Tag: politics

• Mark Zuckerberg Is the Most Powerful Unelected Man in America

  September 6, 2020

  Mark’s influence is staggering, far beyond that of anyone else in the private sector or in government. He controls three core communications platforms — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — that billions… more ›

• Gram by gram

  September 6, 2020

  Meet the next generation of digital black markets for illegal drugs: fully decentralized, pay-by-crypto, and end-to-end encrypted bazaars. When Israel decriminalized recreational marijuana use in 2017, Silver and a team… more ›

• Kagame: “On Judgement Day, I will get better marks than those who criticise us over human rights”

  September 6, 2020

  From the struggle against the coronavirus, to the relationship with France and with the neighbours, and the state of human rights in Rwanda, an interview with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.… more ›

• Wealthy Nigerians are buying up passports for cash from Caribbean nations to beat visa rules

  September 6, 2020

  A year ago, the office of Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) in the small Caribbean island nation  of St. Lucia had received no applications from any Africans in its nearly… more ›

• The Wealth Detective Who Finds the Hidden Money of the Super Rich

  August 24, 2020

  Thirty-two-year-old French economist Gabriel Zucman scours spreadsheets to find secret offshore accounts. At that moment, Zucman was also pondering whether to pursue a doctorate. He was already skeptical of mainstream… more ›

• Inside the Boogaloo: America’s Extremely Online Extremists

  August 23, 2020

  It started as an internet meme. The Boogaloo is not just an event; it’s a movement of people, too. They call themselves “Boogalooers” or “Boogaloo bois.” Most seem to have… more ›

• The Wikipedia War That Shows How Ugly This Election Will Be

  August 15, 2020

  An editing battle over Kamala Harris’s race is a sign of what’s to come. At 4:14 p.m. Delaware time Tuesday, Joe Biden’s campaign sent out a mass text message announcing… more ›

• Google’s Advertising Platform Is Blocking Articles About Racism

  August 15, 2020

  On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, the Atlantic decided to recirculate King’s famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” which the magazine had run in its August 1963 issue and… more ›

• Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Mistakes

  August 9, 2020

  It’s been four years since the 2016 election laid bare the powerful role that social media companies have come to play in shaping political discourse and beliefs in America.Since then,… more ›

• The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived

  August 9, 2020

  But it’s not just QAnon. The strain of living in this particular time, with a dragging, devastating pandemic and a global uprising against police brutality and racial injustice, crashing together… more ›