Must Read
- Frances Robles and Michael S. Schmidt, Shooting Accounts Differ as Holder Schedules Visit to Ferguson
- Sue Sturgis, The Government Program That’s Equipping Police Like an Occupying Military Force
- Donny Shaw, Defense Industry-Backed Lawmakers Voted to Continue Police Militarization Program
- Charlie Pierce, The Ghost of Ronald Reagan [Ed.: The Mulford Act, passed in 1967, made it illegal for Californians to carry loaded weapons in public.]
- Bob Kuttner, No Jobs But Crappy Jobs: The Next Big Political Issue?
Should Read
- NY Times Editorial Board, China Confronts Its Coal Problem
- Sean Elder, Silicon Valley Keeps Solving Problems—Just Not the Big Ones
- Timothy Williams, Workforce Investment Act Leaves Many Jobless and in Debt
- Aaron Carroll, Charges for healthcare in the US are whack – UPDATED
Public Health
Environment
- Joe Romm, Jet Stream Changes Driving Extreme Weather Linked Again To Global Warming, Arctic Ice Loss
- Sandia National Laboratories, New project is the ACME of computer science to address climate change
Ferguson, MO
- Boston.com, Boston’s [Former Police Commissioner] Ed Davis: Ferguson Police Weapons ‘Should Be Put Down’
- Charlie Pierce, Here With An Opposing View…
Politics
- Josh Barro, Where Are the National Democrats on Ferguson?
- Jack Healy, Montana Democrats Pick Novice for Senate Race [1]
- Asma Khalid, Race For Mass. Attorney General Splits Democrats
- Jim O’Sullivan, Grossman Democrats may help GOP’s Baker
Economics
- Emily Atkin, More U.S.-Made Wind Turbines Are Being Sold Overseas As Congress Fails To Support Wind Power
- Dean Baker, The Skills Gap is Most Evident in Retail Trade and Restaurants
- Dean Baker, Job Polarization Was a Story of the 1990s, Not the 2000s
Foreign Affairs
- 2nd Lt. Jason McClure, The Falklands War: Causes and Lessons
Arts
- Claire O’Neill, If Edward Hopper Had Been A Photographer
Other
- Dan Brosgol, The Tunnel At The End Of The Light [Ed.: Thoughts on the waning days of summer.]
Notes
- More Amanda Curtis‘ please. Her primary opponent, Dirk Adams, doesn’t sound half-bad either.