Building the news
A question many of us are asking: how can we be as effective as possible over the next four years? A few years ago, I made the decision to move out of tech into non-profit news, and I'm glad I'm here. It's a different
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Why Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan
[Taylor Lorenz at User Mag] Gen Z men have lurched to the right, which was one factor behind this month's election result. This is, in part, because they've been inundated with media that speaks to a right-leaning point of view - and there's almost
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Social media is a symptom, not a cause
[Mathew Ingram at The Torment Nexus] Mathew Ingram on blaming social media for the stratification of society: "In the end, that is too simple an explanation, just as blaming the New York Times' coverage of the race is too simple, or accusing more than half of the American
Non-profit newsrooms that speak truth to power
If you’re looking for signal, here are some non-profit newsrooms that speak truth to power on a national scale. You can follow all of them for free; all of them could also use your support. ProPublica ProPublica investigates abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government,
A hypothesis about the Democrats
I’d like to share a hypothesis about the Democrats. It’s about money. It might not be true — it truly is a hypothesis — but I’d like to air it out and see what you think. We have a lot of people in America who are suffering greatly. Dick
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What Now for the Press?
[Dick Tofel] Dick Tofel on where the press should go next: "We held a free and fair election, and the candidate who hates the press, who makes sport of threatening it physically and with censorship and muzzling, won. The campaign was fought across seven states and he won them
We can still rise
What a morning. I know this quote has been shared and reshared ad infinitum, but it gives me hope today, and I hope it will do the same for you: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me,
Reflecting today
Today I’ve been thinking a lot about my relatives who actively fought against nationalism as part of the resistance. What they and their colleagues did in the name of inclusion and opportunity. That's the name of the game: a world where everyone has the same opportunity to
10 distractions, in case you need them for some reason
In case you’re searching for things to take your mind off the immediate horrors of the real world for, you know, some reason, here are ten: 3D Workers Island is a horror story told in the form of late-nineties screenshots from forums, websites, and a mysterious screensaver. Practical Betterments
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Sen. Ron Wyden: Women's phones have become a tool for abortion surveillance
[Senator Ron Wyden at MSNBC] Senator Wyden has long been a loud voice for surveillance reform and stronger data protections, so this op-ed isn't really a surprise - but it's still nice to see him weighing in here: "Data brokers are selling the ability to
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Election Issues 2024: Economy, Immigration, Abortion and More
[ProPublica] "With just days to go before Election Day, political coverage is everywhere. At ProPublica, we avoid horse race reporting and focus on telling stories about deeper issues and trends affecting the country. Here are some stories from the last year about issues that are important to voters."
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Kamala Is Not Our Savior. But a Trump Win Would Be Catastrophic.
[Versha Sharma in Teen Vogue] This is a remarkable kind-of-sort-of-endorsement from Teen Vogue. "As the head of this publication, dedicated to young readers, I have been closely following younger generations’ collective disbelief at the Biden administration’s support of the Israeli government during its all-out assault on Gaza, following