September 16, 2015
- Hungary declares state of emergency as migrants continue to enter the country.
- As Hungary tightens borders, migrants seek alternate routes; Croatian PM says they can pass through, but can't stay.
- Putin promises continued military support of Assad.
- Orbán is playing to Hungarian xenophobia—he may win the political game, but human lives are at stake.
- Republicans in Congress threaten government shutdown if budget deal includes Planned Parenthood funding.
- Economists think the Fed will raise interest rates this year—here's what that means for the global economy.
- Hillary Clinton's ratings are lower than at any point in the 2008 campaign—lower, in fact, than they've ever been.
- A look back at how pundits' tone changed about Rick Perry once he started wearing glasses.
- "No one is running for mayor of Rochester in November."
- Prosecutors in Baruch College murder case say the students involved regularly lied and tried to cover up frat involvement.
- "Incessantly telling cops they’re under fire can condition them to see the people with whom they interact...as potential threats."
- Cash-strapped prosecutors' offices find funding for fraud investigations from insurance companies.
- As pay-to-play athletic programs get more expensive, fewer working-class kids are participating.
- Deterministic views of sexuality—from Gaga to the Supreme Court—rob LGBT people of agency.
- Kremlin says Putin and Elton John didn't have a phone call to discuss gay rights in Russia.
- "It became fashionable to have a Jencks' spiral mound in one's garden—a mini Andromeda or Milky Way."
- Ignacio Torres's animated pictures show humans made from the dust of exploded stars.
- Shaq passed on Starbucks investment, because "black people don't drink coffee."
- Facebook is developing a "dislike" button.
- Facebook privacy settings for bigamists.