After George Zimmerman’s acquittal of second-degree murder and manslaughter on Saturday, supporters of slain teenager Trayvon Martin gathered across the country to protest
Not Guilty: Emotional Reactions to the George Zimmerman Verdict
After 15-plus hours of deliberation, the jury acquitted George Zimmerman of second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, eliciting strong reactions from both sides of the heated trial
Ice Cream Men Gone Wild
The recent arrest of a Mr. Ding-a-Ling for drunk driving is just the latest threat to the wholesome image of America’s dairy kings on wheels.
The Next Verdict from the Zimmerman Trial
Now that the jury has acquitted George Zimmerman of the murder of Trayvon Martin, Americans will need to look elsewhere for answers to the larger questions of social and racial justice the case raised
In Move to University of California, Napolitano Trades One Challenging Bureaucracy for Another
The departing Homeland Security secretary may have had enough of Washington, but running the financially strained UC system is no cushy gig
In the Greenhouse: Forests Get More Water Efficient as Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise
Nature may have its own way of adapting to climate change, as a new study shows that forests get more economic with water as greenhouse gases levels increase
Hey, Maybe the PC Isn’t Dying
But it’s about to get harder to categorize
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Two Sides…
One of the confounding things about sexual assault in the military is that is some corners it is tolerated, winked at, and/or laughed about. Yet elsewhere inside the same institution, the military goes to extraordinary lengths to …
The Awfulness of Airlines Is an Opening for Trains and Buses
The glamour of flying is long gone, replaced by the “cattle-herding, fee-crazy airline business” of today, as Mark Gerchick, author of a new book about the airline business called Full Upright and Locked Position, puts it.
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Has the United States Lost its Grand Strategic Mind?
MARINA DE CAMPO, Italy — As Esam Al-Amin explains here, Mohamad Morsi made some colossal blunders during his one year rule of Egypt as its democratically elected president.
He was elected in what most observers regard as a …
Behind June’s Surprise $116 Billion U.S. Budget Surplus
The effects of sequestration and payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gave the U.S. Treasury its largest monthly surplus since before the financial crisis.
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Help Pick a New Logo for the Birthplace of Nuclear Weapons!
My, how times change.
As Democrats Bicker, Senate Stalls Again On Solving Student Loan Impasse
Students worried about the ballooning interest rates for new college loans will have to keep worrying, after the Senate failed again Wednesday to find a solution.