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  • Iran Requires Diplomacy First Pending

    Slate by Christopher Hill | 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 ...

  • The Longform Guide to Commencement Addresses Pending

    Slate by Jody Avirgan | May. 19, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • A Free-Range Internet, Killer Hybrids, and Baby Vegetables Pending

    Slate by Katy Waldman | 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 ...

  • Greece will leave the eurozone sooner or later. Sooner is better. Pending

    Slate by Nouriel Roubini | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate , Real Clear Politics
    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 ...

  • George Zimmerman claims he was fighting for his life. How deadly is an unarmed teenager? Pending

    Slate | May. 18, 2012
    via Dave Winer, Slate
    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 ...

  • Why We Need a Greener Military Pending

    Slate by Fred Kaplan | 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 ...

  • Forty Euros for Paella! Pending

    Slate by Matthew Yglesias | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • Where Does the Term “Baby Bump” Come From? Pending

    Slate by Dvora Meyers | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • How Hard Is Poverty Hitting Your County? Pending

    Slate by Andy Hull | 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; ...

  • Forget About the Mythical Lone Inventor in the Garage Pending

    Slate by Eric D. Isaacs | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • The “Can We Get in on That IPO?” Gabfest Pending

    Slate by Emily Bazelon | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • The Mighty Ducks on Grass, With Spirit Animals Pending

    Slate by John Swansburg | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • The 2012 TV Upfronts Pending

    Slate by Troy Patterson | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • Twice-Told Tales Pending

    Slate by David Weigel | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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. ...

  • Take Their Money and Run Pending

    Slate by Harlan J. Protass | 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 & ...

  • Happy Graduation! Now, About Those Loans … Pending

    Slate by Blair Hickman | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • Corrections Pending

    Slate | May. 18, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • Mexico’s leading presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto talks about his plans for the nation’s future. Pending

    Slate by Lally Weymouth | 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 ...

  • America’s Women Can’t Be Trusted Queued

    Slate | May. 17, 2012
    via Slate , Google News (Republican Party)
    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” ...

  • The Most Evil Thing about College Sports Pending

    Slate by Josh Levin | May. 17, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • Greek Drama Pending

    Slate by Matthew Yglesias | May. 17, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • I’m Through With Paper Pending

    Slate by Farhad Manjoo | May. 17, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • Minority Opinions Pending

    Slate by Will Oremus | May. 17, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • Eating Babies Pending

    Slate by Daniel Engber | May. 17, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...

  • Are There Really Just Five Racial Groups? Pending

    Slate by Brian Palmer | May. 17, 2012
    via Slate
    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 ...
 
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