How Exactly Is Blockchain Supposed to Change the World?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rowan Walrath wrote yesterday about bitcoin. She talked to Pai-Ling Yin, a professor at USC: While cryptocurrency investment has a “bubble element,” she says, that doesn’t mean blockchain has no value. To put it simply, blockchain is an anonymized, decentralized system for managing data and…
One Year Later, the Women’s March Returns
Craig Ruttle/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One year after millions of people took to the streets to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump, activists this weekend are gathering to continue the momentum sparked by the historic Women’s March with new rallies in New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles,…
The Government Shut Downs After Failed Vote
Ting Shen/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The federal government shut down at midnight Saturday, following the failure of last-minute budget negotiations to create a stopgap solution to protect the nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. The nail-biting showdown coincides with the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration—a…
Trump’s Worst Nightmare: A Cross-Border, US-Mexico Bikeshare
roibu/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the debate about President Donald Trump’s long-promised wall along the U.S. Mexico border drags on, plans for an entirely different kind of infrastructure project are also proceeding: The cities of El…
It’s Been 2,448 Years Since Donald Trump Took Office
Petrovich9/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From the first moments of the Trump administration, many Americans began to feel that time had slowed down. This phenomenon had already been observed during the seemingly interminable 597-day presidential campaign. But the past year has magnified this effect and provided sustained observations of…
A Trans Actress Has Never Been Nominated for an Oscar. That Could Change With Daniela Vega.
Daniela Vega in “A Fantastic Woman” Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As celebrities descended upon the Beverly Hilton for the Golden Globes earlier this month, fans abroad in Santiago, Chile, gathered in crowded bars to watch the award ceremony on television. At moments, they broke…