The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, a bipartisan bill, would be the first piece of legislation to fundamentally challenge the business model for social media giants, forcing them to give major journalistic organizations a cut of their ad revenue. As… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Politics’
The War Caucus Always Wins
The B-21 Raider is unveiled during a ceremony at Northrop Grumman’s Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2022. The high-tech stealth bomber can carry nuclear and conventional weapons; it’s designed to be able to fly without… Read More ›
I Experienced Jack Smith's Zeal Firsthand. Will Trump Get the Same Treatment?
Jack Smith, the prosecutor named as special counsel to oversee investigations related to former President Donald Trump, at The Hague on Nov. 10, 2020. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP Jack Smith came after me. If he goes after Donald Trump with the… Read More ›
Just How Much Is the UAW Strike Fund Worth?
$30,000 at Detroit’s Greektown Casino, restaurant tabs approaching $7,000, top shelf cigars, Louis Roederer Cristal champagne, firearms, a $1 million lake house, and, of course, cocaine. This is just a partial accounting of the lavish spending that drew federal prosecutors… Read More ›
Elon Musk Would Have Done Better With Twitter If He’d Read Noam Chomsky
An image of Elon Musk is seen surrounded by Twitter logos, on Nov. 8, 2022. Photo: STR/NurPhoto via AP Everything in this article was accurate at the time of publication. However, given the speed of changes at Twitter, anything could… Read More ›
U.S. Government Quietly Declassifies Post-9/11 Interview with Bush and Cheney
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney walk to the Oval Office, on Nov. 17, 2004, in Washington, D.C. Photo: Ron Edmonds/AP On Wednesday, as the eyes of the U.S. public were focused on Tuesday’s midterm election results, a U.S…. Read More ›
New Justice Department Media Rules Won’t Help if Trump Wins Again
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 24, 2022. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images In the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean,” the pirates swear by a supposedly ironclad set of rules… Read More ›
An Uber Millionaire Wants You to Vote on the Internet — Despite the Inherent Vulnerabilities
In the fall of 2010, the District of Columbia was preparing to do something bold: allow overseas voters to cast their ballots online. A few weeks ahead of the November general election, it conducted a mock internet election and invited… Read More ›
Accident With 1918 Pandemic Virus Raises Questions About Pathogen Research
At the moment that the ferret bit him, the researcher was smack in the middle of Manhattan, in a lab one block from Central Park’s East Meadow. It was the Friday afternoon before Labor Day in 2011, and people were… Read More ›
Student Infected With Debilitating Virus in Undisclosed Biolab Accident
The graduate student was alone in the lab on a Saturday, handling a mouse infected with a debilitating virus, when the needle slipped. She wore two gowns, two pairs of shoe covers, a hair net, a face mask, and two… Read More ›