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Danielle Tcholakian

Can the Socialist Mayor Rise Again?

India Walton is running to be the next leader of her beloved Buffalo. But what she really wants is to revive a tradition of social democracy in America’s great cities.

Why Don’t We Pay Family Caregivers What They’re Owed?

Jacob Silverman

The Citizen App’s Gamification of Vigilantism

Jacob Silverman

That $5 Uber Ride, $8 Burrito, and the Brutal Costs of “Cheap”

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Joe Biden, wearing a surgical mask and standing in the Oval Office, adjusts his jacket after signing an executive order

Will Biden’s Obsession With Compromise Poison His Agenda on LGBTQ Rights?

Melissa Gira Grant

Joe Biden, wearing a surgical mask and standing in the Oval Office, adjusts his jacket after signing an executive order

Melissa Gira Grant

Will Biden’s Obsession With Compromise Poison His Agenda on LGBTQ Rights?

The New York Times’ Culture-War Definition of Free Speech

Melissa Gira Grant

Melissa Gira Grant

The New York Times’ Culture-War Definition of Free Speech

Even Donald Trump Knows Bitcoin Is a Scam

Jacob Silverman

Jacob Silverman

Even Donald Trump Knows Bitcoin Is a Scam

Donald Trump, sitting at a desk, gestures while he speaks

Jacob Silverman

Facebook Finally Decides Your Worst Uncle and Donald Trump Deserve the Same Content Moderation

The social media giant claims it will no longer have separate rules for politicians, but that only solves part of what might be an existential problem.

Texas Representative Dan Crenshaw stands against a blue backdrop

Jacob Silverman

Dan Crenshaw’s Paranoid Delusions of a “Woke” Military

Our death-dealing institutions are no less lethal, but Republicans are just that desperate for another front in the culture war.