Regardless of the outcome of the United States’ election, democracy as we know it is already imperiled. However, it is not too late to turn [...]

A weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme.

Over the weekend, the Union Leader, a newspaper in Manchester, New Hampshire, endorsed Joe Biden for president. “We have found Mr. Biden to be a caring, compassionate and professional public servant,” an editorial in the paper read; President Trump, by contrast, “is not always 100 percent wrong, but he is 100 percent wrong for America.” […]

Some Senate Democrats are seeking to empower regulators to protect local news outlets, accusing tech giants such as Google and Facebook of “unfair business practices,” according to a new committee report.

Philadelphia protests over the killing of Walter Wallace Jr. represent only the latest in a year of nationwide demonstrations against racism and police violence. The ongoing movement has captured attention and provided political fodder -- but it also reflects a long American history of organizing against injustice. Amna Nawaz talks to author Peniel Joseph of the University of Texas at Austin.

Why the hottest literary trend of the last decade is so blindingly white

A week ago, GitHub received a DMCA takedown notice regarding a program called youtube-dl. Their response has shattered the tiny amount of...

A Joe Biden win would partially represent a counter-revolution of the normie middle. How would the left handle that?

Local newspapers have already faced issues with outsourcing and an array of cuts for years. But the threat is changing—and you should know what it looks like.

“The A-word is like the only thing that Google respects,” said Luther Lowe, senior vice president for public policy at Yelp.

Pankaj Mishra’s essays help us untangle the racist ideologies that created Trumpism.

N3C is the first database of its kind in the US

The two-year charade that upended people’s lives

To a Colorado veteran, flags represent freedom, but the nation’s most enduring symbol is taking on partisan significance.

The move follows a whirlwind moderation debate from Republicans

Last year, the media industry watched a dispute heat up between the staff of Deadspin and higher-ups at G/O Media, the parent company of the sports website, when deputy editor Barry Petchesky was …

The purpose of this eBook is to share actionable ways the photography community can support the Black Lives Matter movement, Black photographers, and start to dismantle the anti-Black racism found within the photography industry.

A guide to slowing down and reading up on internet news

A look at what happens when the police don’t do the one thing you expect them to.

Simultaneous translation is not an easy feat, and the presidential debate did not make it any easier.

For every 100 workers at an Amazon warehouse, eight were seriously injured on the job last year.

From the beginnings of computing, technology has been used to oppress or to liberate Black Americans.