Peter Thiel Is the New Koch
The Koch family is aging out. Peter Thiel has picked up the mantle as the new Midas of the extreme right.
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Surveillance Is, Like, Super Cool Now
What’s not cool? Privacy.
Why Does the Kremlin Keep Purging Crimea’s Muslims?
Crimean Tatars, a Muslim minority that once dominated the Black Sea peninsula but have been persecuted by Russia for centuries, are being purged by the Kremlin following a strategy used in Chechnya.
I Was a GI in Afghanistan: Here’s Why I Can’t Forget the Women
With the US pullout in Afghanistan, the media is polarizing, but where do the statistics, deaths, takeovers, and wars leave the very real women of Afghanistan? One veteran remembers them for their humanness.
Sunda Clouded Leopard, the Ethereal and Declining ‘Tree Tiger’
Isolated on just two islands in southeast Asia, this little-known, forest-dependent wild cat persists in the region experiencing the world’s fastest deforestation
As the World Burns, Germany’s Boomers Have Final Say in ‘Climate Election’
Climate change is a top issue in Germany’s elections as young activists challenge politicians to act now before it is too late.
Ten Years Ago, Occupy Wall Street Lit a Spark in Zuccotti Park
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Reporting Live From the Virtual Opium Den of Tomorrow
Local journalism is being pulled in two directions. Congress is trying to help “journalism” while Big Tech is trying to blow up “local.”
“Another One Bites the Dust”*
At least five conservative, anti-vaccination radio hosts have died of COVID-19 since July. *The most recent was Bob Enyart, who in the ‘90s enjoyed reading aloud the names of those who died of AIDS while playing the Queen song “Another One Bites the Dust.”
How Crime Guns Are Traced in the US: One Page at a Time
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General Promises US ‘Surge’ to Fight Foreign Cyberattacks
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Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Lebanese Titanic
After 13 months of political deadlock, Lebanon finally has a new government. But citizens are not optimistic about its ability to save the country from the abyss.