The Bigger Battle to Defend Democracy Online
With the big tech companies masters of the world’s new public square, it is vital they work to address anti-democratic manipulation of their platforms everywhere, not just in the United States. Will Wright looks at the new “cyber troops” around the world.
Dogs and Our Ambivalence
Sanjay Kumar pens an ode to the canine within the human and the human within the canine.
Suspect Evidence Informed a Momentous Supreme Court Decision on Criminal Sentencing
The U.S. Sentencing Commission helped send more people to prison for longer terms. It’s a shame it was created to address a nonexistent crisis. ProPublica’s Ryan Gabrielson digs into the thirty-year history of “fair sentencing” in the US court system.
No Dogs, No Indians
In a world mediated by sound-bites, perhaps the theatre can take us back to what it means to be human. Siddhartha Bose writes.
Sunday Comics
Sunday Comics: One mans waste is another mans soap, sons fan base know the brotha man’s dope. A real weirdo with a bug rare flow and the way his hair grow was ugly as a scarecrow. He wears a mask so the charge won’t grab on a rooftop with a large stone slab. Heads up, talk white and thought *erish — refuse to walk tight and got his off the vigorous’h. Black licorice and equally as yucky, how he handled the money was strictly Dan Stuckie.
White Supremacy: The Dark Side of Eugenics
Our favorite geneticist Dr. Ricki Lewis takes on the notions of white supremacy, and helps get Stormfront removed from the Internet…possibly.
My Sudden Synaesthesia
Out of the blue, Vanessa Potter lost her sight. As she recovered, her senses mingled – hearing and touch changed the way she saw colours. Her quest to understand why introduced her to new tech that uses sound to help blind people see.
Why Not Make the Rich Compete?
Reversing the last forty years of upward redistribution of income in America begins with forcing the rich to actually compete on the same terms as the not-rich. Dean Baker lays out his thoughts.
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