The Year in Housing: The Middle Class Can’t Afford to Live in CitiesAnymore | WIRED
The Year in Housing: The Middle Class Can’t Afford to Live in Cities Anymore | WIRED https://www.wired.com/2016/12/year-housing-middle-class-cant-afford-live-cities-anymore/more…
Why We’re Living in the Age of Fear – Rolling Stone
Why We’re Living in the Age of Fear – Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-were-living-in-the-age-of-fear-w443554 This is the safest time in human history. So why are we all so afraid? October 6, 2016 Jen Senko believes that her father was brainwashed. As Senko, a New York filmmaker, tells it, her father was a “nonpolitical Democrat.” But then he […]more…
From Psychedelics To Alzheimer’s,2016 Was A Good Year For Brain Science
With a president-elect who has publicly supported the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism, suggested that climate change is a hoax dreamed up by the Chinese, and appointed to his Cabinet a retired neurosurgeon who doesn’t buy the theory of evolution, things might look grim for science. Yet watching Patti Smith sing “A Hard Rain’s […]more…
Thanks To Russia, 2016 Isn’t Really Going To End For Obama And Trump
In the Washington of 2016, even when the policy can be bipartisan, the politics cannot. And in that sense, this year shows little sign of ending on Dec. 31. When President Obama moved to sanction Russia over its alleged interference in the U.S. election just concluded, some Republicans who had long called for similar or […]more…
Russia hacking code’ found on Vermont utility computer
An electrical company in the US state of Vermont says it has found malware code allegedly used by Russian hackers on one of its company laptops. The Burlington Electric Department said it had taken “immediate action to isolate” the computer, which was not connected to the electrical grid. The government alerted them to the “Grizzly Steppe” code […]more…
Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility,showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say
By Juliet Eilperin, Adam Entous December 30, 2016 at 10:30 PM U.S. officials say a Russian hacking operating penetrated a utility in Vermont. (The Washington Post) A code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration has been detected within the system of a Vermont utility, according to U.S. officials. While the […]more…
In 2016, the enemy of your enemy is your friend — even if that friend is your enemy Putin
By Philip Bump December 30, 2016 at 3:58 PM President Obama and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talk before an economic leaders meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. (Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) President Obama’s two terms in office have been marked by one of the deepest partisan splits over presidential job performance in history. […]more…
America’s underpaid-teacher problem, in one chart — Quartz
America’s underpaid-teacher problem, in one chart — Quartz http://qz.com/873003/americas-underpaid-teacher-problem-in-one-chart/ Dan Kopf Every year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) releases a data-packed report (pdf) on the state of education in its 35 member countries. The 2016 edition contains a salary comparison for high-school teachers versus other full-time workers in that country with similar […]more…
U.N. resolution on Israel: Why are people so upset? – CBS News
U.N. resolution on Israel: Why are people so upset? – CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-are-people-so-upset-over-the-latest-united-nations-resolution-about-israel/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a Politics infomore…
Why Paul Ryan Is So Desperate To Vote On Obamacare Repeal Quickly |The Huffington Post
Why Paul Ryan Is So Desperate To Vote On Obamacare Repeal Quickly | The Huffington Post http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5862a42be4b0eb586487380d? Jonathan Cohn Senior National Correspondent, The Huffington Post House Speaker Paul Ryan has vowed a quick repeal of Obamacare in order to “stop the damage” and because “things are only getting worse.” Meanwhile, here is a selection of news […]more…