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The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s College SororityHow are members of A.K.A.—which Harris joined at Howard University—responding to their most famous sister’s Presidential campaign against Donald Trump? Jazmine Hughes reports. 2024-10-21T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jazmine Hughes 6,000 words Rated 2024-11-03T19:57:14-0800 |
Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying MonsterFrom Coinbase to OpenAI, the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Charles Duhigg reports. 2024-10-07T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Charles Duhigg 8,000 words Rated 2024-10-13T20:01:27-0700 |
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals3M found that many of its products, including Scotchgard and Scotchban, leached toxic chemicals called PFAS. Sharon Lerner reports on why the company kept making them. 2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sharon Lerner 7,000 words Rated 2024-05-30T14:40:17-0700 |
Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?Anthony Lane writes about Blinkist, one of a number of phone apps that aim to boil down entire books into synopses lasting as little as ten minutes. 2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Anthony Lane 4,000 words Rated 2024-05-29T15:49:12-0700 |
The Ex-N.Y.P.D. Offcial Trying to Tame New York’s TrashThe city has lived in filth for decades. Can the commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, a scion of one of the country’s richest families, finally clean up the streets? Eric Lach reports. 2024-04-08T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Eric Lach 6,000 words Rated 2024-04-14T09:00:12-0700 |
What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?Sam Knight on the Tory U.K. Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, and issues including Brexit, the N.H.S., inflation, housing, and the economy. 2024-03-25T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sam Knight 8,000 words Rated 2024-04-06T07:06:14-0700 |
Vaclav Smil and the Value of DoubtDavid Owen interviews the author and scientist Vaclav Smil, whose books on environmental issues include “Size: How It Explains the World” and “How the World Really Works.” #Climate Change #Environmentalism #Renewable energy #Science 2024-02-20T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker David Owen 4,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:44:49-0700 |
A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the CraftJames Somers, a professional coder, writes about the astonishing scripting skills of A.I. chatbots like GPT-4 and considers the future of a once exalted craft. 2023-11-13T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker James Somers 4,000 words Rated 2023-11-13T20:43:44-0800 |
China’s Age of MalaiseParty officials are vanishing, young workers are “lying flat,” and entrepreneurs are fleeing the country. What does China’s inner turmoil mean for the world? Evan Osnos reports. 2023-10-23T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Evan Osnos 9,000 words Rated 2023-11-01T08:11:05-0700 |
The Great Cash-for-Carbon HustleOffsetting is hailed as a fix for climate catastrophe—but the world’s biggest carbon firm, South Pole, sold millions of worthless credits to Gucci, Porsche, Nestlé, and many others. Heidi Blake reports. 2023-10-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Heidi Blake 10,000 words Rated 2023-10-25T06:33:15-0700 |
What Happened to San Francisco, Really?Nathan Heller on the fate of America’s most enterprising downtown and the debates over housing, homelessness, and public safety that have engulfed the city since the pandemic. 2023-10-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Nathan Heller 8,000 words Rated 2023-10-18T22:05:43-0700 |
Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action?Bill McKibben writes on the recent temperature records set amid a global heat wave, on a global cascade of climate-change-related floods and disasters, and the lack of political will in Canada and the U.S. to take on the needed confrontation of oil and gas interests. #Canada #Climate Change #Global Warming #Wildfire 2023-07-11T11:18:01-0700 The New Yorker Bill McKibben 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T09:00:10-0700 |
Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies HappyThe pediatrician and best-selling author on the perils of excessive individualism, the moralization of baby sleep, and why when it comes to newborns he’s “a little bit like a priest.” #Babies #Interview #Parenting 2023-04-09T12:25:06-0700 The New Yorker Helen Rosner 7,000 words Rated 2023-06-09T16:54:30-0700 |
How to Quit CarsAdam Gopnik reviews “Carmageddon,” by Daniel Knowles, and “Paved Paradise,” by Henry Grabar, and considers the shortsighted history of transportation and the possibilities for its future. #Books 2023-05-15T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 4,000 words Rated 2023-05-19T07:28:42-0700 |
ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the WebRated 2023-03-31T16:37:52-0700 |