Libyan Children Go Back To School

A brief look at Libya’s school systems post-Gaddafi regime.

Party On, America

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have revealed a new study concluding that one in six Americans binge drinks (meaning that they consume excessive amounts of alcohol more than four times a month). Number one is Wisconsin. But when you’re known as the cheese state, why not drink yourself stupid?

Diamond Business Cards Are A One Percenter’s Best Friend

Forget watermarks. These $1500 business cards have diamonds. Sorry, Bateman.

Class Conflict Is The New Race Conflict

The Article: In an OWS Era, Americans Are Much More Aware of Class Tension by Nona Willis Aronowitz in Good News.

The Text: It looks like Occupy Wall Street’s message has resonated even after Zuccotti Park cleared out. A new Pew Research Center survey reveals that two-thirds of the public believes there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between America’s rich and poor—a number that’s up 19 percentage points since 2009. According to the survey, income inequality now trumps tensions arising from race or immigration—popular answers only a few years before.

Younger people, women, Democrats and African Americans are the most likely to sense class warfare. But the group receiving the most dramatic wakeup call? White people; the number of whites who saw class as a dividing factor increased by 22 percent. That makes sense—people who normally enjoy a higher societal status are more likely to experience a loss of that status, leaving them more attuned to post-recession class tension.

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Never Remember Your Birthday Or Anything You Like

Medicine by Starfucker off of Jupiter.