Marc Herman

A Brookings report takes the "mend it, don't end it" approach to the embattled SNAP program.

A Center for Public Integrity investigation argues for better rules on judicial conflicts of interest.

But giftees think a little too hard.

There's a reason the U.S. farm lobby wants better access to Cuba.

The "Pope Francis Effect" hasn't caught on in the U.S., according to a Pew study.

Australia's security service tapped some phones in Indonesia. It hasn't ended well.

After ousting a dictator, Filipinos built a government that skewed local. Will natural disaster strain that system?

Google's "People Finder" is proving quietly useful amid the Philippine typhoon crisis.

Only seven out of nearly 800 inmates have been convicted and sentenced.

They're surprisingly little-studied, too.

Is cycling's problem that it's a sport of freelancers?

Could a new medical finding make it harder to claim something isn't torture?

It may, by expanding nurse practitioners' roles.

You can't, and that's the problem, argues the International Crisis Group.

Until it costs more.

Halloween isn't just for sinners anymore.

Tomorrow, 6,000 fraud cops will be deployed for elections in Madagascar, one of the world's poorest nations.

And a four-figure temperature control device for $220,000.

Sorry kids, grandpa wants air conditioning.

But it's still a tiny, tiny percentage of trips compared to cars. And walking is falling.

A long time ago, amid a fight like today's, the conservative's conservative told Congress he loved them.

Opinionated bombers.

Unless you're a farmer. Then you want them.

A New America study ponders privacy for new Internet users in an "age of tracking."

Why was an aid ship sailing through pirate-infested waters without an escort?

On average. Your own mileage may vary.

"No mountain top could be better placed."

Pharmaceutical companies in the European Union are blocking off-label drugs for executions.

Same mosquitoes, nastier bites.

It's the currency market.

A briefing paper calls for putting pressure on U.S. e-commerce.

Unemployed Europeans are studying German to find work. But so are the employed ones.

The formula appears to be (Good Coffee + Wiggo) x Unemployment.

Yes, argues a Human Rights Watch document.

Walmart and Benetton ducked a meeting in Geneva today on restitution.

A million and a half people formed a human chain across Catalunya today to call for the region's break from a crippled country.

What's behind Africa's boom?

A political revolving door case raises eyebrows in Europe.

A Somali businessman breaks pro-nomad.

What is the family of a Caribbean president hoping to accomplish by making public their violent lives?

An unofficial club of weapons experts looks for clues.

Sami ben Gharbia was one of the first recipients of the "Cablegate" files.

As wave of military suicides continues.

One of only five countries on Earth to say no to the global ban.

But only if you lost.

The famous author, who died today, once earned $100 a week writing cowboy tales.

Are freak longevity cases more about record-keeping than genetics, diet, or exercise?

Spain's Mariano Rajoy picks a suspiciously perfect moment to revive a 300-year-old fight with England.

A series of testimonials offers notes from civilians amid the conflict, claims Syria Deeply.

A newspaper in the emirates suggests breaking bad dietary habits along with the fast.