Ratings

Is Justin Timberlake the pop star anyone wants?

Justin Timberlake’s resurfaced scandals involving Janet Jackson and Britney Spears have soured his image. Can he pull off a comeback with Everything I Thought It Was? #Culture #Music

2024-03-14 Vox Kyndall Cunningham 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14 - sethherr

Why we can’t build

America’s inability to build is killing people. #Politics

2020-04-22 Vox Ezra Klein 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-16 - sethherr

America’s shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves

Retailers like Target, Walmart, and Home Depot have a real issue with retail crime. But there’s more they could be doing to address the problem — namely, spend more money — according to workers and even thieves. #Economy #Money

2023-11-02 Vox Emily Stewart 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-09 - sethherr

Burning Man’s climate protesters have a point

Building a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet, the climate protesters said. #Burning Man #Culture #Environmentalism #Technology

2023-08-30 Vox Adam Clark Estes 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30 - sethherr

How the Cheesecake Factory became the chain restaurant of millennial dreams

Too big to fail: How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success. #Culture #Food & drink

2022-12-24 Vox Alex Abad-Santos 4,000 words

Rated 2023-07-28 - sethherr

The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity

The founders of Anthropic left OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done. #Artificial Intelligence #Technology

2023-07-17 Vox Dylan Matthews 7,000 words

Rated 2023-07-23 - elll

The hidden force that shapes everything around us: Parking

A Q&A with Henry Grabar, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.” #Politics #Transportation #Urban Planning

2023-05-09 Vox Marin Cogan 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-17 - sethherr

The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigs

The justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-05-11 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-12 - Jaog

As climate change worsens, some people might decide to DIY a solution

#Ocean Geoengineering

Vox

Rated 2023-04-08 - cindy

Rated 2023-04-08 - Jaog

Why Congress — and Biden — killed DC’s crime bill

#DC Statehood

Vox

Rated 2023-03-30 - jim

Rated 2023-03-26 - Jaog

Rated 2023-03-28 - sethherr

Israel’s protests show that Netanyahu finally went too far

Vox

Rated 2023-03-29 - sethherr

Rated 2023-03-28 - Jaog

Why House Republicans’ investigations are flopping

Vox

Rated 2023-03-28 - Jaog