President Donald Trump’s ban on the visa lottery was ruled to be illegal, but the government says it can’t help hundreds of Afghans who won it...
We do have socialism in this country—but it’s not Democrats’ policies. The real socialism is corporate welfare. You may have heard Republicans in Congress rail about...
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan posted on her Twitter the official press release of its position against Facebook. Pulling no punches the language...
“The stench of corruption wafting up from Louis DeJoy’s office is so thick seagulls are flying in from the Jersey Shore and circling overhead.” A leading...
“The president made a promise to ban all new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters,” said Greenpeace, “and the American people expect him...
“We’ve spent billions on war. Now, let’s spend to bring Afghans to safety.” As the Biden administration faces criticism for not doing enough to assist those fleeing...
The social media giant’s powerful targeting tools appear to be part of Ben Shapiro’s success in growing his audience on the platform Ben Shapiro, co-founder of...
In November 2017, with the administration of President Donald Trump rushing to get a massive tax overhaul through Congress, Sen. Ron Johnson stunned his colleagues by...
“Scientists say we cannot allow this to happen. People in power stand in our way.” Originally published on Common Dreams via Creative Commons While heatwaves, fires,...
When the federal government enacted the CARES Act in March 2020, it boosted jobless aid and expanded the benefits to include people who weren’t typically covered,...
They said Google’s decision to block advertisers from seeing “Black Lives Matter” and other social justice YouTube videos was the last straw By: Aaron Sankin Following...
The Markup found industry fingerprints on at least five bills around the country—weak laws, experts say, that are designed to preempt stronger protections By: Todd Feathers...
ProPublica drops a second monumental article based on treasure trove of IRS, SEC & court data Excellent reporting of tax injustices among the obscenely rich continues...
Possibly staged “Twitter feud over BitCoin” leads to portentous upcoming event: “THE talk” Although both Jack Dorsey, head of both Twitter and Square, and Elon Musk...
Sci-fi sounding, inevitable upgrade for today’s online communications You might have heard lately about the “metaverse” and yet that can mean a variety of different things...
The online giant bans products related to drugs, spying and weapons, but we found plenty for sale; one of the items bought on the site left...
In Netflix top 10 recently as the premonitions keep cropping up First, to be clear, this series was produced by Crackle (Originally Sony Crackle) and in-all...
Hundreds of PPP Loans Went to Fake Farms in Absurd Places by Derek Willis and Lydia DePillis for ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom....
Although a hit ‘The Bomber Mafia’ is less known than previous Gladwell bestsellers With “Blink” (2007) and “The Tipping Point” as well as “Outliers” Malcolm Gladwell...
opinions & observations There’s a joke somewhere in here but it’s hard to see it through the tears Woody Allen’s onscreen counterpart, Alvy Singer, complaining about...
Journalists have used scrapers to collect data that rooted out extremist cops, tracked lobbyists, and uncovered an underground market for adopted children By: The Markup Staff...
Coming after a frenzied run-up the hand wringing is no surprise I many ways it seems as if Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies appeared suddenly in 2021 out...