They Fled Our War

On Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East, by Deborah Amos

Published: May 13, 2010
Length: 16 minutes (4,152 words)

What She Saw at the Revolution

Vogue profile of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg

Source: Vogue
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 9 minutes (2,400 words)

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.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: May 1, 2010
Length: 26 minutes (6,656 words)

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.

Published: Apr 18, 2010
Length: 23 minutes (5,853 words)

Is Marriage Good for Your Health?

What the research shows about the relationship between relationships and physical well-being.

Published: Apr 14, 2010
Length: 15 minutes (3,801 words)

Dead cat walking: As Florida panther habitat shrinks, extinction fears rise

Source: Tampa Bay Times
Published: Apr 18, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,819 words)

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.

Published: Apr 17, 2010
Length: 8 minutes (2,110 words)

Unsolicited Advice for Newly Hired High School Educators

Author: Pete
Source: Dosmasks
Published: Dec 10, 2008
Length: 8 minutes (2,044 words)

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.

Author: Anrica Deb
Published: Apr 14, 2010
Length: 29 minutes (7,410 words)

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.

Source: GQ
Published: May 1, 2010
Length: 24 minutes (6,016 words)