September 22, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Climate change protest attended by 400,000 in New York City over the weekend.
- Fleeing the Islamic State, 100,000 Syrians have crossed into Turkey since last Thursday.
- Authorities find 130 new cases of Ebola during a "successful" lockdown of Sierra Leone.
- Under pressure from the US, Mexico is making it even harder for Central American migrants to go north.
- Of the thousands of Central American women and girls who cross the border to America every year, 80% are raped en route.
- From performance art to political organizing, the survivor-activists behind the anti-rape movement at Columbia and other colleges.
- See also: Alison Blickle's paintings of sisterhood, magic, and desire.
- Leonard Cohen's women are mysterious mirrors, opponents in war—anything but human.
- After 10 months of space travel, NASA's Maven satellite enters Mars's orbit.
- Unknown ramming vessel attacks boat on the Mediterranean containing 500 migrants, causing hundreds to drown.
- Chinese factory workers not welcome at conferences that celebrate people who depend on Chinese factory workers, or, A visit to XOXO.
- North Korea publishes 53,000-word report to prove it has the world's best human rights record.
- Dispatch from California’s Central Valley, in the middle of one of the worst droughts the area's ever seen.
- Related: A brief of water in California.
- The sharing economy breaks its promise.
- Excellent guide to college football for non-Americans or anyone else needing a primer.
- St. Louis is now the capitol of chess in America, and an astounding battle recently took place.
