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Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living
mihtiander/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. They met on a boat. A huge, liveaboard trimaran in the British Virgin Islands, to be exact. She was there as a magazine writer, reporting a story about a cycling and diving vacation. He was a diving instructor. “The very things that attracted me…
How Facebook Screwed Us All
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This essay is the cover story for our March/April issue. (Subscribe here!) Portions of it appeared earlier here and here. A country riven by ethnic tension. Spontaneous protests driven by viral memes. Violence and riots fueled by hateful fake-news posts, often about “terrorism” by marginalized…
Trump and Social Media Could Be An Even More Dangerous Combination in 2019
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A country riven by ethnic tension. Spontaneous organizing fueled by viral memes. Hateful fake-news posts about “terrorism” from marginalized groups inciting violence and riots. It’s a story we’ve seen play out around the world recently, from France and Germany to Burma, Sri Lanka, and Nigeria.…
Remember the Big Story in the Russia Scandal: Donald Trump Betrayed America
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen heading to jail. Michael Flynn narrowly avoiding a prison sentence—for now. Paul Manafort stuck in the hoosegow and still tangling with special counsel Robert Mueller. The news of the Trump-Russia scandal these days has focused on the dramatic developments for several top lieutenants in…
Here’s What a New Generation of Trans Leaders Say it Takes to Fight Back and Find a Voice
Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last summer, almost 300 people gathered on one of Chicago’s northern lakeside beaches and the conditions were perfect: sunny, clear, and 90 degrees. Beach parties by Lake Michigan are a time-honored tradition during Chicago summers, but this one was different. Hosted…