Guatemalan Startups, Cambodian Slavery, and Won't Someone Please Buy the Mets?

The Atlantic Wire / Cyril Bousselet's Flickr
Dashiell Bennett 647 Views Nov 17, 2011

Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 20 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

U.S.: Moving in with your parents doesn't just signal a weak job market, it's makes the economy even weaker, because those kids aren't spending their money on anything like furniture and eating out. (More on this here.) Parsing the President's decision on an Clear Air Act, to get a handle on his re-election strategy.

Opinion: Nick Kristof has a follow up story on the Cambodian brothels where girls as young as eight are sold into sexual slavery.

Politics: Intra-party battles are threatening the GOP's attempts to take over the Senate next year. The PA Senate race has 12(!) Republican challengers at the moment.

World: Unemployment, especially among young people, is threatening to cripple Britian's economy. President Obama commitment to putting Marines in Australia won't help his relationship with China. (Which is kinda the point.)

Technology: Guatemala's Campus Tecnologico is a one-building Silicon Valley in Central America ... that has to be protected by armed guards and biometric locks. Apple may finally be showing an interest in converting its consumer gadgets into business technology.

Sports: After a year of trying to raise $200 million in cash, the Mets still haven't found a way to sell limited partnership stakes in the team. A lone solider fights to get women's long distance racewalking added to the international track and field schedule.

Arts: Critic Jon Caramanica tries to figure out Drake.

Want to add to this story? Let us know in comments or send an email to the author at dbennett at theatlantic dot com. You can share ideas for stories on the Open Wire.

Related Articles   More by Dashiell Bennett

Trimming the Times: Interrogation Troubles; Libya's Road Warriors

Trimming the Times: Tax Holiday; Combat Drones

Trimming the Times: Budget Supercommittee; Swedish Nationalists

 

The Three Sentences in the Fed Announcement That Matter

Pope John Paul II looks at a white dove freed at the end of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005.

New Miracle Brings Pope John Paul II Steps Away from Sainthood

Elsewhere on the Web

User Comments

Please type your comment and click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be prompted to log in or register

  • The Atlantic Wire on Twitter
  • The Atlantic Wire RSS Feed
  • The Atlantic Wire iPhone App