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BTW The Trump administration plans to cut funding for the arts and privatize NPR and PBS, according to a new report from the Hill. As part of a plan to cut $10.5 trillion from the federal budget over the next 10 years, the new administration wants to slash spending for the departments of Transportation, Justice,…
Someone needs to write a book about how literally insane it made you being constantly lied to about Iraq by sloppy propaganda as a teenager. Right now, I’m slowly working my way through Susan Faludi’s The Terror Dream, a meticulous deconstruction of the media’s response after 9/11. In it, Faludi argues that producers, pundits and executives…
Women march to Roberto Clementi Field in Boston to protest a continuing trend of violence against women and minorities in the city on Aug. 9, 1980. (Photo by Deborah Petto/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) This week, countless American journalists have been weighing the costs of joining the Women’s March in Washington, DC, or one…
NEW YORK—Admitting they badly need to turn their business around, executives at struggling media company Vidmark Interactive confided to sources Tuesday that their situation has become so dire they may have to consider giving a job to someone who is actually qualified to hold it. “We’ve had such a difficult time staying afloat in the…
As an engineer for the U.S. Digital Service, Marianne Bellotti has encountered vintage mainframes that are still being used in production — sometimes even powering web apps. Last month she entertained a San Francisco audience with tales about some of them, in a talk called “7074 says Hello World,” at Joyent’s “Systems We Love” conference. Created under the…
The Expanse, based on the book series by James S A Corey, is an intelligent look at a nearish future when humanity has advanced enough to move into space, but not quite so much that we don’t all still hate each other. The sharpest feelings of anger and envy come from the Belters, the working…
Google Microdata Mobile only ad Article “Cover” The phrase used by President Trump has been linked to anti-Semitism during World War II. Google Metadata Rick Wilking / Reuters President Trump’s speech Friday will go down as one of the shorter inaugural addresses, but it will also be remembered for its populist and often dark tone….
There is a reason we live in a golden age of dystopian science fiction: Increasingly, it feels like it is coming true. From “The Hunger Games” to “Elysium,” stories depict a world in which the trend of growing wealth and income inequality continues to its logical conclusion. This narrative seems inevitable because it has occurred…
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Despite the manifold challenges facing Americans, none may be greater than its vulnerable egomaniac of a president—and his inability to think beyond himself. President Donald Trump speaks at the C.I.A. headquarters on January 21, 2017 in Langley, Virginia. By Olivier Doulier – Pool/Getty Images. I once asked a friend of mine, a standup comic, why…