9 Best Articles in 2021
POLITICO
Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
POLITICO
20+ min read · 1377 saves · 2020-03-19 · The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis changed how Americans perceive their country and the world. The coronavirus pandemic has quarantined people in their homes, and altered their relationships and how they view the institutions that govern them. As with earlier crises, the coronavirus crisis may change people and US society as a whole in fundamental and lasting ways. No one can predict how this will play out. Politico Magazine asked experts and thinkers for their visions of the future.
Guardian Books
The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
Guardian Books
~11 min read · 1031 saves · 2020-05-09 · Rutger Bregman · When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently to William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman
BuzzFeed News
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · 908 saves · From 2019 · Some claim millennials are lazy and entitled – unable to do basic tasks that older adults have just gotten on with for years. Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer for Buzzfeed News, rejects those labels. Milllennials like herself, she argues, are merely trying their best to navigate trends like skyrocketing student loans and an underpaying, perk-free gig economy. Millennials will likely not be the only ones who feel that her insights and observations are almost painfully on the nose.
Visual Capitalist
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation
Visual Capitalist
~15 min read · 640 saves · 2020-04-07 · This visualization explores how each generation's media consumption is changing amid the frenzy of pandemic-induced quarantines.
The New York Times
John Lewis: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation
The New York Times
3 min read · 623 saves · 2020-07-30 · John Lewis · Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe.
The Spectator
We’ve just had the best decade in human history. Seriously
The Spectator
5 min read · 620 saves · 2019-12-21 · Let nobody tell you that the second decade of the 21st century has been a bad time. We are living through the greatest improvement in human living standards in history. Extreme poverty has fallen…
The New York Times
The American Abyss
The New York Times
~18 min read · 598 saves · Jan 9th · Timothy Snyder · A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next
MIT Technology Review
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.
MIT Technology Review
8 min read · 564 saves · From 2018 · The most successful people are not the most talented, just the luckiest, a new computer model of wealth creation confirms. Taking that into account can maximize return on many kinds of investment.
Slate
Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide
Slate
2 min read · 561 saves · 2020-05-31 · From New York to Los Angeles, police officers escalated the national outrest.
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The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
TIME
20+ min read · 190 saves · Feb 4th · For more than a year, a loosely organized coalition of operatives scrambled to shore up America’s institutions
MIT Technology Review
This is how we lost control of our faces
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 135 saves · Feb 5th · The largest ever study of facial-recognition data shows how much the rise of deep learning has fueled a loss of privacy.
BBC Future
The greatest security threat of the post-truth age
BBC Future
5 min read · 118 saves · Feb 10th · The terms "national security" or "cyber-security" may be familiar – but what about "epistemic security"?
The Atlantic
Democracy Is the Only Solution
The Atlantic
~11 min read · 101 saves · Feb 15th · David Frum · The countermajoritarian institutions of the United States are holding us back.
The New York Times
How Society Has Turned Its Back on Mothers
The New York Times
4 min read · 90 saves · Feb 4th · Pooja Lakshmin · This isn’t just about burnout, it’s about betrayal.
Pew Research Center
How America Changed During Trump’s Presidency
Pew Research Center
~17 min read · 88 saves · Jan 29th · Donald Trump's four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history.
The New York Times
How Investigative Journalism Flourished in Hostile Russia
The New York Times
8 min read · 82 saves · Feb 21st · Ben Smith · A new wave of news outlets has used conventional, and unconventional, methods to pierce the veil of Putin’s power.
The Atlantic
The Republican Party Is Radicalizing Against Democracy
The Atlantic
~12 min read · 78 saves · Feb 8th · Chris Hayes · The GOP is moderating on policy questions, even as it grows more dangerous on core questions of democracy and the rule of law.
Mashable
Racism thrives in the online dating world
Mashable
6 min read · 77 saves · Feb 8th · Brianna Holt · Racial preferences on dating apps "reflect the shameful roots of racism in the United States.”
Harvard Business Review
What Happened When India Mandated Gender Diversity on Boards
Harvard Business Review
3 min read · 65 saves · Feb 5th · New research found that while the policy did increase diversity, it didn’t necessarily change company cultures.
