“Polished, soft-spoken, and a self-styled moderate, Jared Kushner has become his father-in-law’s most dangerous enabler.”
Editor’s Pick
GaryVee Is Still Preaching the Hustle Gospel in the Middle of a Pandemic
“His message is what so many desperate people want to hear right now. It’s also dangerous.”
The Fault, Dear Reader, Is Not In Our Stars
Mental health care is pricey and inaccessible. Online astrology is rising to take its place.
I Was a Teenage Conspiracy Theorist
““Our minds work in particular ways that make us all receptive to conspiracy thinking,” says Rob Brotherton, a psychologist and the author of Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories. “
Death of a Smart City
“Alphabet bet big in Toronto. Toronto didn’t play along.”
The Furious Hunt for the MAGA Bomber
“Scarred by trauma and devoted to Trump, a man began mailing explosives to the president’s critics on the eve of an election. Inside the race to catch him.”
Flimsy plastic knives, a single microwave, and empty popcorn bags: How 50 inmates inside a Michigan prison prepared a feast to celebrate the life of George Floyd
Michael “Thompson came up with a way to mark Floyd’s death inside: a special meal that he’d share with the inmates in a “celebration” honoring Floyd’s life…After they returned their cells, each man sat in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. And then they began to eat.”
Stacey Abrams and Janelle Monáe on the Fight for Democracy in an Election Season for the Ages
‘The former Georgia Representative talks to singer and fellow Atlantan Monáe about voter suppression, Joe Biden, and whether Abrams herself will one day run for president. (The answer: “Absolutely.”)’
Sharing Food, Building Resilience
“If someone wants to know how a community is doing, the response, Larson explains, could be, ‘Well, how many times did people share food with each other here?’ Each community’s constellation of shared food, labor, and equipment, like nets or boats, is unique and reveals different levels of interconnection and community cohesion.”
For Domestic Workers, Apps Provide Solace — But Not Justice
Apps can and do help abused migrants find one another and escape abusive situations, but they ‘cannot fix structural inequalities, missing institutional capacity or a lack of human intent.’”
