Racial Bias IN America, Even When We Have Good Intentions
The deaths of African-Americans at the hands of the police in Ferguson, Mo., in Cleveland and on Staten Island have reignited a debate about race. (more…)
The Myth of Democrats’ 20-Million-Vote Majority
This past weekend, Vox’s featured piece contained the click-bait-y headline “The Senate's 46 Democrats got 20 million more votes than its 54 Republicans.” The short, three-paragraph piece concludes: (more…)
Privilege of ‘Arrest Without Incident’ – Bias System
The day after Christmas, a shooter terrorized the streets of a Chattanooga, Tenn., neighborhood. According to the local newspaper, the shooter was “wearing body armor” and “firing multiple shots out...
Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard by Dr. Alan M. Garber
Dr. Alan M. Garber, a physician and health economist who is the provost at Harvard, defended the change in benefits, acknowledging that Harvard employees would face greater cost-sharing but saying that...
US police get antiterror training in Israel on privately funded trips
An officer aims his rifle during a protest in Ferguson, Mo. The protests have reignited concerns about the militarization of U.S. law enforcement. (more…)
Vladimir Putin: The 10th Most Admired Man in America
Each year since 1946, Gallup has asked Americans to name the living man or woman they most admire. The top vote-getters for 2014, announced on Monday, were no surprise: Barack...
Russians Rage Against America
If you talk to a Russian about the international political situation, sooner or later you will be informed that there is a country in North America that you’ve never heard...
Florida argues judge’s gay marriage ruling only applies to one couple
A federal judge struck down Florida's ban on same-sex marriages, but lawyers for the state argued Monday that the judge's ruling, as written, only applies to one same-sex couple in...
Will Clinton run? She needs to decide in 2015
WASHINGTON — A still undeclared candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton sits atop the prospective field of Democratic presidential candidates for 2016. But as Clinton has said before, if she runs again,...
Science still learning how to limit tsunami misery
The modern world has never been hit in a single blow by a natural disaster as far reaching as the earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004. (more…)