Fresh off Watergate, Carl Bernstein next turned to expose the connection between the CIA and newspapers. For his efforts, he was paid $28,000. Inside one of publishing’s biggest boondoggles.
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Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story, Technology
We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Very Beginning
Early electric cars performed better in cities than internal combustion vehicles, but didn’t give riders the same illusion of freedom and masculine derring-do.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
The Race to the Bottom of the Sugar Bowl
Beth Kowitt, in Fortune, explores food manufacturers’ race to find a better sugar stand-in. But if sugar is a known health hazard, why don’t we just put less of it in food?
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘I Inherited Luck’: Bridgett M. Davis on Her Family’s Life in the Numbers
In a new memoir, novelist Bridgett M. Davis reveals that her mother was a Numbers operator in Detroit from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Posted inStory
Talking to Big Baby
A child’s doll exerts a gravitational pull on every member of her family.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Hunt for the Perfect Sugar
The quest for a zero-calorie sweetener is getting more urgent — and harder than ever. Will the science and economics of Big Food finally get us to the fake-sugar grail?
Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Technology
Searching for a Future Beyond Facebook
If we want to liberate ourselves from the tech monopolies, we have to figure out what to do with our data.
Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Story, Technology
Searching for a Future Beyond Facebook
If we want to liberate ourselves from the tech monopolies, we have to figure out what to do with our data.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Commentary
The Stock Market Doesn’t Matter
Trump confuses stock performance with economic well-being. We don’t have to make the same mistake.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Silence of Women
Women who spoke too angrily or too publicly were punished in cruel and unusual ways.
