Category: Culture

Timothy Vollmer reminds us that the public domain is not a tragedy of the commons but instead alive and well, despite lobbyists’ best attempts.

Mass extinctions are not all the same in their effects. Jon Tennant considers some evidence from the Ordovician.

The Turkish Government’s heavy-handed reaction to petitions supporting arrested academics is the continuation of a wider trend of restricting civil liberties and freedom of speech. Julian de Medeiros breaks it down for you.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, a generation had just been born. The online journal Russia Without Us catalogues their struggle to find a place in today’s Russia.

Here’s how ProPublica reporter Julia Angwin upped her defenses against hackers and spies.

The racial wealth gap between blacks and whites creates a terrible cycle of debt, even for small debts. Paul Kiel illustrates.

Chelsea Manning brings you a book review of Aaron Swartz’ The Boy Who Could Change The World.

Poetry by Max Reif.

After living in the same town for 14 years, I decided it was finally time to meet my neighbors. My secret? Soup night.