Regina Barber notes mirror cell panic; tech is a decade away
The current scientific discourse surrounding "mirror cells" reads less like a measured risk assessment and more like an exercise in preemptive panic.
By Klaus Berger ·
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Telehealth and pills show state cannot regulate desire post-Dobbs
The current panic over reproductive health—the narrative of a "birth control backlash" fueling an alleged surge in abortions—is predicated on a fundamental misunderstanding of…
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
A Seattle teen tried to leave gang life behind, only to be killed in a gunfight at a food festival
When you live through a crisis—whether it’s the poisoned water in Flint or seeing your neighbors lose their homes to a crash—you learn that tragedy rarely happens because of one bad actor.
By Maya Ellison ·
See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction
The most reliable view we have ever been given of our planet—the digital, authoritative map that has served journalists, peace workers, and fact-checkers for decades—is now compromised.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds
The narrative emerging from public media is less a tale of miraculous survival and more an arithmetic lesson in institutional durability.
By Dana Whitfield ·