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A collection of 14232 issues
August 16, 2013: Afternoon
* Presidents deserve their vacations, but it's too bad they're always taken behind the gates of wealthy friends. * When you consider the alternatives, you are led, as Obama was, to the logic of the drone. * Now that Title X has arrived in sports, student captains of high
August 16, 2013: Morning
* Army blocks entrances to Tahrir Square while Cairo prepares for Muslim Brotherhood's "march of anger." * The Egyptian military did what we explicitly told them not to do. How can we still pretend that this aid is giving us influence? * Round-up of the week in wacky
The Best Ways to Ask Questions
Parsing the noun and verb of “interview.”
August 15, 2013: Afternoon
* Growing up with stop-and-frisk. * Future-minded Republicans avoid talking about global warming—but most of the party can't stop denying. * Since 2011, the cost of raising a child for 17 years has risen 2.6%, to $241,080. * After 22 years of service, Doctors Without Borders
August 15, 2013: Morning
* Border dispute between India and China diffused with a peaceful exchange of beer and sugar dumplings. * Camel milk, long overshadowed by "Western" cow's milk, regains popularity in coffee shops and bars across the United Arab Emirates. * Muslim Brotherhood calls for new protests in Egypt after security
August 14, 2013: Afternoon
* Meet Kathy Hawken, pro-choice Republican. * North Carolina residents and national watches see doom for state's "middle way" of politics. * Poking holes in a TV show's explanation of sharks' sensitivity to electric fields. * Norwegian prime minister's "daring" political maneuver—
August 14, 2013: Morning
* Drones that can crawl inside sewer pipes could be used to provide emergency aid to disaster victims. * Columbine principal retires after honoring pledge to work until kindergardeners at the time of the 1999 tragedy graduated high school. * Police, armed burglars endure five-hour standoff after the latter failed to steal
It’s the End of the World as We’ve Known It
Good old Earth was nearly destroyed, almost extinguished, and threatened with slaughter every hour in cinemas this summer. And yet, here we are. Our film critics pinpoint the collapse of the apocalypse genre.
Train Operator
The city of New York employs nearly half a million citizens, more than any other municipality in the country. We decided to speak with some of those employees about their work and what it takes to keep the biggest city in America running.