So much ink has been spilled on how vote suppression will affect the 2012 presidential election, one hesitates to write another word. Ari Berman has done terrific work uncovering the ways in which the new voting laws have aimed at suppressing the votes of elderly, minority, student, and other voters—particularly in swing states—who tend to vote for Democratic candidates.
Harvard and China have one thing in common: They both consider themselves to be the center of the world. So, it was always inevitable that when the scandal that brought down Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai broke , the repercussions would be felt, somehow, in Cambridge
What does George Lucas have to do with Facebook? They’re both embroiled in an extremely dire Bay Area housing shortage that’s holding back the region’s economic potential. This is a problem not just for the Bay Area but for the country as a whole.
Slate Group Editor-in-Chief Jacob Weisberg was on Facebook on Wednesday to chat with readers about his wide-ranging interview series “Conversations With Slate” and his thoughts on the 2012 elections.
Ask a straight man, “How do you like your women?” and it’s unlikely he’ll answer, “Dumb and sleepy.” But according to new findings, these characteristics—and any other traits suggesting that the lady isn’t particularly alert—are precisely what the human male has evolved to look for in a one-night-stand.
For publishers and content creators, Tumblr exists at the heart of one of the Web’s great dilemmas. On the one hand, the micro-blogging social network can act as force-multiplier that expands the reach of content, in the same way that aggregator sites and Facebook and Twitter do
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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 consults Microsoft researcher and academic dana boyd: “a fast-talking Dr. Seuss hipster with a visionary vibe.” boyd (the lower-case is intentional) posits that millennial kids enjoy far less freedom to wander around in physical space; they should at least be allowed to find their way online
A lab report released Thursday showed that Trayvon Martin was shot from close range , probably with the gun pressed against his chest.
The grade-A dynamite evidence in the John Edwards trial, Exhibit 128, was a letter from the reclusive heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon , dated April 21, 2007, and addressed to Edwards’ body man/consigliere/sycophant Andrew Young. Mellon was incensed at a Politico scoop about her candidate billing a pricey haircut to his campaign
