They Fled Our War
On Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East, by Deborah Amos
What She Saw at the Revolution
Vogue profile of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
The Next Empire
All across Africa, new tracks are being laid, highways built, ports deepened, commercial contracts signed—all on an unprecedented scale, and led by China, whose appetite for commodities seems insatiable.
Tweet Tweet Boom Boom
[Not single-page] A new generation of tech entrepreneurs in the city is trying to overthrow old media and build a better New York–with the help of their iPhones. Are they dreaming? Definitely. But in a good way.
Is Marriage Good for Your Health?
What the research shows about the relationship between relationships and physical well-being.
Dead cat walking: As Florida panther habitat shrinks, extinction fears rise
The Spoon Theory written by Christine Miserandino
Christine Miserandino’s personal story and analogy of what it is like to live with sickness or disability.
Unsolicited Advice for Newly Hired High School Educators
A Distribution of Chairs
My visit to West Bengal comes more than 16 years after India’s parliament ordered the nation’s local governments to save a third of their seats for women. At that time, the Women’s Reservation Bill passed with hardly any discussion and no opposition, also demanding quotas for certain castes and tribes. Today, India has more women in government than any country on the planet. And yet, India’s parliament is still debating whether to pass a women’s quota for its own seats.
Que Pasa, Lou?
According to Lou Dobbs, we’ve been completely wrong about him. Wrong about his stance on illegal immigrants. Wrong about his reasons for quitting CNN after twenty-seven years. And wrong about his newfound political aspirations. Well, we might actually be right about that last thing.
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