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education TOM THE DANCING BUG: Hollingsworth Hound and the American Dream of Upward Mobility Ruben Bolling

politics This Polish trailer park LARP experience lets you roleplay the death of the American Dream for 390 euros Jennifer Sandlin
economics Tracking the Rise and Fall of the American middle class with shopping malls Thom Dunn
los angeles Hollywood assistants are the latest group to come together, share their salaries, and demand better working conditions Thom Dunn
happy mutants Thomas Piketty's new book uses data to trace how inequality changes ideology Cory Doctorow
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education What's wrong with blaming "information" for political chaos Cory Doctorow
happy mutants 1.7 million viewers tuned into Bernie Sanders' Inequality Town Hall webcast Cory Doctorow
gender Vocal fry, uptalking, nasal: women's voices can never be "right" Cory Doctorow
China in pictures on one traveler's Instagram feed Clive Thompson
Business The Knowledge: London cabbies' multi-year, grueling training Cory Doctorow
Science For the working class and poor, fracking is one of the last bastions of upward mobility Maggie Koerth
Game of Thrones S3E6: Hang in there Leigh Alexander
politics Meritocracies become oligarchies Cory Doctorow
politics Stephen King calls on politicians to tax him and other rich people Cory Doctorow
Book Caligula for President: Better American Living Through Tyranny Mark Frauenfelder
Fresh perspective on the Current Cory Doctorow