Must Read
- Charles Blow, The Cost of War
- Emily Atkin, U.N. Scientists See Largest CO2 Increase In 30 Years: ‘We Are Running Out Of Time’
Should Read/Listen
- WBUR, Madison Park [High School] Students Protest Lack Of Schedules
- Martha Bebinger, A First-Year Victory In The Mass. Fight To Control Health Costs
- Tina Rosenberg, An Untapped Force in the Fight for Literacy
- Jason Fields, In Iraq, U.S. is spending millions to blow up captured American war machines
- Eric Lipton, Brooke Williams, and Nicholas Confessore, Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks
- Joshua Holland, What’s Missing in the American Media: Working People
- Masha Gessen, The Dying Russians
Environment
- Joe Romm, Global Warming Boosts Chances of Civilization-Threatening Megadroughts Here And Abroad
- Ari Phillips, How 2 Guys, A Lobster Boat, And A District Attorney Just Made Climate History
- Ari Phillips, The Dangerous Hole In The Ozone Layer Is Healing, And It’s Because Of A Global Agreement
- Andrew Revkin, A New Study Clarifies Treatment Needs for Water from Fracked Gas and Oil Wells
- Project Vote Smart, 2014 National Environment Key Votes [Ed.: Check the topics. I find it absolutely chilling that these are what pass for key environmental issues in Congress.]
Politics
- Dani Rodrik, How the Rich Rule
- Josh Israel, Georgia State Senator Complains That Voting Is Too Convenient For Black People
- Jonathan Weisman, [An Economic] Rebound Takes Root in Michigan, But Voters’ Gloom Is Hard to Shake
- Cliff Zukin, Carl Van Horn, and Allison Kopicki, Unhappy, Worried, and Pessimistic: Americans in the Aftermath of the Great Recession
- Paul Waldman, Can Republicans Be Convinced to Help Improve the Affordable Care Act?
Economics
- Josh Bivens, In 2013, Workers’ Share of Income in the Corporate Sector Fell to its Lowest Point since 1950
- Kevin Drum, A Brief Note on Texas Hospitality
Science
Miscellany
- Adam Nagourney, Police Armored Vehicle is Unwelcome in California College Town
- Ruth Graham, Against YA: Read whatever you want. But you should feel embarrassed when what you’re reading was written for children.
- A.O. Scott, The Death of Adulthood in American Culture