Cord Jefferson
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Can You Pass Harvard's 1869 Entrance Exam? (We Bet Not.) A glimpse into what it took to get a good education at the end of the Civil War.
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Cola Wars: The Big Loopholes Dooming Bloomberg's Soda Ban Despite successful public-health projects under his belt, Bloomberg and his hubris may be looking at a big failure.
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Politwoops: A Boring Thing That Could Prove Very Useful Everyone's favorite thing on the internet today is actually quite boring—but it won't always be.
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How a 9-Year-Old Girl's Food Blog Forced Healthier Lunch Options Never underestimate the power of a blog and a hungry 9-year-old girl.
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The Most Important Thing I've Ever Learned from My Dad, the Veteran Honoring Memorial Day means asking real questions to real veterans.
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How to Find Your Stolen Bike on Craigslist Everyone's favorite place to hunt for apartments can also be used to catch bike-stealing crooks. Here's one man's story.
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The Depressing Rise of People Robbing Banks to Pay the Bills Bank robberies are on the rise, but gone are the glamorous thieves of old. Today, people are just trying to pay their rent.
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U.S. General Says Soldiers Who Commit Suicide Are 'Selfish' And we wonder why more soldiers aren't quick to ask for help with their PTSD.
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People Are Awesome: Blogging While Braving Cancer Ellie Jeffery fought illness and boredom while providing the world an inspiring glimpse of her hope.
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Could Charging People for Uneaten Food in Restaurants Help Us Stop Wasting It? An increasing number of restaurants are making people pay for getting more food than they can eat. That's a great idea.
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How Cherokee Is Real Cherokee? Mixed-Race People Discuss Elizabeth Warren The state of Massachusetts debating a woman's bloodlines is yet more evidence that maybe trying to quantify race is a bad idea.
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You're the Ad Now: Why Marketers Need You to Do Their Job Ads used to tell you about products. Then they made you feel good about them. Now, you're the ad.
