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September 23, 2018 in 2,375 words
‘Our history is getting erased’: the biggest threat to Sandy Island’s Gullah is not hurricanes A South Carolina community that has retained its African-influenced language weathered last week’s storm...
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September 24, 2018 in 2,338 words
‘I feel like a slave’: St Louis’ workhouse denounced as a modern-day debtors’ prison A campaign called #closetheworkhouse describes ‘unspeakably hellish conditions’, but officials defend it as a...
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September 26, 2018 in 2,507 words
Robert Mueller Speaks! It was in the midst of Hurricane Florence that Amy Fiscus, a New York Times national security editor, tweeted: NPR interviewed a Robert Mueller as a man on the street in the...
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September 27, 2018 in 1,473 words
How workers killed the liberal arts TOTAL WORKThe original purpose of liberal arts has been co-opted by a focus on utility, writes Andrew Taggart “Work is fundamental to who you are and who you will...
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September 28, 2018 in 2,415 words
Christine Blasey Ford shows us vulnerability is strength, not weakness OPEN PRAISE Christine Blasey Ford clarified her intentions at the very start of her testimony before the Senate judiciary...
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September 29, 2018 in 3,440 words
‘This guy doesn’t know anything’: the inside story of Trump’s shambolic transition team Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and The Big Short, reveals how Trump’s bungled presidential transition set...
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September 30, 2018 in 2,521 words
Yale students condemn Kavanaugh case as ‘symptom of a larger problem’ Students at university with long ties to US power unsurprised by allegations in culture that ‘normalises’ sexual misconduct...
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October 1, 2018 in 2,506 words
John Oliver Exposes The Utter Hypocrisy Of Pro-Lifers On Brett Kavanaugh The “Last Week Tonight” host also singled out one “horrifying” moment from Kavanaugh’s testimony THANKS to HBO and Last Week...
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October 2, 2018 in 1,915 words
US carmakers can’t win Trump’s trade war MULTIPOLAR WORLD There’s no such thing as an “American” car anymore. Thanks to globalization, almost every car sold and built in the US is an amalgam of parts...
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October 3, 2018 in 2,344 words
The secret behind the Ivy League’s high endowment returns ASSET CLASSES They have some of the best minds in their universities watching their money. But in recent years, the endowments of schools in...
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October 4, 2018 in 2,209 words
Something to set the mood . . . Vietnam is the most globalized populous country in modern history THE TRUE GLOBALISTS Globalization is going through tough times. The UK’s exit from the EU, the rise of...
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October 5, 2018 in 2,748 words
Something to set the mood . . . ‘We have found hell’: trauma runs deep for children at dire Lesbos camp Violent and unsanitary conditions in Moria refugee settlement are exacerbating the horror of...
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October 6, 2018 in 2,973 words
Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ He’s the star of TV and Broadway whose new film Blindspotting unveils the evils of gentrification. The actor...
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October 7, 2018 in 2,030 words
Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party The Kavanaugh confirmation fight revealed the GOP to be the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs Unlike Senator...
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October 12, 2018 in 2,555 words
A Unified Theory of Everything Wrong with the Internet Fake news, trolling, echo chambers, filter bubbles, cyberbullying, and tech addiction — what if it all came down to one thing? The veil of wonder...
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October 12, 2018 in 2.447 words
Could populism actually be good for democracy? A wave of populist revolts has led many to lose faith in the wisdom of people power. But such eruptions are essential to the vitality of modern politics....
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October 14, 2018 in 2,696 words
Medellín’s Bright Future Is Tangled Up With Its Dark Past Decades after the end of the narco era, a Colombian city wonders if it is better to forget Pictured above: A view of Medellín, Colombia, from...
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October 15, 2018 in 2,051 words
3,121 desperate journeys Exposing a week of chaos under Trump’s zero tolerance They came to the US seeking a better life. They ended up behind bars. Thousands of documents analyzed by the Guardian...
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October 15½, 2018 in 692 words
Three Colliding Problems Leading to a New Economic Disaster Last week’s stock sell-off was merely the beginning of what’s to come Pictured above: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock...
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October 17, 2018 in 421 words
If you’re worried about online privacy, you no longer have an excuse AT THE HELM The Helm private server is meant to blend into your life. How do you pay for Gmail, Google Maps, or Facebook? You...
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