Environment Casualties of the Coop Thousands of abandoned roosters and past-their-prime hens have landed in animal shelters across the country since urban farming took flight. Kim Kankiewicz
Education What If the Best Remedy for a Broken Family Is No Family at All? The San Pasqual Academy argues we should let foster teenagers create their own tribe. Natasha Vargas-Cooper
Economics Russian Adoptions, Financial Skulduggery, and National Pride Vladimir Putin has said he’ll sign a bill from Russia’s parliament that bars Americans from adopting Russian children;… Michael Todd
Economics 10 Things You Didn’t Know Were in the Health Bill From breast pumping to adoption tax credits, the leviathan known as the U.S. health care bill is loaded with little goodies. Emily Badger
Social Justice A New Stones Age The EPA acknowledges, finally, that climate change will have public-health implications, increasing the incidence of heart disease, allergies, asthma, tropical diseases and ... kidney stones. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice International Adoptions Struggle for Hollywood Endings Hollywood stars have made international child adoptions trendy in recent years, but countries have been striving to make practice safer. Natalie Cherot