9 Best Articles in 2021
POLITICO
Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
POLITICO
20+ min read · 2020-03-20 · 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
~12 min read · 2020-05-09 · 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 · 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
~16 min read · 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
4 min read · 2020-07-30 · 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
6 min read · 2019-12-19 · 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
~19 min read · Jan 9th · A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next
The New York Times
The End of Meat Is Here
The New York Times
7 min read · 2020-05-21 · If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals.
Slate
Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide
Slate
2 min read · 2020-05-31 · From New York to Los Angeles, police officers escalated the national outrest.
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Aeon+Psyche
The tragedy of the commons is a false and dangerous myth
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · May 4th · Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight
The New York Times
How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life
The New York Times
20+ min read · Apr 27th · Between 1920 and 2020, the average human life span doubled. How did we do it? Science mattered — but so did activism.
The Atlantic
The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown
The Atlantic
9 min read · May 4th · Progressive communities have been home to some of the fiercest battles over COVID-19 policies, and some liberal policy makers have left scientific evidence behind.
Guardian US
Hillary Clinton: ‘There has to be a global reckoning with disinformation’
Guardian US
5 min read · May 6th · The former secretary of state warns of the danger to democracy of lies flourishing online – and says big tech’s wings must be clipped
The Guardian
That creaking sound? It’s the United Kingdom starting to break apart
The Guardian
4 min read · May 5th · Westminster’s self-serving rule is bolstering the cause of independence. Democracy will be the winner, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Washington Post
Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself
The Washington Post
9 min read · Apr 22nd · Ecosystems can draw down carbon and buffer us from the worst effects of climate change — but only if we protect them.
The Guardian
Protesters surround and block immigration van from leaving after Glasgow raid
The Guardian
3 min read · May 13th · Standoff unfolded after detentions during Eid al-Fitr in apparent escalation of hostile environment policy
The New York Times
Opinion | Our Pathetic Herd Immunity Failure
The New York Times
4 min read · May 6th · The United States is incapable of collective action.
The Cut
The History of the Work Spouse
The Cut
4 min read · Apr 26th · You call her your work wife, and here I must ask you: why?
Vox
The First Amendment has a Facebook problem
Vox
~11 min read · Apr 20th · Big Tech poses an enormous challenge to free speech — but we aren’t having the right debate about it.
