February 12, 2016

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Takeaways from the sixth Democratic debate: Clinton is specific, perhaps nobly; Sanders is all coffeehouse rage.

Kanye West’s sneakers are currently a better investment than almost any other asset class.

“Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli and Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah feud with videos.

See also: The decline of the dangerous rapper.

Nearly three thousand unaccompanied minor asylum seekers were deported from the UK over the past nine years.

Use of online dating sites by 18- to 24-year-olds has nearly tripled since 2013, driven by the rise of mobile dating apps.

Database of American marriages by occupation.

As Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill meet today, a primer on the differences between the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

In Houston, a city addicted to sugar and cars, one in five residents will be diabetic by 2040.

It’s a mucus family reunion! Pharmaceutical mascots put a cute face on disgusting topics.

TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin: The benefit of boredom is a chance to meet crackhead screenwriters.

Congressman vapes during legislative session to argue against bill that would ban vaping on planes.

Unsurprisingly, the Koch brothers are spending a fortune to fight solar power.

Related: the toxic, polluting empire the Koch brothers built their fortune from.

In Japan, only 12% of “unusual deaths” result in autopsies, meaning there is a higher chance crimes are being overlooked.

Aboriginal people in Canada make up just 4% of the population, but account for half the victims of sex-trafficking.

In as many as 40 states, tampons and female hygiene products are taxed as luxury items.

Women seem to get pregnant here as a consequence of consorting with booze. Rebecca Solnit on the CDC’s new drinking guidelines.

What Einstein’s “ripples” mean to non-physicists: “a pretty extraordinary claim” that requires extraordinary evidence.

When I was younger, I‘d go to the butcher and buy little chicken hearts and give them to the men that I liked. John Waters on Valentine’s Day.