Police across the USA respond to protests with violence
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The reason there’s still a pasta shortage
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Men quitting masturbation: "Porn addiction" support groups reinforce damaging gender stereotypes
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Rep. Justin Amash “looking closely” at third-party run in US presidential election
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The workplace-surveillance technology boom
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Famine is a choice. One billion people are now food-insecure. But starvation is not an inevitability
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We’re on the brink of cyberpunk
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The stimulus bill punishes parents behind on child support. Now is not the time
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My family owns a grocery store. The supply chain is a real problem
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Sixteen and evangelical
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I’ve fought for a free internet for thirty years. Here’s where I think we went wrong, and right
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The way we work is killing us - An interview with the author of Dying for a Paycheck
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The mafia is more powerful than it’s ever been
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Which tech company is really the most evil?
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In 2020, skip your resolutions—Embrace a vice
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The decade in young adult fiction
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“Affordances” - A new science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow about algorithmic bias
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This sure looks like Mitt Romney’s secret Twitter account—Meet “Pierre Delecto”
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Kickstarter’s year of turmoil - Multiple employees involved with a "Kickstarter United" effort to unionize have been fired over the past week
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Teens explain the VSCO Girl-and why you never want to be one
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The “30–50 feral hogs” guy actually had a point
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It’s not in your head: Urban flooding is getting much more common
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The latest study on trigger warnings finally convinced me they’re not worth it
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Parts of New Orleans are flooded. Worse is on the way: A brewing storm surge could elevate the Mississippi River to twenty feet above sea level—as high as the levees that protect the city.
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“I did not die. I did not go to heaven.”: How the controversy around a Christian bestseller engulfed the evangelical publishing industry—and tore a family apart.
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Our Stories: How Instagram accounts like @lgbt_history and @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y are weaving queer history into everyday life.
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What it’s like to be on House Hunters and House Hunters International - "The first thing you need to know is that in neither episode of House Hunters were Jeff and I actually … house hunting"
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Hell is high water: When will the Mississippi River come for New Orleans?
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Researchers may soon isolate the genetic roots of homosexuality. As a scientist, that excites me. But as a gay man, I worry about what might happen next.
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Beware the Cheapfakes: Deepfakes are troubling. But disinformation doesn’t have to be high tech to be damaging.
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Categorically Gay: For queer people who grew up in an era when rigid identities were essential, today’s fluidity can feel like their history is washing out with the tide.
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The Mind-Body Solution: Neal Stephenson’s Fall explores higher consciousness, the internet’s future, and virtual worldbuilding in one mind-blowing adventure.
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The creator of Chernobyl on viewers taking away the wrong lessons
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What it’s like to write a finale your fans hate. (Interview with Battlestar Galactica showrunner Ronald D. Moore in the context of the controversial Game of Thrones ending.)
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What it felt like: If “living history” role-plays in the classroom can so easily go wrong, why do teachers keep assigning them?
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By censoring Arthur’s same-sex wedding, Alabama Public Television betrayed Mr. Rogers’ legacy
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Wikipedia’s refusal to profile a Black female scientist shows its diversity problem
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Even space isn’t safe from ads: Companies want to turn satellites into billboards
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The Black feminists who saw the alt-right threat coming
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Kosoko Jackson’s book scandal suggests YA Twitter is getting uglier
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How Southern Baptists Are Grappling With Artificial Intelligence
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Police are making tone-deaf memes to build community trust
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End the tyranny of Arial: The big internet platforms use the same fonts and backgrounds. Let’s make it interesting again.
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You can never go home to GeoCities again - The new video games Hypnospace and Wrong Box offer up complicated nostalgia for the internet of yesterday
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Finding femme - The quiet resistance of a small-town stylist for trans women and cross-dressing men
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Jordan Peele’s 'Us' untethered $70 million from North American wallets this weekend
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Bigger than that - Complex thoughts on a life spent being the short guy
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“The Arisen” - A short story by Louisa Hall about fact, fiction, and libraries
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The Simpsons pulled an episode featuring Michael Jackson. That was a mistake
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Finally, women have their own mediocre Marvel movie
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