From my Facebook feed, an email from a French journalist who was held hostage by ISIS. I am as distressed as anyone about the events
Actually, for all I know Americans might dislike Syrians more. But I do know this: the hostility is just as reprehensible, and history will judge
The Guardian has an advice column for development workers, ‘Dear NGO agony aunts’. A recent letter: Two years into working in the aid sector, I’m
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Remember David Evans, the guy nominated for a best writing on the internet award for
Black Millennials are more confident than any other young group that they can make a difference through political participation – 71 percent, compared with 52
In 2003, the U.N. banned its peacekeepers from engaging in transactional sex (the exchange of money or anything of value for sex). Despite this ban,
“Hey, your tenure letters are going out in a few months, so you should inject yourself into the most controversial debate of the year in
Photo essay of the week: Ben Carson’s trophy wall appears to take up most of the house, alongside a misspelling of proverb that urges him
Oliver Roeder at 538:takes a list of 2000 Supreme Court clerks from Wikipedia and matches it to a score that quantifies justices’ ideologies on a left-right
I love that the first thing he writes is an essay titled “Statistical objectivity is a cloak spun from political yarn”, even more so because
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action J-PAL is launching a new State and Local Initiative today, which will help local U.S. governments
Ezra Klein, founder of Vox.com and Wonkblog, went to the World Bank to tell them when and how to popularize research. I learned about modern
Arguments against ad blocking tend to focus on the potential economic harms. Because advertising is the dominant business model on the internet, if everyone used
Doctor A told me that for my bad back to get better, I should wear a back brace frequently, all the time if possible. “This
The philosopher Michael Ruse has argued that “morality is a collective illusion foisted upon us by our genes.” If that’s true, why have our genes
IPA has an interesting new startup, and they are hiring The scientists who first found evidence of gluten sensitivity… have now shown it doesn’t exist
What got missed in many of the media reports was that the research was incredibly limited. The study ran for only nine days, and involved
Of course it was Friday’s map of US government assistance to other countries. Man, people like maps. I used to wonder, “why is every news
A beautiful graphic by Raul Amoros. Hat tip @d_wlkr. If you’re burning to explain this madness, and want to go beyond “U.S. interests in oil,
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. The $2.7 billion Army lost blimp floating over an Amish buggy in Pennsylvania just 19 hours
