Obama staffer.

By Sarah Kliff
Space
Map: The 556 meteors and asteroids that have hit Earth’s atmosphere since 1994Map: The 556 meteors and asteroids that have hit Earth’s atmosphere since 1994
Space

If this doesn’t convince you we should be worrying more about asteroids, nothing will.

By Joseph Stromberg
Criminal Justice
Why we were so desperate to ignore the Bill Cosby rape allegationsWhy we were so desperate to ignore the Bill Cosby rape allegations
Criminal Justice

We fear the consequences of believing rape accusations. Our fear makes us do bad things.

By Amanda Taub
2016 Presidential Election
Jim Webb all but announces he’s running for presidentJim Webb all but announces he’s running for president
2016 Presidential Election

In a video, he critiqued the Democratic establishment from the left on several issues.

By Andrew Prokop
Culture
Mike Nichols, director of The Graduate, dies at 83Mike Nichols, director of The Graduate, dies at 83
Culture

Nichols was a legendary director both on the stage and the screen.

By Kelsey McKinney