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Christopher Hill
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May. 20, 2012
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Diplomats meet in Istanbul to discuss Iran's controversial nuclear program in April A senior Russian diplomat, in contrasting North Korea and Iran, once said to me: “The ...
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Jody Avirgan
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May. 19, 2012
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Photograph by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for the Robin Hood Foundation. Sheryl Sandberg • Barnard College • December 2009 The Facebook COO on her generation’s failures ...
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Katy Waldman
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May. 19, 2012
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“Parent Traps: Don’t monitor your kids’ Web surfing,” by Katie Roiphe. Seeking guidance on the right amount of internet exposure for her almost nine-year-old, Roiphe ...
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Nouriel Roubini
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May. 18, 2012
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The Greek euro tragedy is reaching its final act: It is clear that either this year or next, Greece is highly likely to default on its debt and exit the eurozone. Postponing ...
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A lab report released Thursday showed that Trayvon Martin was shot from close range, probably with the gun pressed against his chest. The new information may bolster George ...
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Fred Kaplan
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May. 18, 2012
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A Navy experimental program to use biofuels has been shot down by the House Armed Services Committee Killing a $12 million military program may seem like a paltry matter. The ...
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Matthew Yglesias
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May. 18, 2012
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Shouldn't a trip to Barcelona be cheaper given the state of the Spanish economy? Economic chaos and mass unemployment are bad news. But to the curious traveler, they are an ...
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Dvora Meyers
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May. 18, 2012
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Wendy (Elizabeth Banks) and Skyler (Brooklyn Decker) show off their baby bumps in What to Expect When You're Expecting When What to Expect When You’re Expecting, the film ...
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Andy Hull
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May. 18, 2012
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It’s hardly news that the Great Recession pushed millions of Americans into poverty. In 2010, “poverty” meant having an income of less than $22,113 for a family of four; ...
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Eric D. Isaacs
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May. 18, 2012
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We like to imagine geniuses like Albert Einstein working alone This article arises from Future Tense, a collaboration of Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State ...
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Emily Bazelon
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May. 18, 2012
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To listen to the discussion, use the player below: This week’s Slate Political Gabfest was recorded live at IAB’s Innovation Days in New York City. On the show, David ...
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John Swansburg
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May. 18, 2012
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Crooked Arrows, the new feature film from director Steve Rash, tells the story of another group of Native American lacrosse players at odds with their white neighbors. The ...
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Troy Patterson
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May. 18, 2012
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Sigourney Weaver will star in USA's Political Animals On the one hand, this bit of hospitality perhaps caused audiences to feel all the more warmly about a pair of earnest ...
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David Weigel
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May. 18, 2012
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John Edwards arrives at the courthouse for the first day of deliberations in his campaign-finance trial “It inspired me,” she wrote. “From now on, all hair cuts etc. ...
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Harlan J. Protass
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May. 18, 2012
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Rajat Gupta, former Goldman Sachs board member, leaves a Manhattan court after surrendering to federal authorities Oct. 26, 2011 in New York City On Monday, former McKinsey & ...
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Blair Hickman
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May. 18, 2012
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US President Barack Obama speaks with graduating seniors and their parents during a roundtable discussion on the interest rates of federaly subsidized student loans at ...
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In a May 16 “Trending News Channel” blog post, Ben Johnson stated that a solar ring around the moon would be visible during an upcoming lunar eclipse because the moon was ...
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Lally Weymouth
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May. 18, 2012
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico—According to the most recent polls, 45-year-old Enrique Peña Nieto, the presidential candidate of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is ...
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Activists for women's rights demonstrate in Washington, D.C. Like many women who are also human beings, I’ve been following the twists and turns of the “War on Women” ...
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Josh Levin
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May. 17, 2012
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Last week, ESPN agreed to pay the Atlantic Coast Conference $3.6 billion to televise its athletic events through 2026-27. The ACC will earn those billions thanks to the free ...
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Matthew Yglesias
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May. 17, 2012
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A woman withdraws money from a branch of Piraeus bank in central Athens on May 17, 2012 All eyes are now on the possibility of a Greek exit from the eurozone. Indeed, it even ...
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Farhad Manjoo
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May. 17, 2012
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But I thought it would be a long time before I gave up on print magazines. I revere magazines. The New Yorker, Harper’s, and Wired were my introduction to the glories of ...
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Will Oremus
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May. 17, 2012
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Has public opinion polling grown less reliable? When you get a call on your cellphone from an unfamiliar number, do you answer it? If the person on the other end of the line ...
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Daniel Engber
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May. 17, 2012
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I had a friend in San Francisco who would get all bent out of shape over baby carrots. "They're not baby carrots," she'd say. "They're differently sized carrots." I looked ...
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Brian Palmer
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May. 17, 2012
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For the first time in America, Asians and other minority babies now outnumber white babies Because they track discrimination. Officials from the Office of Management and ...