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December 7, 2012
In Focus: World War II: Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States, bombing warships and military targets in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 350 Japanese aircraft attacked the naval base in two waves, strafing targets, dropping armor-piercing bombs, and launching torpedoes toward U.S. battleships and cruisers. The U.S. forces were unprepared, waking to the sounds of explosions and scrambling to defend themselves. The entire preemptive attack lasted only 90 minutes, and in that time, the Japanese sunk four battleships and two destroyers, pummeled 188 aircraft, and damaged even more buildings, ships and airplanes. (Two of the battleships were later raised and returned to service.) Some 2,400 Americans were killed in the attack; another 1,250 were injured, and a huge shock was dealt to United States. After the attack, Japan officially declared war on the United States. The next day President Roosevelt delivered his famous “infamy” speech, and signed a formal declaration of war against the Empire of Japan. Within days, Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy also declared war on the United States, and the U.S. reciprocated soon after. (This entry is Part 7 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II)
See more. [Images: AP, U.S. Navy]
November 30, 2012
500 Plates and Counting: Immortalizing Death Row’s Last Meals
In The Last Supper, activist Julie Green has created a series of ceramic plates, each of which illustrate the final meal requests of prisoners on death row to protest the United States’ use of capital punishment. Images range from lobster and ice cream to a single Jolly Rancher. One prisoner even requested that his mother come to cook him his favorite comfort food. Created by Dark Rye, the online magazine from Whole Foods (a business not typically associated with progressive talking points), the documentary chronicles how Green became so drawn to the issue.
October 11, 2012
![The Real Problem With Helicopter Parents: There Aren’t Enough of Them
Mocking obsessive parents is fun. But their excesses are small compared to the parenting failures in so many homes. This “Parent Gap” is a real force behind America’s stark and unyielding income inequality.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbqhckyQKm1qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
The Real Problem With Helicopter Parents: There Aren’t Enough of Them
Mocking obsessive parents is fun. But their excesses are small compared to the parenting failures in so many homes. This “Parent Gap” is a real force behind America’s stark and unyielding income inequality.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]
October 3, 2012
![The Secret to U.S. Growth in the 21st Century: More Asians
For the last few decades, we’ve been importing our new population from Mexico, but that too looks to be at an end.Net immigration from Mexico has fallen to zero, thanks in large part to a healthy Mexican economy (good), lower Mexican fertility (good), the housing bust (bad), and nativist sentiment against “illegal” immigrants in states like Arizona (very, very bad).
America’s birth rate is not as low as Europe, but we still need immigrants to ensure a healthily expanding labor pool. Where are we going to get our new Americans? Asia and Africa. Asia is especially important, and encouraging large-scale immigration from Asia will have benefits far beyond the simple economics of immigration. The United States’ geopolitical strategy for the emerging Asian Century must be to position ourselves as the Alternative Asia, the way we were once the Alternative Europe.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbbqaeXkbg1qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
The Secret to U.S. Growth in the 21st Century: More Asians
For the last few decades, we’ve been importing our new population from Mexico, but that too looks to be at an end.Net immigration from Mexico has fallen to zero, thanks in large part to a healthy Mexican economy (good), lower Mexican fertility (good), the housing bust (bad), and nativist sentiment against “illegal” immigrants in states like Arizona (very, very bad).
America’s birth rate is not as low as Europe, but we still need immigrants to ensure a healthily expanding labor pool. Where are we going to get our new Americans? Asia and Africa. Asia is especially important, and encouraging large-scale immigration from Asia will have benefits far beyond the simple economics of immigration. The United States’ geopolitical strategy for the emerging Asian Century must be to position ourselves as the Alternative Asia, the way we were once the Alternative Europe.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]
September 27, 2012
![Why the Afghan Surge Was a Failure, In One Chart
[Image: NATO via Wired]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb0pwhEs231qcokc4o1_1280.png)
September 4, 2012
In Focus: Afghanistan, August 2012; Return of the Fallen
In August, the 143rd month of the conflict, 53 coalition forces based in Afghanistan were killed — the most in a single month since last September. Of these, five were from New Zealand, five from Australia, three from the UK, one from France, and the rest from the United States — 50 men and 3 women ranging in age from 20 to 55. Collected below are images from the many ceremonies honoring the return of these 53 fallen soldiers. While the photographs may bear some similarities, keep in mind that each one represents a separate individual life lost in Afghanistan just last month.
See more. [Images: Mark Wilson/Getty Images, USMC/Cpl. Mark Garcia, AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, Martin Hunter/Getty Images]
August 23, 2012
![Obama’s Plans Benefit More of America Than Romney’s Plans
Both candidate claims their proposals are better for Americans, but Obama’s plans will benefit more of them, according to data analysis by statisticians at Politify.com, as laid out in an interactive map showing a geographical breakdown.
The result: Lots and lots of blue to represent Obama. The glimmers of red represent places where Romney plans will benefit Americans.
Read more. [Image: Politify.com]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m980c1KIUD1qcokc4o1_1280.png)
Obama’s Plans Benefit More of America Than Romney’s Plans
Both candidate claims their proposals are better for Americans, but Obama’s plans will benefit more of them, according to data analysis by statisticians at Politify.com, as laid out in an interactive map showing a geographical breakdown.
The result: Lots and lots of blue to represent Obama. The glimmers of red represent places where Romney plans will benefit Americans.
Read more. [Image: Politify.com]
August 13, 2012
![Which American Cities Won the Most Medals?
Michael Phelps has more medals than many countries. But even the greatest medal-winner in Olympic history did not earn enough in these games to push his hometown of Baltimore into first-place among United States metros[…]
Los Angeles leads with a whopping 45 medals, San Francisco is a distant second with 11, followed by Miami, Gainesville, and Trenton-Ewing with 10 each; New York and Austin have 9 each; San Diego has 8 and Athens, Georgia, won 7. Baltimore and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul brought home 6 each; and Denver, Charlotte, and Portland, Oregon have 5 each.
Read more. [Image: Martin Prosperity Institute]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8p71xdCag1qcokc4o1_1280.png)
Which American Cities Won the Most Medals?
Michael Phelps has more medals than many countries. But even the greatest medal-winner in Olympic history did not earn enough in these games to push his hometown of Baltimore into first-place among United States metros[…]
Los Angeles leads with a whopping 45 medals, San Francisco is a distant second with 11, followed by Miami, Gainesville, and Trenton-Ewing with 10 each; New York and Austin have 9 each; San Diego has 8 and Athens, Georgia, won 7. Baltimore and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul brought home 6 each; and Denver, Charlotte, and Portland, Oregon have 5 each.
Read more. [Image: Martin Prosperity Institute]
August 13, 2012
How animals are struggling to beat the heat (more at ThinkProgress)
July was the hottest month ever recorded in the U.S. with 3,135 record temperatures set. The heat, together with the excessive drought facing 63 percent of the nation, have animals across the U.S. struggling to stay cool and find food.
Photo by Nati Harnik/AP
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