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Opinion | The Problems Democrats Don’t Like to See

The Democratic future isn’t going to look like the Democratic past. #Books #California #Chicago #Housing #Real Estate #Texas #US Politics

2025-06-08T03:00:12-0700 The New York Times Ezra Klein ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2025-06-10T20:18:44-0700

Opinion | Christo Grozev Is the Man Putin Couldn’t Kill

Putin had Christo Grozev in his sights. Grozev was way ahead of him. #Assassination #Austria #Crime #New York City #Plane Crash

2025-06-02T02:01:30-0700 The New York Times M. Gessen ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2025-06-02T16:02:01-0700

Opinion | What People at Pornhub Were Thinking When It Shared Videos of Child Rape

Five years ago at Pornhub, executives were removing the most obvious videos of children. But one employee said ‘obvious’ meant a ‘3-year-old.’ #Alabama #Child Abuse #Pornography #Rape #Social Media

2025-05-10T04:00:09-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2025-05-10T16:59:56-0700

Runaway Tren

How a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela #Colorado #Donald Trump #Housing #Immigration #Real Estate #Venezuela

2025-04-24T05:30:00-0700 The American Prospect Maureen Tkacik 9,000 words

Rated 2025-04-29T22:19:56-0700

Faced with measles, Texas healthcare workers confront ‘information warfare’

For the first time in a decade, a US child has died of measles. What can doctors and nurses do to encourage vaccination? #Donald Trump #Politics #United States

2025-03-31T09:37:11-0700 Al Jazeera Tyler Hicks 2,000 words

Rated 2025-04-07T17:33:18-0700

Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble?

Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. #Doctors #Health Care #Indiana #Pennsylvania #Texas

2024-12-11T03:00:00-0800 The Marshall Project Shoshana Walter 3,000 words

Rated 2024-12-28T07:37:30-0800

Staying Awake, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Notes on the alleged decline of reading #United States

2008-01-31T16:00:21-0800 Harper's Magazine 200 words

Rated 2024-09-15T17:24:07-0700

Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building Them

The state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit. #Climate Change #Colorado #Global Warming #Transportation

2024-05-31T02:00:29-0700 The New York Times Megan Kimble 3,000 words

Rated 2024-06-01T17:50:32-0700

‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade

The backlash against “wokeism” has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook — and grievances — behind one strand of the anti-D.E.I. campaign. #College #Texas

2024-01-20T13:35:53-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Confessore ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2024-01-22T18:03:33-0800

The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land

Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-11-12T00:00:52-0800 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800

How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid Transit

At $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach. #Business #City #Government #Infrastructure #Los Angeles #New York

2023-10-30T06:00:16-0700 Bloomberg 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-05T22:46:59-0800

The Dictator Myth That Refuses to Die

Authoritarians would have you think that they can do certain things better than their counterparts who have to deal with checks, balances, and public opinion. Don’t believe it. #United States

2023-07-26T07:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Brian Klaas ($) 200 words

Rated 2023-07-27T09:43:13-0700

How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism

The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots? #Politics #Silicon Valley

2023-07-23T04:00:00-0700 WIRED Kai Ye 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-25T16:13:25-0700

DC statehood is bad policy and worse politics

#DC Statehood

The Hill

Rated 2023-03-29T13:26:51-0700