Something happens when you’ve been out of work for half a year. Employers ignore you completely. That was the conclusion of a new field study by Rand Ghayad, a visiting scholar … read more »
Here’s How Little Math Americans Actually Use at Work
Remember sitting through high school math class while the teacher droned on about polynomial equations and thinking there wasn’t a chance you’d ever use any of it in life? Well, … read more »
February Is Children’s Book Month at 1book140
Our Twitter book club has read so many books in so many varieties, it’s hard to believe we’ve neglected one of the most vibrant, creative categories of all: children’s lit. … read more »
I Can’t Stop Looking at These Terrifying Long-Term Unemployment Charts
There’s a new cliff in town, and it’s much scarier than the fiscal cliff. It doesn’t have anything to do with expiring tax cuts or sequesters. It has to do … read more »
1book140: Meet J. Nathan Matias
As longtime bookies know all too well, I have occasionally been derelict in my duties as your literary cruise director here at #1book140. No, no, you doth protest too much. … read more »
The Incredible Negative Spending of Super PACs—in 1 Chart
Voters dislike negative advertising. And voters don’t like super PACs very much. But perhaps I repeat myself. Check out this animation of spending by super PACs over time from Northeastern … read more »
The Secret Lives of Zipcar Drivers
Fleura Bardhi believed what many of us do about members of car-sharing services like Zipcar. They care about the environment. They want to take cars off the road. They’ve created … read more »
Where and When Do Candidates Raise Money? An Awesome Visualization
From Mauro Martino at Northeastern University comes this intriguing infographic of fundraising by the presidential candidates from March 2011 to Feburary 2012.
Was Mitt Romney a Good Governor?
The Obama campaign’s attempt to make an issue of Mitt Romney’s governorship quickly descended into spectacle Thursday. As the president’s chief strategist, David Axelrod, made his case in front of … read more »
The Tricky Second Wave of Urban Highway Removals
Dismantling urban freeways — replacing elevated viaducts of steel and concrete with parks and boulevards — is happening in so many places, it’s like an unspoken national urban policy. We’ve … read more »
Old Dogs, New Tricks: Why More Seniors Are Starting Companies
Marion Jackson’s airy, light-filled studio is filled with Brazilian art and sculpture. It sits on the third floor of a five-story, 100,000-square-foot industrial building in downtown Detroit that opened in … read more »
Are Crime Cameras Really Worth the Money?
In May 2010, a 30-year-old Pakistani-American drove his Nissan Pathfinder into one of the most scrutinized urban spaces on the planet and parked along the curb.