The Week Magazine (The Week)
Get your weekly fix of wit on the week's news as we run through who had a good week and who didn't. In partnership with our friends at The Week magazine, we look back to see why it was a good week for anti-incumbent fever in Tracy City, Tenn., but a bad week for a 20-year-old British woman who acquired quite a taste for alcohol.
Today's Takeaway: Over 50 and Unemployed, Texting in Class, The Future of Yemen, and Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America
Why Increased Immigration is the Solution for America's Ailing Economy
Today's Takeaway: Dharun Ravi, NATO Summit, David McCullough, Chen Guangcheng and Unemployment for Older Americans
Why Texting in Class Might Actually Be a Good Thing
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