What happens when a tool created by a bunch of developers in California becomes the main news source of a country 7,000 miles away? Nothing good.
Current Events
Above It All: How the Court Got So Supreme
Secrecy and speechifying, collegiality and hierarchy, exceptionalism and opulence on the Supreme Court.
Graduate School is Wonderful and We Are All Very, Very Happy
Avital Ronell is both product and perpetuator of an abusive academy.
The Africans Who Suffer in a Deportation Purgatory
Under the Trump administration, African immigrants are experiencing increasing deportations, though these deportees receive less media attention than deportees from Mexico and Central America.
Inauthentic Behavior
Facebook’s botched war against propaganda campaigns.
Michael, Aretha, Beyoncé, and the Black Press
The Black press has always been where Black artists could have their work spoken about with integrity.
Russian Malware Is Really Killin’ It Lately
When Russia attacked Ukraine with sophicated malware in 2017, it caused over $10 billion dollars worth of damage and revealed the whole world’s vulnerabilities.
The Scientist at the Center of a Heated Scientific Feud
When one female scientist’s thirty years of research contradicted the established theory of dinosaur extinction, people started calling her a bitch that should be burned at the stake.
Appropriation in the Land of Enchantment
In New Mexico, cultural appropriation by newcomers is fueling Indigenous activism over colonialism and property rights.
A New Citizen Leaves a Lost America
Journalist Rebecca Mead explains why she first left England for the United States, and why she’s now moving back to a country that isn’t necessarily home.
