September 24, 2015

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“VW has become a bigger downside risk for the German economy than the Greek debt crisis.”

The VW scandal is ill-timed for Germany, which is chastening others over debt and refugees—and touting its low carbon footprint.

Related: “Schadenfreude does not square with America’s national obsession with the comeback story.”

See also: “The Word You Dare Not Spell” by Jason Feifer.

Five-year old American daughter of Mexican immigrants slips past security to deliver Pope a petition for immigrant rights.

Despite Pope’s vocal support for poor, many Catholic universities in America increasingly cater to wealthy students.

Canonized Wednesday, Junipero Serra’s legacy remains divided between his roles as compassionate evangelist and colonial bureaucrat.

While Xi Jinping visits the US, China’s Communist Party broadcasts videos of young Westerners paying Jinping exorbitant compliments.

Aides prep Obama to raise concerns about Chinese military aggression without endangering trade.

As the yuan loses value, Walmart demands price cuts from China suppliers.

We called random Walmarts to find out what life is like on the inside.

Planned Parenthood matters because #BlackLivesMatter.

“The only way Syria can survive as a nation is if…the moderate rebels and the Syrian army band together against IS.”

England was gripped in the ‘70s by a puzzle book that induced mass pareidolia—the phenomenon of seeing patterns in randomness.

Recalling Time-Life’s trashy book series, Mysteries of the Unknown, and its eerie commercials.

Franzen will join the ranks of a bizarre cadre: authors of Chipotle burrito-bag essays.

YACHT’s new video only plays when Uber’s surge pricing is engaged in LA.

A freeform co-op experience where partners work together to achieve one or more user-defined goals. Sex, the video game review.

The next series of Serial may tackle Bowe Bergdahl’s controversial exit in Afghanistan.

A skating rink in a Southern town. #photos

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