Bruce Upbin: “If you’re feeling anxious about how U.S. kids lag the world in science and math, or just in a funk about politics or the mess in Europe, take in this story of a high school freshman from Crownsville, Md. who came up with a prize-winning breakthrough that could change how cancer and other [...]
Alec MacGillis: How Hip Cities Hurt the Democrats Glenn Garvin: “Obama has launched over 250 drone attacks during his three years in office, more than six times as many as the lawless yahoo Bush ordered during his entire presidency. And to say Obama launched them is not merely a figure of speech; a lengthy New [...]
The ever-intrepid Daniel Kalder has some great new stuff over at Ria Novosti. Once again he’s reporting from Juarez, a.k.a. Hell On Earth. Excerpt: Before me lay the sprawl of Juarez, a mess of adobe huts, drugs and death (more than 2,800 murders this year and counting). Behind me lay El Paso, with its gentrified restaurant [...]