“Bloom County” is back. Comic strip fans woke up Monday morning to the news, posted as a single new strip on author Berkeley Breathed’s Facebook page. Continue reading →

The conventional wisdom about not naming a salary number until they do assumes your numbers are considerably far apart, and that if you give a range first you’ll leave a lot of money on the table. That just isn’t very likely to happen. Continue reading →

Today, as a chronically weak Greek economy immiserates millions and threatens the financial stability of Europe, historian Josiah Ober looks back on ancient Greece and its prosperity. Where and how did the ancient Greeks gain the wealth with which to build a culture that became central to the modern world? Continue reading →

Monday on the NewsHour, Greece strikes a bailout deal to avert an exit from the European Union. Also: Iran nuclear negotiations creep toward conclusion, getting health care on demand through telemedicine, the week ahead in politics, an incredible escape by one of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords and Harper Lee’s newly published novel offers a complicated portrait of an old character. Continue reading →

In our news wrap Monday, Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen began an operation against the Islamic State militant group, targeting Anbar province. The launch came as IS claimed responsibility for a series of car bombs and suicide attacks in Baghdad. Also, President Obama commuted the sentences of 46 nonviolent federal prisoners, the majority of whom were serving time for drug charges. Continue reading →

Despite hope that Iran and the world’s powers would reach a nuclear deal Monday, efforts to reach an Iranian nuclear deal were stymied once again. Gwen Ifill talks to Indira Lakshmanan of Bloomberg about what happened and what’s to come. Continue reading →

Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Gwen Ifill to discuss super PAC campaign fundraising, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s entrance into the 2016 race and how Hillary Clinton is speaking out on immigration in the wake of comments by Donald Trump. Continue reading →

What does the escape of Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman mean for that nation’s drug war? William Brangham speaks to Alfredo Corchado of The Dallas Morning News about the jailbreak and the fallout. Continue reading →