Jonathan Weil | Bloomberg | 2 August 2012 HSBC helped drug cartels and terrorists launder money through America's banking system, says Senate inquiry. Why not put it out of business? Because it's "too big too fail". We let our laws and morals fail, rather than our banks Comments Geoffrey Sant | Slate | 2 August 2012 In China the wealthy elite rule. So much so that when they find themselves convicted of a crime, they'll send a double to do their jail time for them. It's such a common practice they even have a phrase for it ding zui Comments Jina Moore | Boston Review | 2 August 2012 Africa has 54 countries and a billion people, but the only stories of interest to the Western press involve famine, disease, poverty and civil war. Rape and genocide score double points. The news is broken. How to fix it? Comments Jennifer Matesa | The Fix | 23 July 2012 They call it Pharmageddon: The latest health crisis to hit America. A wave of baby boomers in their fifties and sixties turning to drugs to cope with the stresses of ageing. Loneliness, depression, shame lead them to a quick fix Comments Samantha Shapiro | ESPN | 1 August 2012 Six years ago, Santhi Soundarajan was thrown out of the Asian Games for failing a gender test. It crushed her running career. Now she works as a brick maker in her village in India. Is there a better way of dealing with such cases? Comments Josh Fruhlinger | Awl | 30 July 2012 Enrique of Malacca was captured in the Malay peninsula by Portuguese in 1519. Became personal slave to Ferdinand Magellan; accompanied him on voyage around the world. Promised freedom, then double-crossed. But he would take revenge Comments | 
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