How Etsy Got Over Middle-School-Cafeteria Syndrome
In the year after declaring diversity one of their core values, Etsy watched their female engineers drop to four out of 85.
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A Short History of Home Mail Delivery
Most forms of Saturday mail delivery will end in August, the U.S. Postal Service announced this morning. The…
It’s February, Do You Know Where Your Anthropologist Is?
Starting later this week, accelerating through the weekend, and exploding by next Tuesday, the world will be entering…
New for 2013, the Burqa Accord
Nothing seems quite as appealing as owning a car completely enveloped by a burqa. The text reads, “Saudi…
Malala and the Two Kinds of Operation
Malala Yousafzai, the youthful activist for female education in Pakistan, reportedly is doing OK after weekend surgery to…
One Area Where Head Start Lives Up to Its Name
Head Start is the kind of program that seems like it’s just gotta work. Founded in the opening…
Nail Polish, Democracy
Wafa Ben Hassine, writing today at Nawaat: The social climate in Tunisia is deteriorating. Many people cannot even…
Super Bowl Illegal Drug Use Update
Super Bowl weekend is upon us, and you all know what that means: Time to set aside the…
Economics: Red Cross Getting Tired of Carrying Austerity Fallout
A tricky word, “developed.” It’s hard to find much silver lining in Europe’s now-five-year-long economic collapse. But: at…
Manti Te’o’s Fake Girlfriend is a Real Man
Well, that explains a lot. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the 22-year-old guy who invented football star Manti Te’o’s imaginary lady-love…