‘This is insanity’: Political divisions driving Americans into depression, unhappiness, author warns FOX
“Sometimes it’s desperate because I can’t touch someone, my hands don’t move, and no one touches me except in rare occasions, which I cherish.” Extraordinary obituary for lawyer and author Paul Alexander.
From The Pudding, a visual essay about how Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” lists changed from 2003 to 2020. Who the voters were and how we listen to music both affected the rankings
JOHN HINDERAKER: Don’t Rest In Peace, Karl Marx.
2024 NICAR data journalism summit — hosted in Baltimore by Investigative Reporters and Editors — surfaced scores of innovative reporting resources and tools, primarily for US data reporters GIJN curated these tips and databases for ones that are transferable to investigative and data reporters around the world, and we will share these globally relevant techniques in several stories in the weeks to come.
In this first story from NICAR24, we highlight some new, free investigative tools on fact-checking, topic briefing, and journalist safety that were the subject of significant interest in the hallways at NICAR, and which could help reporters in almost any country right now…“
Undisclosed country receives nod to buy weapons from Sweden for $1.75 billion: ReportAnadolu Agency
Irish prime minister concedes defeat in a vote over constitutional amendments about family and women AP. Commentary
How a Jellyfish and a Sea Slug Illuminate the Mystery of the Self The Marginalian
Brain Waves Travel in One Direction When Memories are Made and the Opposite When Recalled (press release) Columbia University
Kohei Saito’s “Start From Scratch” Degrowth Communism Jacobin
Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues, 1 Climate & Capitalism
