Saturday, May 30, 2015

WHY US IMPRISONMENT RATES ARE FALLING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/16/the-u-s-imprisonment-rate-has-fallen-for-the-fifth-straight-year-heres-why/

FREE RIDERS

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-free-rider-idea-evolved.html

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT HITS CENTRAL VALLEY TOWNS

http://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-c1-east-porterville-20140918-story.html#page=1

MANDATED CURRICULUMS IN KANSAS

http://www.guernicamag.com/features/freedom-mandate/?src=longreads

THE EFFECTS OF HUNGER

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/hunger-good-bad-hangry?utm_source=tny

Thursday, May 21, 2015

SUING TO FIX LOUISIANA

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/02/magazine/mag-oil-lawsuit.html?src=longreads

THE FUTURE OF DRONES

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/drones-the-next-smartphone.html?src=longreads

THE CASE FOR TRAILER PARKS

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/10/the-case-for-trailer-parks/381808/

Sunday, May 17, 2015

KINDS OF BAD LISTENING

http://m.fastcompany.com/1810661/learning-be-power-listener

THE FUTURE OF CHICAGO

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/03/the-city-that-works-even-better-emanuels-strategy-for-chicago-growth/253803/

AN ELITE EDUCATION IS BAD FOR YOU

https://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#.VVlE1YHn_qA

HATING THE PEOPLE YOU HARM

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/10/05/the-benjamin-franklin-effect/

HOW TO DESTROY EMPLOYEE MORALE

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/how-to-completely-utterly-destroy-an-employees-work-life/2012/03/05/gIQAxU3iuR_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

HOW BROKEN WINDOWS REALLY WORKS

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/

WHY GENERATION Y IS UNHAPPY

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3930620

WHY PEOPLE LIVE IN UNHAPPY CITIES

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/30/the-appeal-of-unhappy-cities/

BLAMING TEACHERS

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/the-war-on-teachers/379403/

PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND RANDOMNESS

http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/inquiring-minds-william-poundstone

BENEFITS OF RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/big-strides-could-come-from-a-small-bump-in-pay/2015/01/02/471984fe-8fa6-11e4-a412-4b735edc7175_story.html

OIL DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/magazine/the-wreck-of-the-kulluk.html?_r=2&referrer=

THE TRAGEDY OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/12/the-tragedy-of-the-american-military/383516/

OBAMACARE AND THE HEALTH CARE BOOM IN OHIO

http://m.clevescene.com/cleveland/how-ohios-medicaid-expansion-is-paying-huge-dividends-for-the-cleveland-clinic-and-metrohealth-why-other-gop-led-states-are-paying-attention/Content?oid=4540438

BABY DEATH IN CINCINNATI

http://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/citywiseblog/infant-mortality-this-is-how-we-lose-them/?Src=longreads

POOR STREET DESIGN AT STAPLETON

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/04/a-case-study-in-flawed-street-design/389291/

THE ASSISTANT ECONOMY

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-assistant-economy?src=longreads