September 8, 2015

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Following the entry of 20,000 migrants into Germany, Merkel implores EU to accept its fair share of asylum seekers.

The child of a “guest worker” in Germany in the ‘90s knows how short-lived the goodwill can be.

As Europe struggles with one of its largest humanitarian crises in decades, far-right parties will likely reap the benefits.

Photos of what Syrian refugees carry in their bags.

People should have the right to go where they need or want to go. Philosophers on the refugee crisis.

Suspect in bizarre kidnapping case confesses “off the record” to reporter, while the FBI eavesdropped.

Italy’s supreme court: Amanda Knox’s murder conviction was the result of prosecutors’ “glaring errors.”

The 2007 murder launched an international media frenzy and landed Knox and her boyfriend in jail for years.

A three-year study of 650 people shows an HIV prevention pill appears to be effective.

Vets dismissed for being gay seek honorable discharge—finding correct documentation is all but impossible.

Kansas faces possible shutdown of entire judicial branch after district court ruling.

With state universities floundering, it’s time to tax university endowments—Harvard’s just hit $36 billion. #opinions

Bay Area renters’ group sues suburb to direct attention to other locales with nonexistent affordable housing.

Soviet bus stops in Siberia oddly resemble Burning Man. #photos

People dancing at Burning Man could register a 0.5 on the Richter scale.

Ken Burns’s Civil War documentary 25 years later: preoccupied with battle strategy while avoiding hard truths.

Before the world knew the Nazis’ intent, UK and US home magazines fawned over Hitler.

“Many American settler leaders have been deafeningly silent on recent acts of Jewish terrorism.”

Songs accompanied by speaking. “Rap music” according to journalists from the early ‘80s.

How Dragon Ball Z became a hip-hop touchstone.