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‘What Do You Say To People Who Think They Have Nothing to Hide?’
Nathan Wessler, a lawyer with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, monitors a government that increasingly monitors its citizens.
Posted inCurrent Events
Does Luxembourg Have Any Business Entering the Space Race?
A nation skilled in exploiting tax loopholes aims to be the first to make money from asteroid mining.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, History, Uncategorized
Ta-Nehisi Coates Takes on the Trump Presidency
In an excerpt from his upcoming book on the Obama administration, Coates constructs an incisive look at Donald Trump’s political ascent.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
A Long, Dark Night of the Soul at Donald Trump’s Childhood Home
Alexander Nazaryan spends a night at Trump’s first home in Queens to see if it can tell him anything about the president.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Unapologetic Women
The Unforgettable Edie Windsor
It’s said about a lot of people, but true of only a few: There was something special about Edie.
Posted inCurrent Events, History
Tennessee, Goddamn: Memphis Fights To Remove Its Confederate Monuments
The legacy of General Nathan Bedford Forrest has the city going up against the state of Tennessee.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Five Houstonians, Five Days in a Flood Zone
A team of journalists from Houston drive home the fear, confusion, and destruction of Harvey.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Elephant in the Flood
The troubled world of flood insurance: what happens to coastal communities as climate change leads to more and more catastrophic flooding?
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Media
‘Vanity Fair’ Just Published Their Burn Book for Jared and Ivanka
They seem to disappear when bad things are happening. And bad things are always happening.