* Round-up of errors and hype about the “nightmare” “superbug” that's circulating in the news right now. * The "folk theory" of democracy says Sanders supporters vote for his policies—a fallacy the media can't resist. * Stanford economist surveys the relationship between newspapers, ads, bias,
* Two years into the US-led air war against the Islamic State, we're only now hitting significant targets. * NASA calls off today's plan to inflate the International Space Station's new experimental habitat module. * France's 19 nuclear plants go on strike. * Across government,
* Obama aims to transfer a quarter of the remaining Guantánamo detainees to other countries by the end of his term. * The world often forgets Nagasaki. Based on his itinerary, so did Obama. * The media stopped covering racial justice, favoring presidential campaigns—because journalism is overwhelmingly white. * Libertarians have a Trump-
* The GOP has a beef with the IRS, and now Congress is considering impeaching the agency head. * "Of all the things that Congress could be truculent about, fighting an epidemic is the worst." * Campaign finance reform that strips away recent rulings would still have to deal with entrenched
* Bayer wants to buy Monsanto and create world's largest GMO supplier. * Obama ends military weapons embargo of Vietnam—possibly as leverage against an encroaching China. * Until last week, the term "Oriental" still appeared in federal law—now it will be replaced by "Asian American."
* Oklahoma's legislation to outlaw abortions is so "blatantly unconstitutional" that it's hardly enforceable. * McDonald's reports that higher pay and better benefits have boosted their bottom line. * Verizon strike faces challenges indicative of labor's larger struggles. * Colonialism is alive in Western
* EgyptAir flight crashes over the Mediterranean; "terrorism more likely than technical failure." * Labor Relations Board rules that companies aren’t allowed to pressure workers to be relentlessly positive. * Restaurants ditch the no-tipping movement. * Whatever destroyed Venezuela's economy, the result is "one of the most
* 1954 or 2016? Court orders Mississippi schools to desegregate. * Oklahoma's dedication to tax cuts for oil producers ended up gutting the state's school system. * This tool shows how the gender pay gap varies across US industries. * McConnell wants women to register for Selective Service, where, if
* April is the seventh month in a row to break temperature records. * German electrical grid nearly overburdened with all the renewable energy being produced. * Fifty years after the Cultural Revolution, China is torn between a promise of progress and a tether to Mao. * The Cultural Revolution—hell for millions—still
* The Economist on why democracy fails in the Middle East: fear of Islamist parties; the diversity of Arab peoples. * America needs the government to reclaim its role as an employer to complete the recovery. * "Americans Don’t Miss Manufacturing—They Miss Unions." * Could an American “baby lull” presage
