Tag: politics

• The Schedule and the Stream

  December 13, 2019

  Right now, we’re at a tipping point between two concepts that shape how we experience the world—the schedule and the stream. The first has lasted over a century, and the… more ›

• Xinjiang’s New Slavery

  December 12, 2019

  “Employment: Yarkant County satellite factory [for] persons in detention or reeducation. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/11/cotton-china-uighur-labor-xinjiang-new-slavery/ more ›

• Biased Algorithms Are Easier to Fix Than Biased People

  December 9, 2019

  Racial discrimination by algorithms or by people is harmful — but that’s where the similarities end. In one study published 15 years ago, two people applied for a job. Their… more ›

• Back to the border of misery: Amexica revisited 10 years on

  December 8, 2019

  If you drink the water in Ciudad Juárez, there you’ll stay, goes the saying – Se toma agua de Juárez, allí se queda. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/08/amexica-revisited-ed-vulliamy-returns-to-us-mexico-borderline more ›

• Facing Trump’s asylum limits, refugees from as far as Africa languish in a Mexican camp

  December 8, 2019

  As they wait on the muddy bank near Del Rio, Texas, to surrender themselves to the Border Patrol, the voices of children in the group carry across the river to… more ›

• ‘The training stays with you’: the elite Mexican soldiers recruited by cartels

  December 8, 2019

  Delfino was handpicked twice. At 18, he was chosen by the Mexican army to join its elite unit, the airborne special forces group known by its Spanish acronym, Gafe, where… more ›

• The Navy wants lasers to shoot down drones and missiles, but its ships lack the power to fire them

  December 8, 2019

  The Navy is scared to death that rival countries like China, Russia and Iran might sink its multibillion dollar surface ships with powerful cruise missiles and waves of cheap drones.… more ›

• Facial recognition: how China cornered the surveillance market

  December 8, 2019

  Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more. https://www.ft.com/content/6f1a8f48-1813-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385 more ›

• Trump Is Waging War on America’s Diplomats

  December 3, 2019

  Last year, just before Halloween, Lewis Lukens, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. https://www.gq.com/story/trump-is-waging-war-on-american-diplomats more ›

• Lena Waithe’s Art of Protest

  December 3, 2019

  The “Queen & Slim” writer on mixing art and politics, the key to collaboration and those infamous comments about Will Smith and Denzel Washington. Lena Waithe doesn’t so much tell… more ›