Bureau nominated for two prestigious data journalism awards
A major investigation in Pentagon Iraq propaganda and an app for exploring our drone war data have been internationally recognised.
Film, panel discussion highlight church’s debate over homosexuality
About 50 people gathered this week at the Delancey Street Theater in San Francisco to screen the film “A Church Divided” and participate in a panel discussion on the United Methodist Ch…
Nigeria Flood: 'E be like graveyard'
Ukan Kurugh dey among those wey dey help communities for Benue State, wey dey central Nigeria
Buckets of pasta and the radio blaring? It's back to school on Lake Como
The breakfast show on 102.5 FM Sportiva blasts from windows and my friend Lucia sucks her teeth as we wind on foot through the cars. “Che STRESS.”
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, once a human rights icon, is being condemned for mistreating Muslims
Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to nonviolent struggle, democracy and human rights. But her critics now say she sacrificed the stateless Rohingyas, backslided on press freedom
The Mass Grave in the Garden
A Brazilian family discovers the world’s largest mass grave of enslaved people in their backyard.
Eugenics in Australia: The secret of Melbourne's elite
Eugenics — the science of improving the race —was a powerful influence on the development of Western civilisation in the first half of the twentieth century. And Melbourne’s elite were among its chief…
Teaching philosophy at school isn’t just good pedagogy – it helps to safeguard society | Aeon Videos
Teaching philosophy to children has been shown to sharpen reasoning and communication skills. Moreover, students who engage in philosophical thinking are better able to grapple with concepts that might otherwise be beyond their grasp. But, according to Emma and Peter Worley of The Philosophy Foundation, a UK-based organisation that specialises in doing philosophy in the classroom, what’s even more important than these cognitive advantages at the individual level are the societal benefits of having a population that thinks critically and coherently. In this instalment of Aeon’s In Sight series, the Worleys describe how, beyond teaching children to ‘think well’, spreading philosophy is a safeguard against the sorts of educational and societal
The Sudden But Well-Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel
It’s hard to remember a time when Rahm Emanuel wasn’t a Democratic Party superstar. Go back to 1991, when the thirty-two-year-old took over fund-raising for Bill Clinton. He was soon renowned for making the staff come to work on Sundays, shrieking into the phone to donors things like “Five thousand dollars is an insult! You’re a twenty-five-thousand-dollar person!”—and,
Aaron Brewer: Still the NFL's Worst Player?
Few care about the league’s long snappers, but here’s why we should this Super Bowl Sunday.
Bin Laden May Be History, But the Future of Terrorism Looks More Chilling Than Ever
It’s been three years since Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan. Today’s face of terrorism is newer, more amorphous and perhaps more dangerous than ever.
Inside Peoples Temple by Marshall Kilduff, Phil Tracy · Longform
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