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The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free ❧ Current Affairs
Paywalls are justified, even though they are annoying. It costs money to produce good writing, to run a website, to license photographs. A lot of money, if you…
The most comprehensive and accessible explanation of how COVID-19 works (so far)
One of the greatest struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the fact that the entire world has to watch the normal scientific process happen in realtime.…
The Dreamlike Experience of “The Song Is You”
Not so long ago, Uzoamaka Maduka was known in New York as a young editor who did what young editors have done for generations: she and some friends brought to…
A Hindu rioter speaks: Delhi violence was “revenge” against Muslims, police gave free reign
“You can call it self-preservation or revenge, but mainly it was revenge,” a 22-year-old Hindu resident of Karawal Nagar, who said he participated in communal…
We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus
In late January, when hospitals in the United States confirmed the presence of the novel coronavirus, health workers knew to watch for precisely three symptoms:…
Everyone Hates Me
Ugh, everyone totally hates me. Everyone, including my pediatrician, the stranger at Panera who told me I have a “beautiful aura,” and anyone else who has ever…
Orthodox Privilege
July 2020 There has been a lot of talk about privilege lately. Although theconcept is overused, there is something to it, and in particularto the idea that…
