The Counter-Intuitivist The Counter-Intuitivist
Prepare to have your mind blown.
Oct 13, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
How a Small Town in North Dakota Became One of America’s ‘Truly Elite’ Oil Fields How a Small Town in North Dakota Became One of America’s ‘Truly Elite’ Oil Fields
Thanks in part to Williston, North Dakota, the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia in total oil and gas production, making the nation the number one consumer and producer of fossi...
Oct 13, 2014 / Laura Gottesdiener
‘Raiders Night’ Comes to Sayreville ‘Raiders Night’ Comes to Sayreville
High school football, hazing, sexual assault and a truth more horrifying than fiction.
Oct 13, 2014 / Dave Zirin
The Wage Gap Makes Perfect Sense When Tech Executives Say What They Really Think About Women The Wage Gap Makes Perfect Sense When Tech Executives Say What They Really Think About Women
What is said off the cuff, even in front of an audience full of women, gives us insight into what women are still up against in the tech industry.
Oct 13, 2014 / Bryce Covert
How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse. How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse.
This is not a time to panic. It is a time to get things right.
Oct 13, 2014 / John Nichols
If Airport Ebola Screening Makes You Feel Safer, You Should Know What Workers Are Saying If Airport Ebola Screening Makes You Feel Safer, You Should Know What Workers Are Saying
Some airport workers have not been trained on handling exposures which could put them at risk of Ebola, hepatitis B and HIV infection.
Oct 12, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t
How the WHO’s blindness and Western biases let the Ebola epidemic run wild.
Oct 10, 2014 / Annie Sparrow
The Mitch McConnell/Alison Lundergan Grimes Kentucky Horse Race Update The Mitch McConnell/Alison Lundergan Grimes Kentucky Horse Race Update
After slipping in the polls and getting outspent by McConnell forces two to one, Grimes surprised everyone last week by surging in the latest Bluegrass Poll.
Oct 10, 2014 / Leslie Savan
This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize Winners Are Radicals—and That’s a Good Thing This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize Winners Are Radicals—and That’s a Good Thing
Don’t overlook the fact that Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai have challenged economic and political elites, including multinational corporations and President Obama.
Oct 10, 2014 / John Nichols
There Is No Constitutional Right to Harass Women Online There Is No Constitutional Right to Harass Women Online
The stalking, harassment and defaming of women online shows the importance of cyber civil rights.
Oct 10, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg