August 04, 2018 Archive August 2018
Rian Johnson explains why he deleted 20,000 tweets following James Gunn firing
American farmers want trade partners, not handouts
Where Donald Trump and the elites agree on protectionism: Patents and copyrights
Today's conservatives are terrified of "socialism." It wasn't always that way
Set up a home security system with this WiFi camera
Brighten your teeth naturally with these charcoal solutions
The entropy wars: Five financial uncertainties of 2018 (so far)
Corporations have been working with the right wing to weaponize the First Amendment for decades
Supreme Court struggles to define "searches" as technology changes
Drug trade group quietly spends "dark money" to sway policy and voters
Facebook should shut down its News Feed until the midterm elections
President Trump's "racist" tweet about LeBron James backfires, sees criticism from all sides
Andrew Sullivan plays himself, proves "racist" tweets by New York Times hire were innocent
How we talk about Iran matters — and not just Trump's "BE CAUTIOUS!" tweets
Why fewer kids work the kind of summer jobs that their parents used to have
Did left-wing Hillary hate put Trump in the White House? A toxic question with bad answers
James Franco eyes first major directing job since sexual misconduct claims
Move over, Bitcoin bros: A green cryptocurrency is here
She’s running: "Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win" is the essential political novel for the 2018 midterms
QAnon believers react to Bill Maher's monologue on the conspiracy theory
#MeToo movement finds an unlikely champion in Wall Street with the new "Weinstein clause"
How the US drug war fuels migration, violence and trauma
Weaponized information seeks a new target in cyberspace: Users’ minds
"Orange Is the New Black" and the chilling truths of deportation and incarceration
Don’t lose sleep over it: Even if you don’t get enough shut-eye, most fixes are easy
The weird art of cooking with an espresso machine
Far-right groups and antifascists collide in Portland