How the police killing of a Black Brazilian teen sparked a movement
The police killing of João Pedro Mattos Pinto, a 14-year-old Black Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro, unmasked the scope of police brutality amid a pandemic and led to an unprecedented court decision.
US media can’t think how to fight fires without $1-an-hour prison labor
The main difference: Unlike prison laborers, regular citizens have to be paid more than pittance wages.
Presidents have a long history of condescension, indifference and outright racism towards Black Americans
An honest assessment of American presidential leadership on race reveals a handful of courageous actions but an abundance of racist behavior, even by those remembered as equal rights supporters.
Halting our descent into tyranny: Defeating the global elite’s Covid-19 coup
You can submit to tyranny or you can resist it.
Science is objective—but are all scientists objective?
Science might be objective—but that doesn’t mean all scientists are.
Robot generals
Will they make better decisions than humans -- or worse?
Making internet easier
The idea behind the foregoing is to make communication easier, prevent cheating, and make dispute resolution simpler and more acceptable in small cases.
The banality of evocation
Perhaps in 2020, the best monuments to the fight for women’s rights — for all our rights — may look nothing like what most of us would imagine.
Amazon ‘women warriors’ show gender equality, forest conservation go hand in hand
Keeping forests standing is one of the most effective and important ways to keep the world below dangerous levels of warming.
Where the post office goes, so goes America
The post office won’t disappear if you hand-deliver your ballot this year.