* Advocates say Republicans across the U.S., ignoring more pressing issues, have launched “a new war on women.” * Due to last-minute chaos, Republicans unable to pass a bill that would have closed nearly every abortion clinic in Texas. * Data shows Southern whites display "more racial antagonism and ideological
* Coates: Why Paula Deen's accidental racism matters, and why her birthplace matters. * Q&A with the creator of the Kickstarter "seduction guide." * The IRS's inappropriate screening also included liberal groups. * Reviewing Mad Men's season finale, Paul Ford recalls his days as
* In the U.S. military, 53 percent of sexual assaults involve attacks on men, mostly by other men. * Among American voters, 56% say a bear would win in a fight between a bear and a shark. * Berlusconi, in court again, has faced 105 probes and trials, 2,500 court hearings,
* Humans can't compete with machines, and other reasons the quality of life has stagnated in Brazil and elsewhere. * Expect Miami to be underwater within the next century; before then, expect mayhem. * Monk responds to appearing on Time's Asia cover with the headline "The Face of
* Pyongyang: The U.S. National Security Agency's wanton violation of rights of Americans was disclosed. * Why metadata can be more damaging than our conversations: It reveals connections that we might prefer to hide. * You don't have to like Snowden. * U.S. seemingly unaware of irony in
* Brazilian president holds emergency cabinet meeting after more than a million people join nationwide protests. * Fun facts learned from Snowden. * California's booming marijuana business endangers redwood forests and ecosystems much like industrial logging. * Angela Merkel discovers the "new territory" of the internet, inspiring a meme. * German
* List of countries forbidding the wearing of masks—United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia—now includes Canada. * Obama establishes war cabinet in a spare office suite to secure passage of immigration reform. * U.S. charges two New Yorkers with building a death ray aimed at killing Israel's enemies.
* U.S. releases list of 46 "indefinite detainees" at Guantanamo, supposedly too dangerous to release. * Economics theory ties the Great Stagnation to two big results of World War II: industrial capacity, and a lot of dead men. * Researchers make quantum computing more stable; information that formerly lived for
* Diplomats scurry to mollify Karzai over U.S.-Taliban talks after the Taliban portrayed itself as a government in exile. * Report gives Russia lowest grade for failing to address human trafficking; government doesn't even investigate reported abuses. * Police stop 35,000 protesters from entering a stadium in Brazil,
* A step-by-step guide on how to use metadata to catch a terrorist. * "Priming" techniques can work, but imagining a professor doesn't mean you'll win at Trivial Pursuit. * An engineering breakthrough results in an elevator that raises twice as high as current models.
