Let’s Wrestle with New Technology… and How We Journalists Cover It.
On music apps, wellness, and the many types of “tech story.”
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Governor’s Infidelity Might Be the Best Thing About Him
Another political sex scandal in an endless string of them. This one is especially resonant because the ‘perp’ claimed a mantle of piousness. But that’s not the real scandal.
Daggers Drawn: Conservatives Plot Ways to Throttle Agency Power
Pro-business lawyers, scholars dominate Hill conference pushing deregulatory agenda.
The Latest Casualty of States’ Rights: Your Vote
The White House shot down a critical election security bill ahead of the November midterms under the guise of federalist principles. Will our democracy pay the price for this dogmatic approach to states’ rights?
Predicting Candidates’ Energy Policy Is a Fool’s Game
While it seems like a ridiculous proposition to predict what Donald Trump, who is notoriously short on policy details, would do while in office, “analysts” are making good money to figure these things out, so they might just be making stuff up as they go along. Case in point: Financial news site MarketWatch surmised […]
Trump Is Dangerous, but Is #Resistance Just as Dangerous?
A recent New York Times op-ed by an anonymous high-level administration official bemoans the dangers of President Donald Trump. But the ideology of this self-described “resistance” member may be even worse: it masks itself as “sanity” — while promoting some of the same dangerous policies.
‘Vaccine Nationalism’ Leaves Poor Countries in the Lurch
An international plan to distribute vaccines equitably? Tons of money? Great — as long as rich countries get first dibs.
Like a Fox — How a TV Channel Is Tearing America Apart
For two decades, Fox News has made piles of money from creating a fictional America in which conservatives are under assault and can play the victim. Under Trump, the network stopped pretending that it is fair and balanced.
50 Years After Roe: The Fight Returns to Its Roots
Felicia Kornbluh argues that the movement must now focus on broader issues and on grassroots politics, not the courts.
Politicians Can Be Bad for Your Health
Hong Kong, a city about the same size as New York, has successfully contained the coronavirus without the need for lockdowns. One important reason for Hong Kong’s success offers valuable lessons for citizens battling the virus elsewhere.
A Top Cop Says We Need To Reinvent Policing
Norm Stamper talks about cop culture, how contagious and deeply institutionalized it is and how “awful but lawful” has become an internal standard that real community policing has to root out.
Small Business Group Says Trump Is Bad for Business
How the trade war, corporate tax cuts, and fossil fuel subsidies have hurt many small businesses.