The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Recovery

After last year's season of flops, network TV channels plan to strive for fresh, original programming. If they're realize serious about shows with dinosaurs, fairy tale creatures and large-scale Broadway musical numbers, maybe they're not kidding. [NY Times]

One of the world's most controversial industries, coal mining, is trying to become popular with a new demographic: children. [Time]

The touching story of a gripping photo that came to represent the Freedom Riders and the civil rights...