As the Iran deal is debated, it’s important to keep in mind who’s responsible for the nuclear arms race in the Middle East; turns out a “useless liberal arts degree” has become a hot commodity in the tech world; meanwhile, a writer explores Donald Trump’s mob ties. These discoveries and more below.

Israel, Not Iran, Started Middle East Nuclear Arms Race The debate about the P5+1 agreement with Iran on its nuclear program has already produced a storm of angry rhetoric and a tsunami of opinion pieces.

Let’s Go Full Crocodile, Ladies A documentary that disappeared more than 40 years ago—available to everyone for the first time here—is a gift to modern-day feminists. It’s belligerent, it’s hilarious, and it reveals exactly what the Clinton campaign is missing.

That ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech’s Hottest Ticket In less than two years Slack Technologies has become one of the most glistening of tech’s ten-digit “unicorn” startups, boasting 1.1 million users and a private market valuation of $2.8 billion.

Uber and the Lawlessness of ‘Sharing Economy’ Corporates Companies including Airbnb and Google compare themselves to civil rights heroes, while using their popularity among consumers to nullify federal law.

No, This Graph Does Not Prove That Everything Is Fine With American Capitalism If you keep up with the debate about inequality, at some point you’ve probably read that pay for middle-class Americans has failed to keep up with their productivity.

The Return of the Ugly German During the long night of negotiations over Greece on July 12-13, something fundamental to the European Union cracked.

Share the Love—Not! Up here, it seems every other car is a Subaru.

Arab Knesset Leader: Don’t Call Me ‘a Demographic Problem’ Ever since he was elected chairman of the Joint List, which is made up mainly of Arab parties, in January, Knesset member Ayman Odeh has set himself a goal to fight the delegitimization of the Arab population in Israel and attacks related to their citizenship by various right-wing sectors.

This Adorable Sea Slug Loves Eating Algae So Much It Can Photosynthesize The adorable sea creature you see here looks like something out of a Pixar film but it’s a real life sea slug with some awesome capabilities.

Mexican Government Unites Local Community By Asking Street Artists To Paint Over 200 Houses The district of Palmitas in Pachuca, Mexico just got a huge facelift thanks to many pounds of brightly colored paint and some talented street artists.

Clinton Gets Timeline Of Her Support For National Marriage Equality Wrong In a local interview Monday, Hillary Clinton said she supported marriage equality “as a right, not to be given or taken away by states” as soon as she left the State Department. However, she told NPR in 2014 that “for me, marriage has always been a matter left to the states.”

The Automation Myth Over the past five years, American politics has become obsessed with robots.

How Close Was Donald Trump To The Mob? If Donald Trump wants to be a serious candidate for president, we deserve to know more about his business with mass murderers whose plunder of public and private funds added up to billions.

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