ICYMI: What the F&*# Is Going on in Florida, ICE Is Out of Control & the Online Outrage Machine

What The F*&% is Going On in Florida? | Punching Up with Maya May

Imagine that you have a complaint at work. Let’s say that your complaint is that the company isn’t listening to your needs. You take this complaint to your HR rep, and instead of sitting down for a chat to hear about your needs, they … commission a very expensive study on why you are dissatisfied at work.

ICE Arrests High Schooler Outside Boston & Trump's War on Harvard

Over the weekend, ICE arrested Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, a high school student on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, Massachusetts, a town southeast of Boston. Marcelo is a musician and an excellent student who was born in Brazil, but has lived in Milford since he was young.

How I Learned to Spot an Autocrat

Authoritarians like Trump follow a familiar pattern. Trygve Olson has an eight-part guide on how they operate — and how they can be defeated.

Don't Feed the Outrage Machine

In the beginning, the internet promised connection. It was to be the great unifier — a place where knowledge flowed freely and people found each other across boundaries of geography, race, and class. But what was built instead? A set of binary social networks, ruled not by empathy or understanding, but by algorithms optimized for outrage and profit.