Articles of the Week for 2015-2016
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Time-sensitive Articles
- “How America is Defeating ISIS,”by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “The Brexit, Explained,” by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “The Puerto Rico Crisis, Explained,”by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “Republican Party’s disruption laid bare in Drumpf’s Nevada victory,”for The LA Times. (pdf)
- “The History of Socialism (Connected to Bernie Sanders),” by The WeekStaff. (pdf)
- “There are big changes underway in Saudi Arabia,” by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “America’s ‘Everything’ Fighter Jet is a Complete Disaster,” by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry for The Week. (pdf)
- “7 Things Experts Said Were Healthy in 2015” and “7 Things Experts Said Were Unhealthy in 2015,” both by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “The Struggle Inside Iran,” by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “Inside the Paris Climate Summit,”by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “Paris Stunned After Wave of Terror Attacks Across City,” from The Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff. (pdf)
- “A Growing Disenchantment With October ‘Pinkification,’” from The New York Times. (pdf)
- “A Brief Guide to Big Pharma,” fromThe Week. (pdf)
- “Martin Shkreli: America’s most despised man who makes AIDS sufferers pay $750 per pill,” by Sadie Nicholas from The Sunday Express. (Thank you to Ken Greco for sharing this AOW!)
- “8 Reasons Europe’s Refugee Crisis is Happening Now,” from The Washington Post. (pdf)
- “China’s Military Parade Was a Massive Display of Political Weakness,” from The Week. (pdf)
- “America’s Biker Gangs,” from The Week. (pdf)
Timeless Articles
- “Can Facebook bring internet access to the entire world?” by Erin Blakemore for The Week. (pdf
- “Why you should really start talking to old people more,” by Karl Pillemer for Aeon Media. (pdf)
- “Is nuclear armageddon more likely than ever?” by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “Why China and America are barrelling towards war,” by Kyle Mizokami for The Week. (pdf)
- “Inside America’s lottery addiction,”by The Week Staff. (pdf)
- “Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals,”by Nicholas Kristoff for The New York Times. (pdf)
- “Too Much TV And Chill Could Reduce Brain Power Over Time,” from Angus Chen at NPR. (pdf)
- “Procrastination: Is Your Future Self Getting a Bad Deal?,”from Psychology Today. (pdf)
- “The deadly threat of a solar superstorm,” from The Week. (pdf)
- “Slowly, more Saudi women find their way into the workplace,” from Newsela.com. (pdf)
- “The End of Smoking?,” from The Week. (pdf)
- “Teachers, Students, and Sleep,” from my blog, with modifications for student appropriateness. (pdf)
- “A Brief Guide to America’s Sharing Economy,” from The Week. (pdf)
- “How to Be Loved by Everyone: 6 Powerful Secrets,” from Barking Up The Wrong Tree. (pdf)
- “A Race to the Top of the Most Beautiful Place on Earth,” fromNarratively. (pdf)
- “How Saudi Arabia Exports Radical Islam”, from The Week. (pdf)
- “The Frightening Truth About the Future of Driverless Cars,” from The Week. (pdf)
- “The Walking Dead,” part III of a series on sleep, from The New Yorker.(pdf)
- “The Work We Do While Sleep,” Part II of a series on sleep, from The New Yorker. (pdf)
- “Why Can’t We Fall Asleep?”, Part I of a series on sleep, from The New Yorker. (pdf)
- “The rise of workplace spying,” fromThe Week. (pdf)
- “”Follow Your Bliss” Advice,” fromThe Week. (pdf)
- “Making Graduation Meaningful: A Real Qualifications System for U.S. Students,” from Education Week. (pdf)
