December 1, 2014
- Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong enter their third month, and clashes with police are becoming more violent.
- Online and in-store purchases over Thanksgiving dropped 11%—Americans could be waiting to spend today, or not at all.
- On Black Friday, capitalism cannibalizes culture.
- China may miss its economic growth target for the first time in 15 years.
- To foster e-commerce entrepreneurship, Girl Scout leaders approve online sales.
- As Fed's low-interest policies play out, homeowners are having a harder time than businesses in finding loans.
- Chris Rock: "We treat racism in this country like it’s a style that America went through. Like flared legs and lava lamps."
- Unlike other black Republicans, Utah's Mia Love doesn't position herself as an ambassador to an unreached demographic.
- For Vassar professor, racial inclusion is symbolized by identity cards but violated in daily life.
- Retiring LGBT baby boomers take on one more structural bias: accessing Medicare.
- A writer seeks the help of a sixth-generation undertaker to help him come to terms with his fear of death.
- The George Lucas Special Edition of the new Star Wars trailer.
- Screencaps—whether truly creative or simply lazy—are indisputably a phenomenon, and a legal minefield.
- New research shows that to fight malaria in Africa, finding mosquitoes when they're hibernating or migrating is key.
- Piano classics re-presented as histograms.