A newsroom at the edge of autocracy; The South China Morning Post is arguably the world’s most important newspaper for what it tells us about media freedoms as China’s power grows ~news journalism hong kong china politics Article 3740 words, published Aug 1 2020 7 votes
The anti-semitism we didn’t see: DeSean Jackson’s Hitler moment—and mine—showed that Black Americans’ experience of racism doesn’t automatically sensitize us toward other forms of prejudice ~life Article 461 words, published Jul 13 2020 11 votes
The dehumanizing condescension of the book White Fragility ~books reviews Article 2082 words 29 votes
The last giraffes on earth - The planet’s tallest animal is in far greater danger than people might think ~science biology Article published Apr 17 2020 7 votes
People complain that going to the shore is a careless act during a pandemic, but the science so far suggests otherwise ~health Article 598 words 7 votes
Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic ~health Article 9769 words 9 votes
The NFL is suddenly worried about Black lives ~sports.american_football Article 486 words, published Jun 3 2020 7 votes
Protests and policing will worsen the coronavirus pandemic - The US has moved from attempting to beat the virus to managing the harm of losing ~health Article 2389 words 11 votes
The search for the world’s simplest animal: For centuries, scientists have obsessed over a primordial blob that can shape-shift, clone itself, and live indefinitely ~science biology.marine Article 3049 words 8 votes
The case for reparations: We've had 250 years of slavery, 90 years of Jim Crow, 60 years of separate but equal and 35 years of racist housing policy. Without addressing this, the US can't move on ~humanities.history Article 14 406 words, published Jun 3 2014 32 votes
Revisiting Star Trek’s most political episode: In 1995, the Deep Space Nine installment “Past Tense” stood out for its realistic, near-future vision of racism and economic injustice ~tv Article 1751 words, published Oct 8 2017 14 votes
What an economic liberal and conservative learned from their friendship ~life Article 2695 words 5 votes
US President Donald Trump's executive order isn't only about Twitter; it's also attempting to ensure that Facebook won't change their own approach in the lead-up to the election ~tech facebook social media Article 2696 words 10 votes
Early warnings: How American journalists reported the rise of Adolf Hitler ~humanities.history Article 529 words, published Mar 13 2012 5 votes
How white backlash controls American progress: Backlash dynamics are one of the defining patterns of the country’s history ~humanities.history Article 3263 words 8 votes
CDC is conflating viral and antibody tests. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same. ~health Article 542 words 10 votes
What will it take to prevent a new Great Depression in the USA? Around $10,000,000,000,000 (ten trillion dollars). ~finance economics Article 505 words 9 votes
The board game that turns feminism into a joke: I played Ms. Monopoly so that you don’t have to ~games.tabletop Article 1237 words 12 votes
I was a teenage conspiracy theorist: Want to know why wild conspiracism can be so irresistible? Ask a fourteen-year-old girl ~life Article 3974 words 11 votes
The great 5G conspiracy - Part of a series on conspiracy thinking in America ~humanities Article 5662 words 6 votes
An Oxford professor, an evangelical collector, and a missing gospel of Mark: A scholar claimed that he discovered a first-century gospel fragment, now faces allegations of theft, cover-up, and fraud ~humanities.history Article 8361 words 11 votes
Children growing up after this crisis will use far more oral language after it ends ~humanities.languages Article 605 words 10 votes
COVID has badly affected wealthy nations, what will it do to poor ones and how can they stop it with their limited means? ~health Article 1572 words 5 votes
The problem with stories about dangerous coronavirus mutations. There’s no clear evidence that the pandemic virus has evolved into significantly different forms—and there probably won’t be for months ~health Article 2076 words 8 votes
"ICU delirium" is leaving COVID-19 patients scared and confused ~health healthcare Article 1848 words 7 votes
The people who are keeping the internet running during COVID and how they're doing it ~tech internet Article 4171 words 11 votes
Many schools are already closed until the end of the year. So what happens to all those missed classes? ~life education Article 2089 words 11 votes
In the debate over freedom versus control of the global network, China was largely correct, and the US was wrong ~tech internet Article 2800 words 6 votes
Calling me a hero only makes you feel better ~life work Article 507 words, published Apr 18 2020 17 votes
The second phase of unemployment will be harsher: For American workers displaced by recession, widespread public sympathy soon gives way to moralizing anger ~life work Article 634 words 11 votes
A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing? ~finance Article 7271 words 5 votes