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Robert Galbraith / Reuters Michael Eisner to Goldie Hawn: Most Beautiful Women Can't Be Funny
The Disney CEO and the Oscar-winning actress compare notes on Hollywood.
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Akhtar Soomro / Reuters Could ISIS Exist Without Islam?
Why “Is the Islamic State Muslim?” is a trick question
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Shannon Stapleton/Reuters A Child's Future Shouldn't Hinge on Her Zip Code
Advocate Jim Steyer remembers what first sparked his desire to create an advocacy group for young people.
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Molly Riley / Reuters David Petraeus on Syria, Attacking Iran, and the Threat From ISIS
The retired general and former CIA director holds forth on the Middle East.
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Larry Downing / Reuters Rahm Emanuel: ‘I Am Not an Education Reformer’
The Chicago mayor just announced $200 million in school budget cuts and 1,400 staff lay-offs. What’s his plan for saving the Windy City’s public-education system?
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Heinz Peter-Bager / Reuters The Saturday Night Live Theory of U.S.-Iran Relations
“I’m not a vegetarian because I love animals. I’m a vegetarian because I hate plants.”
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Mark Makela / Reuters The Local Consequences of Citizens United
The attorneys David Boies and Theodore Olson say new rules about political spending have most affected state and local elections. What does that mean for democracy?
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Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters Get the Police to Meditate
A University of Wisconsin professor suggests that mindfulness might be one way to reduce police violence.
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Eileen McMenamin Common Ground on Climate Change
When billionaires Tom Steyer, a climate-change activist, and David Koch, a confirmed skeptic, met for the first time, they found a basis for conversation.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Former NYPD Chief Ray Kelly Wants All New Cops to Get Bachelor's Degrees
The ex-commissioner, who blames minority communities for tension between police and civilians, also wants cops to try out body cameras.
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Gretchen Ertl / Reuters My Brother's Keeper, but Maybe Not My Sister's
The White House is pushing a new initiative to keep young men of color out of prison and improve their outcomes. But what about young women?
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Jianan Yu / Reuters How Parents Make High-Achieving Kids Miserable
Two writers with experience teaching at elite colleges perceive an epidemic of conditional love that is damaging the ability of students to lead happy lives.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Peter Thiel Compares Elite Education to a Night Club With a Long Line
Top universities claim to benefit everyone, but the value of the degrees they confer is inextricably tied to exclusivity, he argues.
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Reuters Valerie Jarrett: Why Should Obama Bear the Burden of Talking About Race?
One of the president's closest advisors defends him against the charge that he has held back when addressing the subject.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The American Dream Is Suffering, but Americans Are Satisfied: 15 Charts
A new poll reveals that although Americans think obstacles to advancement are more severe than ever, they still believe hard work can overcome them.
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Roger Sayles / Flickr The American Dream: Personal Optimists, National Pessimists
A survey reveals a huge gap between Americans’ pessimism about the nation and their optimism about their own lives.
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Mark Blinch / Reuters The Dilemma of Math
Is it just a ticket to a good job, or is it the key to unlocking a secret world of beauty?
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters The Golden Age of Post-Television
Netflix’s content chief Ted Sarandos says the company isn’t trying to outdo TV, it’s trying to do something completely different.
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Chip East / Reuters The United Nations in a Post-Nation World
70 years after its founding, the UN faces a world that looks nothing like it did in 1945.
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R.L. Hide / Flickr A Paradox of American Religion: Diversity Brings Tolerance
The journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley marvels at how well people of different faiths get along in this country.
