Today I’m really excited to announce that we’ve launched a very cool new section to our popular Idea Lab vertical called Idea Lab: Impact, which is being sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. I’ve wanted to take Idea Lab in this direction for some time. Idea Lab focuses science, cutting edge technology, the tech industry and the economics, policy and politics that surrounds those issues and sometimes on the gizmos we all use everyday. Idea Lab: Impact will have a different focus. How is science and applied technology affecting real human lives? How is it impacting people and communities living on the margins of global wealth and on the margins of the technological transformations of the 21st century – whether that’s in subsaharan Africa or Appalachia or in congested great cities of the world. Basically, how is and how can science and technology change the lives of people in their every day lives – not only with their gadgets and not only for people who command great wealth, but real world impacts for everyone.
Nothing like an Arizona gubernatorial candidate citing a hate group during a speech on border security.
I go out of the country for a week and suddenly Nate Silver and Paul Krugman are in some big feud. And apparently it won’t end!
Chris Christie today is making his biggest push yet to put the BridgeGate scandal behind him. His lawyer this morning is releasing an internal investigative report, which will reportedly clear him. Then Christie and his wife are sitting down for an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, which will air tonight. TPM’s Eric Lach has a look at what’s ahead and why Christie’s spin probably won’t work.
Seth D. Michaels: “The Roberts era has been marked by decisions that advantage big corporations, in the political process and in the workplace.”
Saw this and sort of wonder, “Oh no, is Obama applying for a new job?”
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Male federal judge has some advice for female lawyers about what to wear in court: “If they are likely to label you, like Jane Curtin, an ignorant slut behind your back, tone it down.”
A Massachusetts candidate for governor passed a kidney stone during a debate.
This arrest of a secretary of state candidate today in California was reportedly part of an investigation that stemmed from a fatal shooting five years ago.