Feature / December 11, 2023 The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants We must ensure that corporations aren’t able to pick and choose winners and losers in journalism. Zephyr Teachout (Library of Congress) This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline “The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants.” A tiny group of tech…
Feature / December 11, 2023 Elon Musk’s Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You Think How the attention-starved CEO took over our communications infrastructure. Siva Vaidhyanathan Illustration by Adrià Fruitós. This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline “The Musk Brand of Media Dominance.” Elon Musk used to be…
Feature / December 11, 2023 The Algorithm Oligarchy How the Internet produced the age of monopoly platforms. Coleen Tighe This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline “The Algorithm Oligarchy.” Keep Reading Coleen Tighe Coleen Tighe is an illustrator, writer and animator. She likes learning about the structures making…
Books & the Arts / December 11, 2023 Bookworms and Fieldworkers How did Marxism become Marxism? How Did Marxism Become Marxism? A new book examines a set of thinkers and activists who helped transform a set of radical ideas into a political tradition. Peter E. Gordon Ad Policy Illustration by Tim Robinson. This article appears…
1 hour ago About sharing Anna Cardwell (second right) was known as Chickadee on the reality show centred on Honey Boo Boo (third right) By Yasmin Rufo BBC News Anna Cardwell, the sister of reality TV star Honey Boo Boo and co-star of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, has died aged 29. Cardwell had been…
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6 hours ago About sharing Simeon McAnoy was found unresponsive after taking a synthetic opioid drug, his mother says By Alex Homer & Navtej Johal BBC News Super-strength street drugs more powerful than heroin have been linked to at least 54 deaths in the UK in the last six months, the BBC has been told….
32 minutes ago About sharing By Katie Mark BBC Panorama A UK branch of a Christian church has been secretly filmed trying to cast out evil spirits from a 16-year-old. A Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) pastor was seen reciting what looked like so-called “strong prayers” to rid the boy of a…
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25 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News This is the week when the prime minister’s past, present and future collide. At 10:30 this morning, Rishi Sunak sits down in a windowless room in west London and begin several hours answering questions live on television and under oath. Mr Sunak’s interrogation…