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How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)  This article was reported in collaboration with the Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund, which has also supported City Limits’s coverage of…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (991 words)

Your Weekend Longreads List on Ayn Rand

Wikimedia Commons, Seth Tisue/Flickr "I grew up on Ayn Rand," Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) recounted in a
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1121 words)

Your Weekend Longreads List on the Genetics of Life

Photo by djem/Shutterstock Can your genes be "owned" by someone else? Well, over
LENGTH: 3 minutes (882 words)

The Measured Man

Like many people who are careful about their weight, Larry Smarr once spent two weeks measuring everything he put in his mouth. He charted each serving of food in grams or teaspoons, and…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1850 words)

Yes, America, We Have Executed an Innocent Man

Carlos DeLuna was put to death in December 1989 for a murder in Corpus Christi. But he didn't commit the crime. Today, his case reminds us of the glaring flaws of capital punishment.Carlos DeLuna…
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3421 words)

Why Canada needs a flood of immigrants

Between now and 2021, a million jobs are expected to go unfilled across Canada. Ottawa is making reforms to the immigration system but isn't going far enough. We need to radically boost immigration…
PUBLISHED: May 5, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (681 words)
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