Laura I. Appleman (Willamette): Defending the Jury: Crime, Community, and the Constitution. After a horrific factory collapse in 2013, pressure from global unions, human rights groups, and reputational damage to big fashion brands led to a groundbreaking accord to improve labor conditions in Bangladesh — what has it achieved? This map should change the way you think about foreign aid. Father of Koch brothers helped build Nazi oil refinery, book says. The problem with Rolling Stone’s El Chapo interview isn’t Sean Penn — it’s his editors. The New Republic is for sale again. How much would you pay for the New Republic? How the Monkey Cage went ape: Alexander C. Kafka on how the blog’s marquee status reflects a new level of public engagement among political scientists. Liz Moyer on how David Bowie changed Wall Street. To save college sports, have less free marketization, not more.
