Libra: Facebook’s audacious bid for global monetary control
Payments can happen cheaply and easily without banks or credit card companies. This has now been demonstrated – not in the United...
12 ways communities are taking care of each other during the pandemic
The efforts range from a Slack chat community connecting people around the world to suggestions about what to do with your stimulus check.
Netflix and Bill Nye are saving science – 30 minutes at a time
With Netflix’s ascendancy and the way it’s changing viewing habits, “Bill Nye Saves the World” may be a huge opportunity for science education.
Will San Francisco be the second city to tax extreme CEO-worker pay gaps?
In November 2019, SF voters will decide the fate of a proposed tax on corporations that pay their top exec more than 100 times worker pay.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, October 1
Trump accused of rigging FBI's Kavanaugh probe, Sanders demands FBI investigate whether Kavanaugh committed perjury, Las Vegas strip to go dark on one-year anniversary of worst mass shooting in U.S. history, and more.
Far-right groups move to messaging apps as tech companies crack down on extremist social...
For years, social media allowed far-right violent extremists to recruit and organize on a multitude of platforms.
In an unequal America, empathy, not just housing, has become too pricey
Empathy for the plight of the homeless, meanwhile, is withering away, particularly among society’s most fortunate, as the social distance between that top and the rest of society widens.
Never had a chance!
It was 1956, Brooklyn, NYC, the year after our beloved Dodgers had finally won a World Series from those Damn Yankees. We...
How to avoid consumer confusion about sustainable seafood
Use these tips to avoid consumer confusion about sustainable seafood and trust that every purchase is as great for the planet as it is for your diet.
Scientists Collaborate to Sort Fact from Fiction In Media’s Coverage of Climate Change
Climate Feedback is a global network of scientists who sort fact from fiction in the media’s coverage of climate change.