Are Americans Ready to Junk the Electoral College?
A growing number of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have said the Electoral College is undemocratic and needs to be replaced. But, with what?
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Top General: Military Won’t Be a ‘Raping, Burning and Pillaging’ Gang After Trump’s War Crimes Pardons
Dems Seek to Ban Assault Weapons in WA ; Just 88 Companies Are Responsible for Ruining the Ocean ; and More Picks 12/13
Senior Republican Slams Pentagon’s Spending Habits
A senior Republican demands answers from the Pentagon on why the Department of Defense routinely overpays for hardware.
House Panel Allots $50M to Study Gun Violence
The Global Antibiotics Crisis ; Indonesia Considers Moving Its Capital ; and More Picks 5/1
Did Negligence Cause the California Wildfires?
The wildfires that ravaged California’s wine country look to be another symptom of climate change. But state politicians and regulators have another culprit in mind: poorly maintained power lines and electrical equipment.
Federal Skepticism Over Travel Ban
NSA Discusses ‘Enemy of the State’ ; Rise of Automation … and more Picks for 2/8.
The Shadow Courts That Rule Global Trade
Corporations have learned to use a little-understood provision — included in global trade deals — that undermines national sovereignty.
Apr 28
Religion ‘None’ on the Rise, Reframing the Student Loan and Debt Problem, Billionaires Dropping Out of Election, and More Picks
The Scale of the Universe
Get a little perspective on your problems—and those of us all. This amazing aid gives a whole new appreciation of how big our planet is, and how tiny, in the scheme of things.
Roads Not Taken: John F. Kennedy, Patrice Lumumba and George H. W. Bush
Bravo to the The New York Times for publishing Adam Hochschild’s January 17 op-ed, An Assassination’s Long Shadow. The piece marked the 50th anniversary of an event long forgotten in the United States: the U.S.-sponsored removal and murder of a democratically elected leader in Africa. Three days after the murder, our own democratically elected leader—one […]