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Apr 23, 2014 Open thread for night owls. Naomi Klein: Climate change's bad timing requires new thinking At Common Dreams, Naomi Klein writes The climate crisis has such bad timing, confronting it not only requires a new economy but a new way of thinking: One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call “mismatch” or “mistiming.”... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Apr 22, 2014 Economics Daily Digest: Tax reform can close the gulf between CEOs and workers By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal Click here to receive the Daily Digest via email. Raising Taxes on Corporations that Pay Their CEOs Royally and Treat Their Workers Like Serfs (Robert Reich) Robert Reich explains a proposed bill in California that would incentivize lower... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Apr 23, 2014 Mad Men: A Day's Work (7.2) Sola Bamis as Shirley and Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson There is a comfort in childhood innocence. The world seems huge, everything seems to make sense and there's an order to it, if only because mommy and daddy might be there to explain it. As we get older, we realize that mommy and daddy... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Apr 21, 2014 Dr. Greg Brannon says democracy is 'socialism,' possibly because he is really, really dumb In Republican primary races, the race to the bottom continues unimpeded. “Senator Hagan says we got to have a nice debate and discussion (about gun control) about what to do. See that’s called a democracy which is actually socialism which is called majority rule.” That would be North... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Apr 23, 2014 Being poor means a shorter life For now, cutting Social Security and doing serious mischief to Medicare seem to have lost their luster for policymakers. But as long as the likes of Alan Simpson are still kicking, schemes to "save" these programs won't end. The perennial favorite is always raising the eligibility age because... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
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Apr 23, 2014 Teen stowaway undetected for hours before departure The boy went unnoticed for seven hours in a highly secure area, officials say. Yahoo News Democratic Party more
Apr 23, 2014 Obama reassures Japan, other allies on China ahead of visit By Linda Sieg and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has said Washington welcomes China's rise but that engagement with Beijing would not come at the expense of its Asian allies - as Chinese state media greeted his imminent arrival in the region with a broadside... Yahoo News Democratic Party more
Apr 23, 2014 SKorea ferry toll hits 150 as search gets tougher JINDO, South Korea (AP) — The grim work of recovering bodies from the submerged South Korea ferry proceeded rapidly Wednesday, with the official death toll reaching 150, though a government official said divers must now rip through cabin walls to retrieve more victims. Yahoo News Democratic Party more
Apr 23, 2014 Captain who left doomed ferry had 40 years at sea MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — A colleague calls Capt. Lee Joon-seok the nicest person on the ship. With more than 40 years' experience at sea, Lee could speak with eloquence about the romance and danger of a life spent on ships. Yahoo News Democratic Party more
Apr 23, 2014 10 Things to Know for Today Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: Yahoo News Democratic Party more
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Apr 23, 2014 Must a Gentleman Sit on the Couch With His Hand Down His Pants Like Al Bundy? Please send your questions for publication to gentlemanscholarslate@gmail.com. (Questions may be edited, or invented.) Slate more
Apr 23, 2014 Is It Racist to Date Only People of Your Own Race? A few weeks ago, OkCupid, the popular “freemium” dating service, starting offering its paid subscribers a very cool new tool. Rather than just sort through potential dates by using familiar filters like age and height, you could use the answers OkCupid members gave to various questions, such... Slate more
Apr 23, 2014 What Will Become of the Library? Around the turn of the 20th century—a golden age for libraries in America—the Snead Bookshelf Company of Louisville, Ky., developed a new system for large-stack library shelving. Snead’s multifloor stack systems can still be seen in many important libraries built in that era, for instance... Slate more
New York Times Op-Ed
Apr 23, 2014 Op-Docs: ‘Animals Are Persons Too’ A short documentary follows the lawyer Steven Wise’s effort to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. New York Times Op-Ed more
Apr 23, 2014 Room for Debate: Passport Diplomacy The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case that touches on Congress's authority over foreign policy. When is Congress justified in overriding the president's policy and when should it back away? New York Times Op-Ed more
Apr 23, 2014 Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Scandals Republicans Like Congressional investigators and the conservative media are still up in arms over the Tea Party and the I.R.S. New York Times Op-Ed more
Apr 23, 2014 Op-Ed Columnist: A Saint, He Ain’t Pope John Paul II in 1978 New York Times Op-Ed more
Apr 23, 2014 Editorial: Abu Ghraib, 10 Years Later A correct ruling by an appeals court in Virginia would give four victims, who were brutalized in the prison, a long-delayed chance for justice. New York Times Op-Ed more
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Apr 23, 2014 City Room: New York Today: Balloon’s-Eye View High above the chimney tops. New York Times more
Apr 23, 2014 Recovery in Euro Zone Gathers Pace Business activity in the 18 nations that use the common currency expanded in April at its fastest rate in nearly three years, according to a private sector survey. New York Times more
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