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Samsung Pushes Colossal Development in South Korea
As the North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un continues to exercise ...
As the North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un continues to exercise his power, South Korea is pushing forward on another, business-related front. The country is home to the world's largest smartphone maker, and its influential economic leader, Lee Kun-Hee. Lee
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Where in the Solar System Is Voyager 1?
There was a moment last week when the scientific community ...
There was a moment last week when the scientific community was on the edge of its seat after news that NASA's Voyager 1 had left the solar system. Voyager 1 is one of two spacecraft sent into the far reaches of the cosmos in the late 1970s to tour the sol
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Same-Sex Marriage Goes to the Supreme Court
Today the Supreme Court hears the first of two cases ...
Today the Supreme Court hears the first of two cases on the constitutionality of gay marriage. The first case is Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved, state constitutional amendment that banned same-sex mar
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Growing Up with Gay Parents
This week, the Supreme Court will hear two cases on ...
This week, the Supreme Court will hear two cases on same-sex marriage: Hollingsworth v. Perry, the case will determine the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, and United States v. Windsor, the case that will decide the constitutionality of t
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When Fathers Anchor The Home, They Don't Have It All Either
Due in large part to the release of Facebook chief ...
Due in large part to the release of Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg's new book "Lean In," for the first time in a long time there is a robust discussion about how to recruit and keep more women in leadership positions being had on a large
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The Choices and Challenges of Feminist Stay-at-Home Moms
Over the past week or so, we’ve been talking about ...
Over the past week or so, we’ve been talking about the changing world of work in America — from older Americans who are working beyond traditional retirement age — to childcare workers who are trying to strike a work-life balance. Today, we continue with
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Cuban Dissident Yoani Sanchez Hopes for a Post-Castro Era
The blogger/journalist Yoani Sanchez, a leading dissident voice in Cuba ...
The blogger/journalist Yoani Sanchez, a leading dissident voice in Cuba and one of the most influential people in the world, according to Time Magazine, is on her first worldwide tour. Sanchez finally received her passport in January, after the Cuban gove
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Tracking Employees to Boost Productivity
What goes into the average work day? A walk to ...
What goes into the average work day? A walk to lunch, a walk to the bathroom, a few clicks through your favorite blog, a conversation by the coffee maker. These behaviors are natural aspects of office culture in the United States and they are increasingl
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Why Drones Are Our Modern Nuclear Bomb
The use of the nuclear bomb in World War II ...
The use of the nuclear bomb in World War II fundamentally altered the nature of modern warfare. For the United States, it forever changed the role of the presidency, giving the executive branch the power to unilaterally detonate a stunningly destructive
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Unwilling Witness: The Terror of Reporting on Your Own Country
A former New York Times reporter explains what it was ...
A former New York Times reporter explains what it was like to cover his home country of Iraq
