#NyTimes

Graphic content warning:Agent Orange is an incredibly dark part of American history that a surprising number of people don't know about. It was a form of biological warfare used in
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Philadelphia's district attorney is threatening to arrest federal agents who unlawfully assault or detain protesters.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/us/politics/trump-chicago-portland-federal-agents.html "Anyone, including feder
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Joe Biden wears a Rolex. So do I. A thread (that's mostly about social class and how we think about it):https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/fashion/mens-style/rolex-biden.html When my dad graduated from his apprenticeship in the
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COVID-19 shows no signs of abating and a vaccine will be available in 2021 at the earliest. Nonetheless many universities are moving ahead with plans to reopen this fall. 1/
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The New York Times and The Smithsonian Magazine have both reported on the research of @Utterly_Jessie, who published an essay about Alexander Hamilton's ownership of enslaved people, his legal work
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1 Fakhrizadeh was the captain of Iran’s nuclear program as Soleimani was the captain of Iran’s regional activities. Iran’s regional/nuclear ambitions don't end after their deaths, but the absence of
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Runoff elections set up in Georgia in early 1960s by segregationists to keep Black voters from participating But high turnout, diverse electorate & 2 years of organizing against voter suppression
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So, we recently traveled across the country, with 2 kids and a dog, to move back east. A lot of folks asked how we did it and for any tips/suggestions
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A groundbreaking detail buried deep in the lawsuit filed by former Saudi intelligence chief against the crown prince MBS in US courts: MBS *encouraged* Vladmir Putin's military intervention in Syria
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I defy anyone to read this entire article and not turn into a rabid enthusiast for violent revolutionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/realestate/coronavirus-second-homes-.html I'm not so sure. Wealth-glamorizing is standard fare for t
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Amer Fakhoury evaded justice in #Lebanon NOT because of the "statute of limitations" in the case but because the US threatened Lebanon with sanctions unless they released him, then
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1/ Novavax UK first: ~90% protection again any symptomatic COVID-19. And that high level of protection was accomplished under conditions of very intense community transmission in the UK, which is
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This headline is like saying that electronically-published newspapers aren't worth a damn because they're not printed on paper, and all of the effort that goes in publishing the stories is
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Whatever the political outcome, cartography has been a real winner this election.For the first time I feel that interactive maps have become as seamless as reading print.As the last votes
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Interesting development, Korea is investing $600m in Ecuador to improve trade and tourism ties.https://twitter.com/CancilleriaEc/status/1333210515695341568 The two countries' foreign ministers this week discussed cooperation on trade an
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OUR ENTIRE TESTING METHODOLOGY IS FLAWED:Testing is being used to drive policy. Whilst PCR accurately detects RNA, it DOES NOT detect infectious individuals (proof below). PCR testing without clinical observations
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