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Archives for December 2014

Marriage Equality
Cuba’s human rights record is terrible, no matter what you think of the embargoCuba’s human rights record is terrible, no matter what you think of the embargo
Marriage Equality

The embargo is a disastrous failure, but human rights in Cuba are genuinely awful.

By Matthew Yglesias
World Politics
The most important sentence in Obama’s Cuba speechThe most important sentence in Obama’s Cuba speech
World Politics

Obama wants to make his Cuba deal much bigger than it is.

By Ezra Klein
Religion
The two secret heroes of the US-Cuba deal: Pope Francis and CanadaThe two secret heroes of the US-Cuba deal: Pope Francis and Canada
Religion

How they quietly but crucially made normalization possible, over 18 long months.

By Max Fisher
Technology
Reddit’s reaction to the Sony hack: the company values corporations more than womenReddit’s reaction to the Sony hack: the company values corporations more than women
Technology

Reddit pulled down Sony hack data in hours. That’s a week faster than Celebgate

By Kelsey McKinney
Video
The math behind my week as a Lyft driverThe math behind my week as a Lyft driver
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Video

Lyft says drivers can make $35 an hour. Watch our own Tim Lee put that to the test.

By Timothy B. Lee and Estelle Caswell
Politics
Obama: Every black man my age has been mistaken for a valet — including meObama: Every black man my age has been mistaken for a valet — including me
Politics

But the president says the “small indignities” he’s experienced don’t compare to police bias.

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
World Politics
Watch: President Obama’s statement on CubaWatch: President Obama’s statement on Cuba
World Politics

Big changes are in the works.

By Joe Posner
Labor
Map: The stark gender divide in low-wage work in AmericaMap: The stark gender divide in low-wage work in America
Labor

Use our interactive tool to see how women’s low-wage work compares to men’s.

By Danielle Kurtzleben
Science
Why I lied to my family about being an Ebola doctorWhy I lied to my family about being an Ebola doctor
Science

Franklin Umenze on fighting the epidemic in Nigeria — and the sigma that came with it

Culture
The bleak, existential horror of The Wicked + The Divine: Kieron Gillen speaksThe bleak, existential horror of The Wicked + The Divine: Kieron Gillen speaks
Culture

“We’ve got agents and we’ve got quite a lot of Hollywood interest,” Kieron Gillen, co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine comic book, told me

By Alex Abad-Santos
Education
Johns Hopkins accidentally sent 294 rejected students acceptance lettersJohns Hopkins accidentally sent 294 rejected students acceptance letters
Education

Congratulations! Actually, oops, never mind. You’re not going to college here.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
Scientists tallied up all the advice on Dr. Oz’s show. Half of it was baseless or wrong.Scientists tallied up all the advice on Dr. Oz’s show. Half of it was baseless or wrong.
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Culture

We now have science to quantify the quackery on TV.

By Julia Belluz
World Politics
It’s long past time to end America’s idiotic embargo of CubaIt’s long past time to end America’s idiotic embargo of Cuba
World Politics

We don’t need a seventh decade of this nonsense.

By Matthew Yglesias
Cuba
The basics of the major new US-Cuba dealThe basics of the major new US-Cuba deal
Cuba

Here’s what we know so far

By Amanda Taub
Lyft says its drivers can make $35 an hour. I spent a week driving to see if that’s true.
Technology

The strange math of being a taxi driver today

By Timothy B. Lee