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Archives for November 2014

Technology
More kids are getting hurt on playgrounds. Blame iPhones.More kids are getting hurt on playgrounds. Blame iPhones.
Technology

Injuries among small kids under five mysteriously increased 10 percent between 2005 and 2012. New research places blame at an unlikely cuprit: the iPhone.

By Sarah Kliff
China
How America and China broke the global climate trapHow America and China broke the global climate trap
China

How, after years of failure, the US and China came to a deal on climate change.

By Zack Beauchamp
Labor
The best cure for wage stagnation nobody in Washington is talking aboutThe best cure for wage stagnation nobody in Washington is talking about
Labor

If we let them build it, they will have to pay people to do that.

By Matthew Yglesias
Marijuana Legalization
It’s about much more than missing students: Mexico’s massive protest movement, explainedIt’s about much more than missing students: Mexico’s massive protest movement, explained
Marijuana Legalization

They may have started as a response to the disappearance of 43 student protesters, but now Mexico’s protests are about much more than that. Here’s what you need to know about the protests, and the deep problems in Mexico that inspired them.

By Amanda Taub
Culture
Foxcatcher is a chilly, brilliant look at male friendship and inequalityFoxcatcher is a chilly, brilliant look at male friendship and inequality
Culture

Steve Carell is nearly unrecognizable in the film’s central role, while Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo are terrific as well.

By Emily St. James
Education
School district deletes religious holidays from calendar rather than add Muslim onesSchool district deletes religious holidays from calendar rather than add Muslim ones
Police Violence
Gov. Nixon’s warning to Ferguson protestors sounded a lot like dialogue from SelmaGov. Nixon’s warning to Ferguson protestors sounded a lot like dialogue from Selma
Police Violence

Why are the same conversations that happened in a film about the civil rights movement being recycled in 2014?

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
Education
Study: Nagging parents to help their kids learn to read worksStudy: Nagging parents to help their kids learn to read works
Education

Three text messages a week, at a cost of less than $1 per family, helped parents help their kids.

By Libby Nelson
Space
The best photos from the Rosetta mission’s comet landingThe best photos from the Rosetta mission’s comet landing
Space

Today, people landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time ever. This is what it looked like.

By Susannah Locke
Culture
Moms can be sexy too. Stop slut-shaming Kim KardashianMoms can be sexy too. Stop slut-shaming Kim Kardashian
Culture

Comments like these are the reminder society creates unrealistic expectations for women. Acting like a mother, these comments seem to say, means hiding sexuality at all costs.

By Kelsey McKinney
Labor
Is wage stagnation killing the Democratic Party?Is wage stagnation killing the Democratic Party?
Labor

Are voters angry at Democrats because of the economy?

By Ezra Klein
China
Obama’s climate deal proves China is the biggest foreign policy success of his presidencyObama’s climate deal proves China is the biggest foreign policy success of his presidency
China

The future of US-China, and not ISIS or Ukraine, is America’s biggest challenge. Believe it or not, it’s going America’s way.

By Max Fisher
Health Care
This is the best cartoon you will ever watch about health insuranceThis is the best cartoon you will ever watch about health insurance
Health Care

If you’d prefer to get your health insurance information in cartoon form (and who doesn’t, really?), check out this Kaiser Family Foundation video.

By Sarah Kliff
Media
Why Congressional Republicans want to cut social science research fundingWhy Congressional Republicans want to cut social science research funding
Media

House Science chair Lamar Smith is trying again to limit funding to the agency’s social science programs. Here’s what you need to know.

By Dylan Matthews
Climate
We just landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time. Here’s why it matters.We just landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time. Here’s why it matters.
Climate

We’d landed on six celestial bodies ever. The tiny Philae probe just made it seven.

By Joseph Stromberg