“Musicians are in peril, at the mercy of giant monopolies that profit off their work.”
Seyward Darby
America’s Covid Swab Supply Depends on Two Cousins Who Hate Each Other
“The pandemic brought the business opportunity of a lifetime to Puritan Medical Products of Guilford, Maine. But even a $250 million infusion from the U.S. government has done little to quell an epic family feud.”
The ‘No-Nos’ of Tule Lake
“Singled out for failing a ‘loyalty’ test, Japanese Americans incarcerated in a high-security U.S. prison camp during WWII are shedding the stigma and reclaiming their stories.”
Your Face Is Not Your Own
“When a secretive start-up scraped the internet to build a facial-recognition tool, it tested a legal and ethical limit — and blew the future of privacy in America wide open.”
In ‘Cherry,’ the Bank Robber Is the Victim. What About the Teller He Held Up?
“Erasure doesn’t have to be an act. It can be a process too.”
How Facebook Got Addicted to Spreading Misinformation
“The company’s AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech. Now the man who built them can’t fix the problem.”
John Muir in Native America
“Muir’s romantic vision obscured Indigenous ownership of the land—but a new generation is pulling away the veil.”
Bad Reputation: An Oral History of the Freaks and Geeks Soundtrack
“Judd Apatow, Paul Feig, Michael Andrews, and the cast and crew turn things up to 11.”
The Rich Versus the Very, Very Rich
“When a Chinese billionaire bought one of Britain’s most prestigious golf clubs in 2015, dentists and estate agents were confronted with the unsentimental force of globalized capital.”
