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Spielberg's Minority Report asks whether crime can be stopped before it's committed. A Retro Reel column on fate, free will, and the future of policing.

April 3, 2013 · 6 min read

No standardized tests, no private schools, teachers treated like doctors: what Pasi Sahlberg says the world keeps missing about Finland's schools.

March 15, 2013 · 2 min read

Before he was Pope Francis, Jorge Bergoglio was a 12-year-old with a crush — and, his childhood neighbor says, a letter promising marriage or the priesthood.

March 14, 2013 · 1 min read

Chetan Bhagat's first draft for Salman's Kick reportedly didn't make the cut — 'not commercial enough.' A small window into Bollywood script politics.

March 14, 2013 · 1 min read

After Wharton dropped Narendra Modi as keynote speaker, Mohandas Pai turned down his own invite — and explained why in unusually blunt terms.

March 14, 2013 · 1 min read

Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In argued women hold themselves back at work. The backlash said the system holds them back. Inside one of 2013's fiercest debates.

March 13, 2013 · 2 min read

A California preschool teacher was arrested after allegedly putting an over-the-counter sleep aid in toddlers' cups. What was reported at the time.

March 13, 2013 · 1 min read

Italy told India its two marines facing trial for killing two fishermen would not return from home leave — setting up a diplomatic standoff.

March 11, 2013 · 1 min read

Why do women still give up their names at marriage while men never do? On identity, history, and the quiet pressure behind the tradition.

March 8, 2013 · 2 min read

Investors bought a dilapidated Long Island cottage for $300,000 — and found 70,000 forgotten paintings by Armenian-American artist Arthur Pinajian.

March 8, 2013 · 2 min read

A Christmas story written by eight-year-old Nyssa Aftab: when Santa runs out of time, he's replaced by the villainous Mr.

March 6, 2013 · 4 min read

Romance author Sonali Dev shares seven rules for keeping the love alive when you're losing your mind — from holding hands to yelling it out.

March 5, 2013 · 3 min read

Zara founder Amancio Ortega was named the world's third-richest person in 2013 at $57 billion — yet the famously private billionaire rarely gives interviews.

March 5, 2013 · 2 min read

A persistent TB strain unique to LA's Skid Row killed 11 since 2007; the CDC dispatched a team as officials tracked down 4,650 possibly exposed people.

February 22, 2013 · 1 min read

Sreepathy's Retro Reel on Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men (1957): a single jury room, twelve men, and a masterclass in power, prejudice, and reasonable doubt.

February 21, 2013 · 6 min read

Three young sisters, aged 11, 9, and 6, were found dead in a well in Maharashtra's Bhandara district in February 2013 — and police first called it an accident.

February 20, 2013 · 2 min read

By 2013, China's leaders faced a shrinking workforce, 360 million elderly by 2030, and a 118-to-100 gender skew — and reformers said the one-child policy's

February 18, 2013 · 3 min read

In February 2013, horsemeat labeled as beef turned up in burgers, lasagne, and spaghetti across Europe — exposing a food chain so tangled nobody could say

February 18, 2013 · 2 min read

After Anoushka Shankar's revelation and a damning Human Rights Watch report, a 2013 TV panel confronted India's child sex abuse crisis — and the silence

February 15, 2013 · 3 min read

On February 15, 2013, a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, shattering windows across the city and injuring over a thousand people — mostly from

February 15, 2013 · 2 min read