A voter drops off her election ballot at a drop box in Oregon. Richard Clement/REUTERSDuring the recent No Labels-hosted Problem Solver Convention in New Hampshire, things got a little uncomfortable.
When Joseph Choe, an Asian-American college student, stood up to ask a question about South Korea, Donald Trump cut him off and wondered aloud:...
The yuan has a long way to go.Yuan dollar via www.shutterstock.comChina’s currency, the yuan, recently (and briefly) became the world’s fourth-most-used form of payment, behind the US dollar, euro and pound sterling, having (marginally) pushed past the Japanese yen.
Last week, China’s central bank discussed whether to make an...
A long way to go for $100 billion Green Climate Fund.www.shutterstock.comIn the run-up to the Paris climate change conference, there is much focus on countries’ voluntary commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (their so-called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions). These are, of course, a significant aspect of any...
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How stuff gets sold to kids.Zac Zellers, CC BYStudents are greeted these days with a barrage of marketing and advertising as they enter the school year. And there is no let-up. The ads are all over.
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) found ads in corridors, on scoreboards and vending machines, and inserted in the curricula through...
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When should a woman start having mammograms?Eric Gaillard/ReutersIn October, the American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its guidelines for when women at average risk should be screened for breast cancer. These new recommendations are less straightforward than past versions, resulting in confusion among the press, physicians and women.
In the past...
Who's the most commanding of them all?ReutersAbout 14 million people, including me, watched the top Republican presidential contenders spar in their third debate Wednesday night. And while most pundits and viewers were attuned to their words, I noted the importance of what they wore – dark business suits, crisp button-down shirts and formal...
On the rebound: a number of cities, including Chicago, are becoming magnets for a growing number of professionals.
Jamie McCaffrey/flickr, CC BY-SAThis year and this day – the United Nations' World Cities Day – we should remember that the city is back. Across the globe there is an urban resurgence. In fact,...
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Did you hear that?Rob and Stephanie Levy, CC BYNontrivial numbers of Americans believe in the paranormal. These beliefs have spawned thousands of groups dedicated to investigating paranormal phenomena and a proliferation of ghost-hunting entries in the reality television market. Anecdotal evidence even suggests that ghost-hunting reality shows...
Read more: Hearing ghost voices relies on pseudoscience and fallibility of human perception
Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village border the FDR Drive in Lower Manhattan.NBC New YorkIt’s easy to overlook the brick residential towers of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village on Manhattan’s East Side.
Designed to be uniform and rather bland, the 80-acre development gives little outward sign of the fierce conflicts over housing...
Los Angeles looks abroad. Cesarexpo, CC BY-SAWhen our dear colleague and cofounder of the Initiative on Cities program at Boston University, former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, passed away one year ago, letters poured in to our offices at Boston University.
The intimate condolences from Boston’s many neighborhoods – Hyde Park, Roslindale,...
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