The Coronavirus Crisis
Inside the Prison Where California's Coronavirus Outbreak Exploded
For Donald O’Brien, life at the California Institution for Men seemed a step closer to freedom. Then came the coronavirus.
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From Athens to North Carolina, Filmmaker Astra Taylor Asks: "What Is Democracy?"
In “What Is Democracy?,” filmmaker Astra Taylor asks how the struggles of the living can illuminate political theory’s most basic questions.
Is It Easier to Imagine the End of the World Than the End of the Internet?
A recent book by James Bridle, “New Dark Age,” argues technology is clouding our understanding of the world around us and making that world more dangerous.
Drone Wars
The U.S. Has Conducted 550 Drone Strikes in Libya Since 2011 — More Than in Somalia, Yemen, or Pakistan
Libya has served as a laboratory for new drone warfare tactics.
New CDC Report Downplays Role of Guns in Rising U.S. Suicide Rates
The report doesn't delve into the body of research on the strong association between firearm access and suicide deaths.
A North Carolina Sheriff Doubled Down on Cooperation With ICE — So Voters Gave Him the Boot
In the Trump era, local elected officials can pay a price for cooperating with ICE's deportation machine.
Mass Shooters Love AR-15 Assault Rifles. Now Trump Wants to Sell These Weapons to the World.
Deregulating exports of American small arms could increase gun manufacturers' sales by as much as 20 percent.
The Ritual of Silence in an Age of Mass Shootings
The moment of silence invoked to commemorate the victims of each new rampage only ensures the political conditions that led to their deaths will endure.
Snowden Archive
How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World
Documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal Palantir’s role in creating the U.S. government’s international spy machine.
Trump Official Obsessed Over Nuclear Apocalypse, Men’s Style, Fine Wines in 40,000 Posts on Fashion Site
Michael Anton, the director of strategic communications at the National Security Council, wrote more than 40,000 posts on Styleforum.net, some of them controversial.