Later this year, Amazon will begin accepting grocery orders from customers using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal anti-poverty program formerly known as food stamps. As the nation’s largest e-commerce grocer, Amazon stands to profit more than any other… Read More ›
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The GOP Is Trying to Bring Down This Anti-Establishment Republican. Can He Survive the Trump Era?
As the 2018 midterm election cycle ramps up, Republican operatives are busy strategizing about how to protect incumbent GOP lawmakers. In one case, though, Republicans are working to overthrow one of its incumbents: Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina. Jones, who is in his 11th term in office,… Read More ›
It’s Time to Admit That Half-Measures Can’t Stop Climate Change
It can feel good to make fun of climate deniers. So let’s take a little romp with one: Wolfgang Müller. Here he is in a Dusseldorf hotel conference room, 100 people gathered to take a group photo before him. He’s distributing… Read More ›
Arundhati Roy: “I Need to Know the Place Where I Stand and Why I Stand There”
Twenty years ago, Indian writer Arundhati Roy published her debut novel, “The God of Small Things.” It won the ultra-prestigious Man Booker prize and propelled her to international fame. But it was not until last year that her second novel,… Read More ›
Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Your Future Actions for Advertisers, Says Confidential Document
Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal erupted in March, Facebook has been attempting to make a moral stand for your privacy, distancing itself from the unscrupulous practices of the U.K. political consultancy. “Protecting people’s information is at the heart of everything… Read More ›
Striking Teachers in Coal and Gas Country Are Forcing States to Rethink Energy Company Giveaways
Like most billionaires, Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm is not accustomed to doing things for himself. For that, there are people: people to drill wells, people to clean up after him, people to drive him from here to there, and —… Read More ›
The Facebook Worm Started to Turn Today
While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced often-harsh questioning in the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, senators across the Capitol expressed frustration and even anger with Zuckerberg’s appearance before them the day prior, intimating that Zuckerberg misled them and… Read More ›
Mark Zuckerberg Is Either Ignorant or Deliberately Misleading Congress
After watching the Facebook founder and CEO’s 48-hour trip to Capitol Hill, there are two possible conclusions: Mark Zuckerberg deliberately misled Congress, or Mark Zuckerberg knows very little about his own company. Both are bad. Again and again, before both Senate… Read More ›
1,224 Complaints Reveal a Staggering Pattern of Sexual Abuse in Immigration Detention. Half of Those Accused Worked for ICE.
A woman held at an immigration detention center in Washington state said she was raped by a medical worker and a private facility contractor as she sought help in the center’s medical unit. Another woman said officers cuffed and maced… Read More ›
Egypt’s Repressive Government Could Soon Have Easy Access to Uber’s Data for the Country
Cairo is Uber’s ideal market: With its vast expanse of congested highways, few public transportation options, and highly subsidized fuel, Cairenes — who number nearly 20 million — spend a lot of time in cars. Uber launched in Egypt in… Read More ›