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| 2014: A reminder of the lasting power of racial politics in America |
| The year 2014 will be remembered politically for many things, among them the Republican Party’s impressive victories in the midterm elections. But as much as anything, the year was a reminder of the depth of racial tensions and divisions in America. Read full article » |
| 35 reported killed in Shanghai stampede |
| BEIJING — Stampeding crowds at a New Year’s celebration in the heart of Shanghai killed at least 36 people and injured 47, authorities said.The stampede occurred shortly before midnight, at 11:35 p.m., at the Bund — a waterfront area that is one of Shanghai’s most popular tourist landmarks. Emergency crews were dispatched and the wounded sent to four hospitals in the city, officials said in a short statement posted on the city government’s social media account. Read full article » |
| Egypt judge grants Al Jazeera journalists retrial |
| CAIRO— An appeals court in Cairo ordered on Thursday a retrial for three Al Jazeera English journalists imprisoned on charges of aiding a terrorist group — accusations they strenuously deny. Egypt’s Court of Cassation issued its ruling Thursday morning in a minutes-long session that was closed to the press. The three defendants — Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian — also did not attend the hearing. Read full article » |
| ‘Selma’ sets off a controversy amid Oscar buzz |
| On the big screen, it comes off as a scene of high drama: an icon of the civil rights movement upbraiding a hesitant president in the Oval Office, as a portrait of George Washington bears mute witness. Read full article » |
| The inside story of how an Idaho toddler shot his mom at Wal-Mart |
| Veronica Rutledge and her husband loved everything about guns. They practiced at shooting ranges. They hunted. And both of them, relatives and friends say, had permits to carry concealed firearms. Veronica typically left her Blackfoot, Idaho, home with her gun nestled at her side. So on Christmas morning last week, her husband gave her a present he hoped would make her life more comfortable: a purse with a special pocket for a concealed weapon. Read full article » |
| NHL Winter Classic has established a New Year’s Day foothold for hockey |
| Early Thursday afternoon, under what are expected to be sunny New Year’s Day skies, roughly 42,000 long-john-wearing folks will file into a baseball stadium in Southeast Washington to watch, of all things, a hockey game. A decade ago, such a development would have seemed inconceivably out of place — not just in the nation’s capital, but in those U.S. and Canadian cities that actually consider themselves capitals of hockey. Now, when the puck is dropped, no mildly cognizant sports fan will so much as blink. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| The 25 most popular Fix posts of 2014 |
| 2014 was a banner year for The Fix. We added three people to our ranks -- Jaime Fuller, Philip Bump and Nia-Malika Henderson -- and had a record amount of traffic coming to our journalism. I asked the web gurus of WaPo to give me a list of our 25 most popular posts over the past year and they did. Now, these aren't necessarily our best posts -- although some, I think, are -- but it's still a fun way to think back on what captivated the political world this year. Read full article » |
| Why the U.S. Border Patrol is making a big push to hire women |
| Tens of thousands of migrant women cross the Southwest border each year, and human rights organizations say a high percentage of them experiencing sexual trauma along the way. Yet only 5 percent of the U.S. Border Patrol agents are female. That’s a problem, according to Border Patrol Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske, who discussed his agency’s recent push to recruit more women in a recent Federal News Radio interview. Read full article » |
| Area couple possibly regrets planning golf course wedding during Obama vacation |
| Here at The Washington Post (dot com), I usually write about things like coloring books and barnyard animals. "Write what you know!" I say to myself, before churning out more hot haunted sword content. Read full article » |
| The White House posted its favorite photos from 2014 today. We handed out some superlatives. |
| Like all the world's great content creators, the White House is spending the last day of the year sharing their best content of the year. Pete Souza, the official White House photographer, chose 105 of his favorite photos from the year, and provided backstories to many of them. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| E.J. Dionne: Questioning our questions |
| It is a mark of our pluralistic moment that I learned of an old joke among rabbis from the writings of a great Christian scholar, Jaroslav Pelikan. In his book “Jesus Through the Centuries,” Pelikan tells the story of a rabbi who is challenged by one of his pupils: “Why is it that you rabbis so often put your teaching in the form of a question?” To which the rabbi replies: “So what’s wrong with a question?” Read full article » |
| Improving the U.S. in 2015 begins with knowing more about it |
| IN OLD Russia there was an expression uttered often by those complaining about some egregious injustice: “If only the czar knew.” Surely the kind and just ruler of all the land wouldn’t allow such things to happen if he were aware of them. Today in this country we are, collectively, our own czar, choosing our government’s officers, setting its course through our representatives and local officials, seeking, as we suppose, justice and liberty for all. Yet, in many ways, as the year just past has shown, we’re much like the czar of all Russia, our condition summed up in a popular current phrase: “Who knew?” Read full article » |
| The ‘broken window’ approach to international relations |
| The day after Christmas, armed police in Azerbaijan’s capital raided and ransacked the bureau of congressionally funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). After being detained for several hours, RFE/RL reporters and editors were released, although at least 10 have since been summoned to a prosecutor’s office for questioning. Police are going to the homes of former employees as well, taking people off for interrogation in the night. Authorities in Azerbaijan say the measures are part of an ongoing investigation connected to Azeri laws on foreign funding of nongovernmental organizations. Read full article » |
| Harold Meyerson: European austerity engenders a Keynesian outlook |
| ANew Left is rising in Europe as the new year begins. And despite the fears it engenders in polite society, this New Left is less Marxian than it is — oh, the horror — Keynesian.Keynesianism is a complex economic theory, but its central insight is simple enough: If every institution stops spending, economic activity will decline. Self-evident though this may be, this insight has eluded such global economic institutions as the International Monetary Fund, as well as Europe’s economic hegemon, Germany, when dealing with the depression that has devastated southern Europe, and Greece in particular. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Homicides remain steady in District, Prince George’s |
| A year-end surge of fatal shootings pushed the District’s homicide count for 2014 over 100 for the second consecutive year since the city hit a half-century low of 88 in 2012.Early in December, city officials privately expressed hope that there would be fewer than 100 killings in 2014. Starting Dec. 10, the District went 12 days without a homicide. But eight people were fatally shot since Dec. 23, including four on Christmas Eve, bringing the total to 105. Read full article » |
| D.C. area forecast: The New Year gets off to a sunny start, but a wet weekend lurks |
| But don’t get too comfortable. We’ve got a wet weekend ahead. Read full article » |
| 2 arrested in Christmas Eve shooting in SE; newlywed, 95, dies after wife is moved away |
| THE DISTRICTTwo are chargedin Dec. 24 slayingTwo suspects were arrested Wednesday in the Dec. 24 killing of a 28-year-old man who was shot in Southeast Washington. He was one of four people killed in the District on Christmas Eve. Read full article » |
| Rhetoric sharpens in debate over McDonnell sentence |
| Prosecutors and defense attorneys fired unusually strident salvos at one another Tuesday while haggling over the sentence for former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell — with the defense calling prosecutors’ argument for a decade-long prison term “extreme and unjustified” and prosecutors countering that McDonnell’s request for community service was akin to “no punishment at all.” Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Change in routine for hosts may be reason road teams are 5-1 in Winter Classics |
| Before the Washington Capitals face the Chicago Blackhawks inside a baseball stadium, before they enter Nationals Park past a miniature U.S. Capitol building and glide across a replica Reflecting Pool, even before they encounter the possibility of a hockey game delayed by excess sun, the most jarring moment of New Year’s Day will come when they board a bus. Read full article » |
| Kevin Durant returns and scores all the points for the Thunder |
| The Thunder, desperately trying to make up ground in the Western Conference standings, badly missed Kevin Durant while he was out for six games with a sprained ankle. On Wednesday, the Oklahoma City superstar returned to the court, and he scored enough points to not only ensure a close win over Phoenix, but to make NBA history. Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings: January 1 |
| NHL1 p.m. Winter Classic: Chicago at Washington » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11), WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM)COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF5 p.m. Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Florida State » ESPN, WTEM (980 AM)8:30 p.m. Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Ohio State » ESPN, WTEM (980 AM) Read full article » |
| Anderson Cooper has no idea who Tony Romo is |
| For the eighth straight year, Kathy Griffin joined Anderson Cooper for CNN’s ball-drop countdown show, “New Year’s Eve Live.” And for the eighth straight year, the professionally wacky Griffin did her best to elicit some uncomfortable moments from her co-star. Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Postal Service poised to begin controversial plant closures next week |
| The U.S. Postal Service next week plans to begin a new round of plant closings and consolidations that will affect dozens of mail-processing centers, despite calls from more than half the members of the outgoing Senate to postpone the changes. Read full article » |
| GAO to fed workers: No, taxpayers can’t pay for your plastic forks |
| (This post has been updated.)Federal workers who pack their lunches should also remember to pack their own utensils.A Government Accountability Office decision released last week determined that federal agencies cannot supply “disposable cups, plates, and cutlery” for employee use because they are for personal benefit and not a specific government purpose. Read full article » |
| GSA loses appeal in firings of top officials; appeals board orders them reinstated |
| A federal appeals panel this week upheld two rulings that the General Services Administration wrongly fired two senior executives whose staffs attended a conference in Las Vegas that turned out to be an extravagant junket for 300 employees. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| This year, let’s stop telling women to stay safe. Let’s tell men not to assault us. |
| As I drove slowly around the endless strip malls that line the main drag of my city, I heard it — a public service announcement that seemed meant for me.“Ultimately you are responsible for your safety in parking lots. Walk deliberately with keys in hand. Carry mace. Don’t look at your cell phone. Don’t let yourself become a victim. Happy holidays and New Year from the Sheriff’s Office.” Read full article » |
| The best writing on political economy this year |
| As 2014 comes to a close, it’s time to award the 6th annual Albies, named in honor of Albert O. Hirschman, to recognize the best writing on political economy over the past year. Past winners of the Albies have included award-winning books, peer-reviewed scholarship, polemical essays, provocative blog posts and even one Twitter feed. Read full article » |
| How the rise of commercial surrogacy is turning babies into commodities |
| This year the international spotlight turned with full-force on cross-border commercial surrogacy. The reality of children being born this way and the potentially devastating consequences of babies being abandoned and stateless shocked our collective consciousness. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| In Russia, the political impact of social media varies by platform |
| The following is a guest post from Ora John Reuter , an assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and David Szakonyi, a doctoral candidate in political science at Columbia University. Follow Szkonyi on Twitter @dszakonyi. Read full article » |
| 15 ways things will get worse in 2015 |
| The new year ought to bring with it new hope and optimism for the time to come. But it's hard to feel positive after a 2014 marked by so much conflict and tragedy. Scanning the globe, here are WorldViews' gloomy predictions for how things may get worse in 2015. Read full article » |
| Here are the top 10 military stories on Checkpoint in 2014 |
| It has been a tumultuous 2014 at home and abroad for the U.S. military. While moving on from 13 years of combat operations in Afghanistan, the Pentagon was forced to grapple with how to respond to the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in western Africa and a variety of internal issues that rattled the ranks and required serious contemplation. Read full article » |
| Could war come back to Western Sahara? Some of Algeria’s Sahrawi refugees think so. |
| Tumana Ahmed is tired of dreaming of a homeland she has never seen.The 28-year-old was born in the desolate desert of western Algeria, in a refugee camp that was supposed to be temporary. Only there has been nothing temporary about her situation, or that of about 150,000 of her current neighbors. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| The best of times, and worst of times, for America’s auto industry |
| Wave goodbye to a banner year for the U.S. auto industry. Six years after the federal bailout saved it from driving off a cliff, the nation’s car-and-truck economy has rebounded with supercharged sales, innovative upgrades — and even rosier forecasts for the year ahead. Read full article » |
| Might your workers be eligible for Medicaid? A start-up helps employers find out. |
| The Gold ‘N Silver Inn in Reno, Nev., has long offered health coverage to its employees — but many of the cooks, dishwashers and waiters who make close to minimum wage can’t afford the $100 monthly premium. Read full article » |
| A way better investment than gold in 2014? Coffee |
| America’s favorite energy source, crude oil, has had a rough year, with prices by the barrel falling off a cliff. But the nation’s second favorite energy source — sweet, sweet coffee — has seen prices jump and futures jolt about 50 percent this year, making it the best-performing commodity of 2014. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Tech-wary Supreme Court to finally join the digital age |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Wednesday that the Supreme Court is working on a modest initiative to provide greater transparency by making all documents filed with the court available online.In his “2014 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary,” Roberts said the new online system would offer all petitions, responses, briefs and other public documents filed with the court and said it “may be operational as soon as 2016.” Paper copies of the documents are available to the public at the court, but are not retrievable on the court’s Web site, www.supremecourt.gov. Read full article » |
| Five things that tech got right in 2014 |
| With all the hacks, breaches, and stories of online harassment, it's easy to forget that technology also does a lot of good for the world. Here's a handful of stories to remind us about all the good things that come from technology, too. Read full article » |
| Why fingerprints scans may not be the future of digital verification |
| Fingerprint scanners are becoming increasingly mainstream -- they even come built-in many Apple devices.But researchers are finding ways to spoof biometric ID methods, and they come with their own set of privacy and security drawbacks. Read full article » |
| Not satisfied with Gmail, China seems to be blocking Google Search, too |
| It isn't just Gmail. The government of China, which this weekend launched a tweak to its Great Firewall filtering regime that blocked much of mainland China's access to Google's e-mail service, has on Monday cut off access nationwide to Google Search as well, reports one Internet intelligence expert. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Edward Herrmann, famed character actor and ‘Gilmore Girls’ star, dies at 71 |
| Edward Herrmann, the famed character actor best known in recent years for his starring role in “Gilmore Girls,” died on Wednesday at age 71, his representative confirmed to Buzzfeed. His family told TMZ that the actor was battling brain cancer. Read full article » |
| Miss Manners: Be mindful when extending new year’s wishes |
| DEAR MISS MANNERS: I know someone who is in the late stages of a terminal illness. This person received one of those colorful, lovely animated e-mail greeting cards from a close family member. The e-card wished the “Best New Year” for the coming year. Read full article » |
| The 2015 In/Out List |
| What is that rumbling underfoot? It must be the methane burps. Or the water table plunging. Another fracking earthquake? Or just the latest “luxury condominiums” breaking ground down the street?When the ground is shifting beneath your feet, you need a new road map. I know, baby, you just wanna shake shake shake shake shake, shake it off . But George Clooney is married. You can no longer tell Kim Novak from Renée Zellweger. You just realized Cuban cigars aren’t all that, and the North Koreans #BroketheInternet but failed to remove that U2 album you never ordered from your iPhone. Our political front-runners have all lost their new-car smell; we’ve been betrayed by our TV dads. And butter, they tell us now, is good for us. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Advice from readers on romantic gifts, holiday-scheduling stress |
| While I’m away, readers give the advice.On romantic gifts:When my husband passed away a few years ago, I could count on one hand the number of times he had given me flowers or candy, the typical “tokens of affection,” although I had certainly mentioned that I would like to get some, as my friends did. However, on the first bitter, blustery day after his death, I was reminded that for 20 years I could also count on one hand the times I had scraped my own windshield, headed for work in a cold car when the outdoor temp was below freezing, or pumped my own gas in the sleet or snow. Those loving gestures — unasked for and, I confess, often taken for granted — were my roses and chocolates. Read full article » |
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