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Archives for November 2019

Future Perfect
Bashing Bill Gates lets the rest of the billionaire class off the hookBashing Bill Gates lets the rest of the billionaire class off the hook
Future Perfect

Most of the ultra-rich are right-wing and single-mindedly focused on lowering their taxes, and it’s a major social problem.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
How the Democrats’ takeover of Virginia could end up preserving Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacyHow the Democrats’ takeover of Virginia could end up preserving Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy
Politics

It’s not at all clear that a majority of the Supreme Court will protect women’s rights. Virginia’s incoming Democratic legislature could fix that.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Meet Jaime Harrison, the leading Democrat trying to unseat Lindsey Graham in South CarolinaMeet Jaime Harrison, the leading Democrat trying to unseat Lindsey Graham in South Carolina
Politics

Harrison wants to flip a long-held Republican Senate seat in 2020.

By Li Zhou
Money
Odd Job: What it’s like to deliver legal pot for a livingOdd Job: What it’s like to deliver legal pot for a living
Money

For one delivery person, driving around with a car full of pot feels a lot safer than the gig economy.

By Luke Winkie
Science
Survey: the epidemic of teen vaping continues to surge, unabatedSurvey: the epidemic of teen vaping continues to surge, unabated
Science

Nicotine e-cigarette use among adolescents rose for another year, while few older adults touch the devices.

By Julia Belluz
archives
Vox Sentences: 37 dead in Burkina Faso mining attackVox Sentences: 37 dead in Burkina Faso mining attack
archives

Judge rules health care provider religious exemption unconstitutional; ambush of mining workers in Burkina Faso leaves 37 dead.

By Hannah Brown
Technology
One of Peter Thiel’s venture capital firms has devolved into legal chaosOne of Peter Thiel’s venture capital firms has devolved into legal chaos
Technology

Anonymous whistleblower complaints. Federal investigations. And, now, lawsuits.

By Theodore Schleifer
Technology
Now that Netflix has more streaming competitors, it suddenly cares about ratingsNow that Netflix has more streaming competitors, it suddenly cares about ratings
Technology

Netflix used to say that Nielsen numbers were useless. Now that’s changing.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Here’s what WeWork is giving laid-off employees who aren’t named Adam NeumannHere’s what WeWork is giving laid-off employees who aren’t named Adam Neumann
Technology

WeWork’s CEO walked away with $1.7 billion and left the company in shambles. His former employees say they are getting shafted.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Technology
The government keeps its use of facial recognition tech secret. The ACLU is suing.The government keeps its use of facial recognition tech secret. The ACLU is suing.
Podcast
Technology

The ACLU is suing the FBI to find out what the government is doing with facial recognition technology. Dive in with this Reset podcast episode.

By Delia Paunescu
Politics
Trump: We should keep Syria’s oil. The Pentagon: Nope.Trump: We should keep Syria’s oil. The Pentagon: Nope.
Politics

“The revenue from this is not going to the US. This is going to the SDF,” the top Pentagon spokesperson said.

By Alex Ward
Politics
Trump reportedly wanted Bill Barr to give a press conference about his Ukraine callTrump reportedly wanted Bill Barr to give a press conference about his Ukraine call
Politics

Trump denies it, but it looked like he wanted the attorney general to clean up his mess, again.

By Jen Kirby
Politics
The media’s biggest bias is its centrismThe media’s biggest bias is its centrism
Politics

A dean of DC reporting admits an uncomfortable truth about the press.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
A new Trump administration rule could hurt LGBTQ youth in foster careA new Trump administration rule could hurt LGBTQ youth in foster care
Politics

The proposal is part of a bigger pattern.

By Anna North
Podcasts
What a smarter Trumpism sounds likeWhat a smarter Trumpism sounds like
Podcast
Podcasts

Michael Lind and I discuss class warfare, China, Trumpism, and the possibility of political compromise on The Ezra Klein Show.

By Ezra Klein