The MacArthur Foundation Will Pay Prisons $75M to Downsize–So Why Are Advocates Mad?
Puck Lo writes on why downsizing jails isn’t enough.
Myth of the Garbage Patch
The massive plastic trash gyre isn’t an island, it’s the disaster of capital circling the globe on ocean currents. Maya Weeks writes.
Witness Borne
Shara Yurkiewicz considers that bearing witness is a two-way mirror.
How Does the One-Child Policy Influence Happiness Levels in China?
Sunny Yuran Pei considers the subtler effects of China’s one-child policy.
Corruption: The Hidden Paradigm
Javier Zorrilla Eguren considers a way forward from the monster of “Capitalism-Machiavellian-Hobbesian-Darwinian-Pragmatic-Sensual-Success-Driven-Neoliberal-Totalitarian-Nihilist-Globalised.”
Demolition Party
China’s construction boom is driven by an equally booming wave of urban destruction. Wade Shepard gives you an excerpt from his upcoming book on the topic.
Healing History’s Wound
His ancestors were slave traders and hers were slaves. What they learned about healing from a roadtrip.
The Male Suicides: How Social Perfectionism Kills
In every country in the world, male suicides outnumber female. Will Storr asks why.
Higher Education Lobby Quietly Joins For-Profit Schools to Roll Back Tighter Rules
Traditional colleges and universities have become unlikely allies of the beleaguered for-profit industry as each group tries to fend off the government’s push for more accountability. Alec MacGillis reports.
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