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Occupiers Take to the Farm

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Study finds taxing carbon is a less painful solution to debt crisis.

—Tim McDonnell

Does Eating Corn Syrup Kill Your Memory?

If a new study using lab rats is any indication, the answer could be yes.

—Kiera Butler
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Smackdown: ACLU Calls Out Private Prison Giant

But the Corrections Corporation of America ain't biting.

—James Ridgeway

Too Big to Jail: How Wall Street Took Over Washington

Four years after the crash, the Jamie Dimons of the world can still get away with losing billions in risky trades. Here's why.

—Kevin Drum

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Two nations, one voice, as seen through graphic design student projects.

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Tea Partiers Backing Scott Walker May Run Afoul of IRS

Will the Tea Party Patriots violate their tax-exempt status by going all in for the Wisconsin governor in the recall fight?

—Stephanie Mencimer

The Book Big Tobacco Doesn't Want You to Read

With "Golden Holocaust," historian Robert Proctor deconstructs an industry that still kills more than 400,000 Americans a year.

—Michael Mechanic

Are Virus-Powered Cellphones Around the Corner?

Scientists harvest renewable energy from viruses.

—Kate Sheppard

George "Macaca" Allen Wants Back in the Game

Six years after flaming out in a viral video clip, the former Virginia senator has emerged from the wilderness. But his party may have moved on without him.

—Tim Murphy

Do Toms Shoes Really Help People?

The "buy one, give one" model sounds like a great idea, but does it really alleviate poverty? It depends.

—Kiera Butler

If You Thought Michele Bachmann Was Out There...

Meet her mentor, Allen Quist. He believes dinosaurs coexisted with man, women are "genetically predisposed" to subservience—and he's running to join his protégée in Congress.

—Tim Murphy

Inside India’s Rent-a-Womb Business

Gestational dormitories. Quintuple embryo implants. Brave New World? Nope, surrogacy tourism.

—Scott Carney

Steak or Veggie Burger: Which is Greener?

A lifelong vegetarian eats her first hamburger—to find out the truth.

—Kiera Butler

Your Weekend Longreads List on Bullying

Great stories on bullying from Slate, The Awl, and Mother Jones.

—Sam Baldwin

Raped at 14, Then Sterilized by the State

Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina sterilized more than 7,500 residents for being "feebleminded" and unfit to reproduce.

Photographs by Andy McMillan / Text by Maya Dusenbery

Selling Trayvon Martin for Target Practice

An unidentified entrepreneur aimed to profit from selling gun targets depicting the slain teenager.

—Mark Follman

What Romney the Teenager Says About Romney the Man

Not much. But the fact that Romney the man claims he can't even remember Romney the teenager does.

—Kevin Drum

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