White Guys (Friendship Never Ends)
An alphabetical update to important stories that have fallen off the front page, from the existence of Atlantis to the Spice Girls’ decline.
Archive
A collection of 14284 issues
May 20, 2015
* Los Angeles passes $15 minimum wage increase, to be implemented by 2020. * On Iraq, candidates flub with "Given what we know now." * FIFA president proposes Israel-Palestine "peace match" to settle soccer dispute. * Thinking of history by generations is reductive, inaccurate, and always demeans the young.
May 19, 2015
* White House bans transfers of certain types of military-grade weaponry to local police departments. * While Obama has retracted Bush's most creative unilateralism, the surveillance state remains off-limits. * Historian argues the American presidency has always been an elected monarchy—we just don't call it that.
Voices of the Walmart
There are eight million stories in a city. How many are there at Walmart? Random telephone calls made to hear about life inside.
May 18, 2015
* US and China may ratchet up sanctions on North Korea, whose nuclear program shows no sign of abating. * A shootout between police, biker gangs in Waco, Texas, leaves nine dead, nearly 200 arrested. * Former Egyptian President Morsi sentenced to death for prison outbreak during Mubarak's last days. * For
May 15, 2015
* China's on track to finish 2015 with the biggest reduction in both coal use and CO2 ever recorded by a single country. * In summary, Jeb Bush had a very bad week trying to talk about Iraq and his brother. * Coup fails against Burundi's president; coup leaders
The Death of Clemency
Clemency is supposed to be a “fail-safe” in our judicial system. Thanks to a handful of powerful, well-paid political appointees, that notion is proving lethally incorrect.
May 14, 2015
* By flouting term limits, Burundi's president may have angered neighboring countries enough to support a coup. * US argues TPP will help agriculture exports—it will also export our awful reliance on processed foods. * After convincing—and even paying—chess grandmasters to play for the US, America is a
May 13, 2015
* Amtrak derails in Philadelphia, killing six passengers and wounding dozens more—still no cause determined. * On-the-scene photos and videos from the Amtrak derailment. * Brooklyn landlord's racist shortcuts illuminate the ugly mechanics of gentrification. * The plight of an NYC location scout is that the gritty city of
Ars Erotica
What one woman labels kinky, another person calls a crime against cake. Offering a taxonomy of erotic fixations.