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Obama's record on appointing women is much worse than Clinton's

Annie Lowrey* writes that “the [Obama] administration has named no more women to high-level executive branch posts than the Clinton administration did almost two decades ago.” Here’s the graph:   So Obama’s record is slightly worse than Clinton’s. This is more … Continue reading

These maps show how Asia is taking over the oil markets

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has created a fascinating short animation showing how the world’s appetite for oil has changed over the past three decades. Here’s how much petroleum different regions used back in 1980, when the whole world burned … Continue reading

Health care and education are messed up for the same reason

Health care and education pose the same basic threat to the economy: How do you keep costs down for a product when consumers can’t say “no”? Saying "no," after all, is how consumers typically restrain costs. If Sony wants to charge you … Continue reading

The White House says Obamacare begins on Oct. 1. Not really.

Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every Monday, … Continue reading

The arguments for (and against) limited U.S. strikes on Syria

This awesome video explains how to read the jobs data

The media does a pretty good job of telling you the basics of the monthly jobs report — how many tens of thousands were gained (or lost), where the unemployment rate stands — and here at Wonkblog, we try to … Continue reading

The West is on the brink of a wild horse apocalypse. (No, really.)

The West is on the verge of a serious horse crisis. That’s the upshot of a new paper in Science, which argues that the wild horse population is growing so fast that the government could soon be unable to manage the herds. … Continue reading

Introducing 'The Tuition is Too Damn High'

“The Tuition is Too Damn High” is a 10-part series that will run in Wonkblog over the next two weeks exploring the causes and consequences of — and potential fixes for — the skyrocketing costs of higher education. This is … Continue reading

The most qualified candidate for Fed chair isn't Summers or Yellen. It's this guy.

It’s a quietly voiced frustration among current and former central bankers that the candidate best qualified to lead the Federal Reserve isn’t even being considered by the Obama administration. The upcoming selection of a new chairman of the Federal Reserve … Continue reading

Satellite imagery can be used to violate human rights, or to protect them

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