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.
ProPublica
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica
20+ min read · Jun 8th · ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
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.
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VICE
MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We're on Schedule
VICE
5 min read · Jul 14th · A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we're unfortunately right on schedule.
The Guardian
Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored)
The Guardian
~17 min read · Jul 5th · The long read: The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom
The Atlantic
We’re Learning the Wrong Lessons From the World’s Happiest Countries
The Atlantic
7 min read · Jun 27th · Hygge alone will not save us.
World Economic Forum
How to build AI that society wants and needs
World Economic Forum
4 min read · Jul 3rd · Organizations must take steps to enable and showcase trustworthiness to all stakeholders and build the reputation of the artificial intelligence they use.
The Atlantic
There Is No Debate Over Critical Race Theory
The Atlantic
7 min read · Jul 9th · Pundits and politicians have created their own definition for the term, and then set about attacking it.
The Guardian
Our climate change turning point is right here, right now
The Guardian
6 min read · Jul 12th · People are dying. Aquatic animals are baking in their shells. Fruit is being cooked on the tree. It’s time to act
The Atlantic
The Biggest Threat to Democracy Is the GOP Stealing the Next Election
The Atlantic
7 min read · Jul 9th · Unless and until the Republican Party recommits itself to playing by democratic rules of the game, American democracy will remain at risk.
The New York Times
Covid Didn’t Kill Cities. Why Was That Prophecy So Alluring?
The New York Times
6 min read · Jul 12th · A distrust of urban life has persisted in America, finding expression in different ways over time.
The Atlantic
There’s a Word for What Trumpism Is Becoming
The Atlantic
8 min read · Jul 13th · The relentless messaging by Trump and his supporters has inflicted a measurable wound on American democracy.
AlgorithmWatch
Digital contact tracing apps: do they actually work? A review of early evidence
AlgorithmWatch
~19 min read · Jul 9th · Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many smartphone apps were launched to complement and augment manual contact tracing efforts without a priori knowledge of their actual effectiveness. A year later, do…
