How Facebook Is Throwing Our Brains Into Overdrive
Has Facebook fundamentally transformed human behavior—and is such damage irreparable?
The Agony of Rural America’s Inescapable Broadband Gap
The T-Mobile settlement is a stark reminder that waiting for private industry to make the investment is a losing proposition.
Trump’s Impossible Choice in Syria
Should the U.S. retaliate after the latest deadly airstrike in Syria?
James Brown Kept the Peace in Boston After MLK Was Assassinated. Is Such Solidarity Possible Today?
Is a moment of solidarity possible in an age of decentralized media?
The Goal of the ‘Fake News’ Canard Isn’t Propaganda—It’s Epistemic Chaos
What started as a political tactic has evolved into a social virus.
Facebook and the Reckoning of the Modern Self
The most disturbing insight into the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal has little to do with either Facebook or Cambridge Analytica.
Does the Secretary of State Still Matter?
Under Trump, the Department of State has become a shell of its former self, and nobody—not Tillerson, not Pompeo—can change that.
Americans Worship the Second Amendment, but They Don’t Respect Their Firearms
Research shows that over half of U.S. gun owners aren't storing all their guns safely.
The Supreme Court’s Missed Opportunity to Undo the Long Legacy of Its Korematsu Decision
Bad jurisprudence, like history, tends to repeat itself.
Jeff Sessions Reveals the Department of Justice’s Cluelessness on Gun Violence
The attorney general vowed to use the Department of Justice to confront America's gun problem. Well, sort of.