The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- “Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio has signaled he may embrace a series of limited changes to the nation’s immigration laws in the coming months, giving advocates for change new hope that 2014 might be the year that a bitterly divided Congress reaches a political compromise to overhaul the sprawling system.” [NYT]
- “The Obama administration faced a fresh challenge to its health-care law just as many of its key provisions took effect Wednesday, after an eleventh-hour Supreme Court ruling temporarily allowed some Catholic groups not to cover birth control in their employee health plans.” [WashPost]
- Social Conservatives Make Big Money Plans [Politico]
- “At 8 a.m. New Year’s Day, in an industrial area a few miles from downtown Denver, a former Marine named Sean Azzariti walked into a giant store and bought a bag of weed. Legally. To smoke just for fun, if he’s so inclined. Azzariti’s transaction—3.5 grams of Bubba Kush for $40 and some pot-laced chocolate truffles for an additional $9.28 — was the first in the state’s grand experiment in legalizing marijuana for recreational use.” [WashPost]
- A Drug Raid Gone Horribly Wrong [New Yorker]
- Mayor Bill De Blasio Chooses His Path With Uncompromising Inauguration [BuzzFeed]
- Sectors and Trends to Watch in 2014 [WSJ]
- Prettier in Print
- Cover: 2014: The Year Ahead
- Battle Over Unemployment Benefits by Zeke Miller
- 2014 Is a Make or Break Year for China by Fareed Zakaria
- The World’s Most Powerful Woman by Rana Foroohar
- In 2014, U.S. Leaves Afghanistan on Brink by Michael Crowley
- Political Races to Watch in 2014 by Jay Newton-Small
- The Doctor Will Skype You Now by Alexandra Sifferlin
- The Flat Paycheck Recovery by Rana Foroohar
- The Private Space Race Is On by Noah Rayman