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Obama vetoes aid to Syrian rebels, and more
feature President Obama nixed a plan to arm the Syrian rebels in 2012.
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Arctic cold kills tree insects, and more
feature This winter’s arctic temperatures have had at least one beneficial impact: They’ve killed ash borers, gypsy moths, and other tree-eating insects.
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Very rich and very poor in California, and more
feature California is home to 111 billionaires, yet it also suffers the highest poverty rate in the country.
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State prison admissions fall, and more
feature With states decriminalizing marijuana and scaling back 1970s-era drug laws, admissions to state prisons have declined.
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Good governance in Africa, and more
feature This year’s winner of the $5 million Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa is...nobody.
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Profession and voting preference, and more
feature People who work in industries that skew male are much more likely to support Mitt Romney in this election.
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Congress's poor record, and more
feature The 113th Congress is on course to pass less legislation than any Congress in history.
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Gun violence in PG-13 movies, and more
feature The amount of gun violence in PG-13 movies has more than tripled since 1985.
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A first for West Point, and more
feature For the first time, two male graduates of West Point were married at the military academy’s chapel.
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A demographic turning point, and more
feature For the first time in U.S. history, there were more recorded deaths than births among white Americans in 2012.
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Gender differences in employment, and more
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Smartphone collisions, and more
feature Fifty-three percent of all adult mobile-phone owners have been banged into because someone was peering at their smartphone.
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Abortion rate falls to new low, and more
feature The U.S. abortion rate has fallen to its lowest level since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
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Fewer American deaths in Afghanistan, and more
feature As the U.S. draws down its forces, American deaths in Afghanistan have fallen sharply.
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