How Health and Housing Relate to Crime in Chicago

Whet Moser Chicago Magazine
Low birth weight, childhood lead poisoning, pre-term births, and infant mortality rate all go hand in hand with the crime rate—but there are significant differences in how neighboring communities are affected.

Building Not Rebulding Public Education

Lois Weiner Jacobin
Adapted from a longer piece in the current issue of New Politics (see link below). Fighting corporate education reform is less about restoring the old system to its former glory than building a just one for the first time.

Arctic Games

Emily Schwing, Photos by Hans Petter Sørensen Al Jazeera
People of circumpolar north meet for first time to celebrate ancestral feats of agility and strength

How to Fix Venezuela's Troubled Exchange Rate

Mark Weisbrot Fortune
Even though the country’s black market for U.S. dollars has stabilized, the government will need to bring inflation down in order to maintain a stable exchange rate.

Friday Nite Videos -- Feb 24, 2014

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Michael Sam and the NFL. Language and Human Nature. Moral March on Raleigh. Are We Descended from Martians? Pete Seeger Speaks.

The Moral March on Raleigh

Tens of thousands of people attended the Feb. 8, 2014 Moral March on Raleigh.

Melissa Harris-Perry reports on the spread of Moral Monday's to other states.