The IRS scandal, Fifty Shades of Draper, and more

politics Why the IRS scandal is political gold for Republicans By keith wagstaff "There won't be a GOP campaign in the country that doesn't use this to raise money." u.s. Was the West, Texas, fertilizer explosion a homicide? By peter weber Texas state police open a criminal investigation on the same day federal agents charge a paramedic for building bombs world Is Bangladesh's deadly building collapse already leading to reform? By harold maass The government promises to hike the minimum wage and make it easier for garment workers to unionize. politics Obama is not weak on terrorism By paul brandus And conservative critics who say he is are proving they have very-short, very-partisan memories entertainment Mad Men recap: Fifty shades of Draper By scott meslow Tonight's episode, "Man With a Plan," finds Don Draper shirking his new professional duties in favor of an extended tryst with his mistress world Dispatch from Cairo: The frighteningly uncertain future of Christians in Egypt By jacob lippincott Christians and Muslims generally live side by side peacefully. But there has been a troubling rise in religious violence. From our partners at Political Wire Why the IRS scandal is bigger than Benghazi By Taegan Goddard The GOP is uniting over two things they dislike: President Obama and the IRS FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE PHOTOS: 15 images from the International Space Station By phil plait Here are some amazing photos taken from 400 kilometers above the Earth's surface SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Women rescued in Cleveland release first statement, plead for privacy POLITICAL WIRE Bloomberg admits he allowed reporters to snoop on users NEWSER Hong Kong transsexual gains right to marry SALON Tea Partyers boycott Fox News for geeing too "left" NEW YORK MAGAZINE 25 things to do, see, hear, and read this week       Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy Copyright © 2013 The Week, All rights reserved.