Farm Bill Cuts $8 Billion in Food Stamps, Preserves Handouts to Koch Industries Farm Bill Cuts $8 Billion in Food Stamps, Preserves Handouts to Koch Industries
The new Farm Bill cuts programs to needy families while handing over big giveaways to Koch Industries.
Feb 5, 2014 / Lee Fang
Want to See Pay Discrimination Against Women? Look at the Top. Want to See Pay Discrimination Against Women? Look at the Top.
Female CEOs are consistently paid less than male ones. What have they done to deserve less pay?
Feb 5, 2014 / Bryce Covert
The Philippines Raises a Chinese Bogeyman The Philippines Raises a Chinese Bogeyman
President Benigno Aquino compares China’s offshore assertiveness to Hitler’s Sudetenland grab.
Feb 5, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Rocky Year May Lie Ahead for India-US Ties A Rocky Year May Lie Ahead for India-US Ties
On human rights, nuclear energy, climate change and more, the US and India are set to clash.
Feb 5, 2014 / Barbara Crossette
How Crowdworkers Became the Ghosts in the Digital Machine How Crowdworkers Became the Ghosts in the Digital Machine
Since 2005, Amazon has helped create one of the most exploited workforces no one has ever seen.
Feb 5, 2014 / Feature / Moshe Z. Marvit
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Feb 5, 2014 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: The Dry Season Snapshot: The Dry Season
The nearly empty Almaden Reservoir near San Jose, California, on January 21. Governor Jerry Brown has declared a drought emergency in the state, two-thirds of which is suffering from “severe” or “exceptional” drought conditions, according to the US Drought Monitor.
Feb 5, 2014 / Robert Galbraith
Bull in China’s Shop Bull in China’s Shop
The urbanization of China and infusion of Western forms amounts to a second Cultural Revolution.
Feb 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
The Loved Ones The Loved Ones
Robert May’s Kids for Cash, Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria, Razvan Radulescu’s Child’s Pose
Feb 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Puzzle No. 3313 Puzzle No. 3313
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Feb 4, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto