Whiteness Riots
Whiteness riots have familiar features: police partisanship, local and national media fomentation, moral panics about crime and ‘race-mixing’, followed by calls for new criminal and immigration legislation.
The One Vice Presidential Pick Who Could Ruin Democratic Unity
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is a leading candidate to be Kamala Harris’s running mate. Selecting him would fracture the party.
Neolithic population collapse may have been caused by plague, researchers say
A devastating population collapse that decimated stone age farming communities across northern Europe 5,000 years ago may have been driven by an outbreak of the plague, according to research. The…
Broken Windows and Broken Policing
from 8 August 2020 Rudy Giuliani’s ‘zero tolerance’ attitude to community policing was rooted not in right-wing talking points, but in the liberal politics of the Civil Rights era. In…
We Should All Be Archivists
When people ask me for advice about queer archiving, I usually say that the most important thing is to recognize your importance. You need to see yourself as a as…
Godzilla As an ‘Undiscerning God’
Japan was at “zero,” and the arrival of Godzilla sets it back to “minus one,” hence the title.
Corruption in New York’s Redistricting Plans
Progressives and Democrats were cheered last week when New York state’s highest court tossed out the 2022 congressional district map and ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to draw a…
Kenya’s Ruto says finance bill to be withdrawn after deadly protests
President William Ruto says he rejects a finance bill that would have imposed a series of tax hikes after protesters stormed the Parliament of Kenya.
Chipmaker Intel to halt $25-billion Israel plant, news website says
JERUSALEM, June 10 (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) , opens new tab is halting plans for a $25-billion factory in Israel, Israeli financial news website Calcalist said on Monday, in…
Covid might be to blame for an uptick in rare cancers
What could be causing the rise? Some scientists posit that the Covid virus itself could be contributing to the higher numbers of cancer diagnoses, especially for those who are suffering…