Yes, Brazilians still love soccer, but they hate the World Cup and what it has come to represent: a prize whose luster will fade fast after the games are done and Brazil’s chronic economic problems remain.

Decommissioned military equipment is winding up in the hands of police departments across the country, and being used in troubling incidents of excessive police force. The militarization of U.S. police departments is a threat to our civil liberties.

Watch the live feed to this special all-day event, hosted by The American Interest, Freedom House, and Johns Hopkins-SAIS.

This graph is a stark illustration of the remarkable turnaround in America’s energy security landscape, brought to us largely by the shale boom.

Has political hierarchy in the form of the state met its match in today’s networked world?

Researchers discover a new cure for MRSA, a drug-resistant bacteria often lurks in hospitals. That’s good news, but there are too few reasons to be optimistic about our battle with the bugs.

The decision to expand health insurance before reigning in costs was an attempted quid pro quo deal with hospitals, according to Vox. How’s that going?

Contrary to received wisdom, immigration is not the most important issue to Hispanic voters. In fact, it isn’t even in the top three.

Good afternoon, readers! We trust you’ve had a productive weekend, the last before World Cup fever descends around the world. As you kick your heels up this Sunday, take the time to look back at what you may have missed on the site over the last week:

Even the U.S. State Department is proclaiming that the future belongs to biotech, which has already brought us apples that don’t rot and more.