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Dorothy Kidd (USF): Social Justice Media: The Case of Occupy. Kiyoung Kim (Chosun): Public Policy and Governance: Some Thoughts on Its Elements. James Bessen (BU): The Anti-Innovators: How Special Interests Undermine Entrepreneurship. Claus C. Portner (Seattle): Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing. J.J. Goldberg on what Israel’s Chief of Staff is worried about — no, it’s not Iran. “What about Sepp Blatter?” and other questions about the FIFA case (and more and more). Erik Voeten on how Watergate helps explain how the U.S. can prosecute FIFA officials. Philip Bump on how the U.S. can arrest FIFA officials in Switzerland, explained. Christopher Ingraham on the shocking human toll of FIFA’s corruption (and more). FIFA frantically announces 2015 Summer World Cup in United States. Annie Lowrey on protesting student debt with Astra Taylor. Did this acclaimed sociologist drive the getaway car in a murder plot? Steven Lubet on the questionable ethics of Alice Goffman’s On the Run (and more and more). Scott Keyes on ten outrageous ideas Rick Santorum actually believes. Emily Greenhouse on the not-so-feminist history of Wonder Woman: The superheroine’s polygamous creator exploited the love and labor of the women who were his inspiration. “Bill Gates is an optimist”: Ezra Klein on the most predictable disaster in the history of the human race. Mike Jay reviews The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon: Towards a Political History of Madness by Laure Murat.