Why Students Prefer to Learn from a Machine | Slate
August 13, 2014Annie Murphy PaulAugust 13, 2014 Robo-readers aren’t as good as human readers—they’re better.URL:...
View ArticleThis Looted QuickTrip Represents St. Louis's Racial Inequality | New Republic
August 14, 2014Christopher LeonardAugust 14, 2014 Who loots a QuickTrip? The Midwestern convenience store sells candy bars, chips and oversized sodas—hardly anything worth stealing. Yet Monday night, a...
View ArticleIf you don’t have political-risk insurance yet in Iraq, you may be out of...
August 18, 2014Steve LeVineAugust 18, 2014 Since the advance of ISIL into northern Iraq two months ago, foreign businesses have scrambled to obtain fresh or added insurance against political risk and...
View ArticleAll about the recalled loan that has Russia’s Rosneft in a panic | Quartz
August 19, 2014Steve LeVineAugust 19, 2014 As the West applies sanctions on Moscow, the Russian oil giant Rosneft appears to be scrambling for cash to cover a canceled loan-for-oil, according to a...
View ArticleFerguson's Post-Protest Business Recovery Plan | Businessweek
August 28, 2014Christopher LeonardAugust 28, 2014 Charles Davis showed up at his new restaurant on the morning of Aug. 9 ready for a long day of work. He’d opened the Ferguson Burger Bar & More...
View ArticleTwo Countries, Two Vastly Different Phone Bills
August 23, 2014“The United States lacks meaningful competition in its cellular market sector, which leads to higher cell plan prices than a growing list of other countries,” said Sascha Meinrath,...
View ArticleChina courts documentaries as it limits expression
August 26, 2014 Independent filmmaker Hao Wu was one who benefited from the push — sort of.Click here to read the full article.
View ArticleThe cure for cancer that parents won’t use
September 21, 2014Meredith WadmanSeptember 21, 2014 Not so long ago, when my sons still had smooth cheeks and children’s voices, I had them vaccinated against human papillomavirus, the most common...
View ArticleDid Obama sell his ISIS strategy?
September 11, 2014 CNN asked for views on President Obama's speech, in which he outlined his administration's plans for addressing the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),...
View ArticleDid Obama sell his ISIS strategy?
September 11, 2014 CNN asked for views on President Obama's speech, in which he outlined his administration's plans for addressing the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),...
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