The United States is the only advanced economy that does not guarantee its workers any paid vacation time, according to a new review of international labor laws by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). As a result, almost 1-in-4 Americans do not receive any paid vacation or paid holidays, trailing far behind most of the rest of the world's rich nations. The report, No-Vacation Nation Revisited, is a comprehensive review of the latest available data on international standards for paid vacation and paid holidays.

In an interview with The Daily Beast, Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged that there is considerable room for improvement in how Justice handles leak cases, casting the AP and Fox News episodes as a teaching moment for his department and himself. “While both of these cases were handled within the law and according to Justice Department guidelines, they are reminders of the unique role the news media plays in our democratic system, and signal that both our laws and guidelines need to be updated," he said. "This is an opportunity for the department to consider how we strike the right balance between the interests of law enforcement and freedom of the press.”

A printout the author recently unearthed revealed a spirited debate in 1993 about the future of the news media. One prediction: “The newspaper is actually a flat panel, foldable, flexible display screen, but is paper thin. Each night, it gathers up all the stories from the news services you subscribe to (and) puts them through a smart filter. There’s a way to get more information about any story by simply touching the headline or a paragraph.”