A new issue of Continent is out. David A. Koplow (Georgetown): A Nuclear Kellogg-Briand Pact: Proposing a Treaty for the Renunciation of Nuclear War as an Instrument of National Policy. John Denvir (USF): Seeing the Big Picture: Why Law Fails in The Wire. Hallvard Lillehammer (Birkbeck): Minding Your Own Business? Understanding Indifference as a Virtue. Donald B. Tobin (Maryland): The Internal Revenue Service and a Crisis of Confidence: A New Regulatory Approach for a New Era. Peter DeAngelis (Villanova): Racial Profiling and the Presumption of Innocence. Nadelle Grossman (Marquette): What is the NBA? The Mother Jones Guide to Evil NBA Owners: Racist emails, family feuds, big-time campaign cash — there's plenty of post-Sterling scandal to go around. Timothy B. Lee on the population of the internet, in one map. The honourable franchise: Michael Warby on why the warrior on horseback is at the heart of medieval society. Zeynep Tufekci on how TED (Really) works: How one hairdresser behind the scenes, and Emile Durkheim, says more about TED than all the viral videos. Researchers finally figured out why your doctor's waiting room only has crappy old magazines. White people are more likely to deal drugs, but black people are more likely to get arrested for it. Jed S. Rakoff on why innocent people plead guilty. The year of the dictator: Eric Posner on how democracy is stagnating around the world. Why is camping a white thing? Brandon Harris on a few wild theories. Working the dark side: David Bromwich writes about torture.
