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The remote work experiment proved we don’t need to be in an office to succeed—so why are we still being dragged back to our desks? Remember when COVID-19 was supposed to revolutionize work? Millions of us were suddenly Zooming from makeshift home offices, fumbling through virtual “watercooler” moments.

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We need a consumer economy centered around "libraries of things" so we can do more with less.

‘Driving while Black’: Researchers found that Black drivers make up 70% of police traffic stops on roads where only half the drivers are Black.

We’re publishing the supposed Iran-hacked document. Here’s why.

Residents leave a town because of a lack of services, which cuts the tax base, which leads to more services lost, which leads to more residents leaving… A hip new brand attracts a few opinion…

No, but it does tell us a lot about immigration to the US, and about the challenges of measuring it.

The CRA has introduced a novel, and potentially quite worrying, approach to cybersecurity legislation.

The Russian empire is made up of many nations, forced under authoritarianism to exist under a single state. Some Ukrainians believe Ukraine won't be safe until Russia's empire is broken apart.

It’s hurricane season, but the government is placing ‘trade secrets’ above public safety

I dissect how neoclassical economics treats (neglects) natural resources, and discuss ways to fix it.

Each state has a unique constitution, separate and apart from the U.S. Constitution and from all other states. Many states confer more rights to their citizens than the federal government does, and the protections and structure within each state constitution are distinctive. This tool shows how different state constitutions compare to one another and the […]

In a recent interview with Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk stated that one of his values was “meritocracy, as much meritocracy as possible, so you get ahead as a function of your skill, and nothing else.”  “Meritocracy” is often framed by liberals as a thing that would be good if we actually had it, as opposed...

Fourteenth in the News Commons series. The main work of journalism is producing stories. Questions following that statement might begin with prepositions: on what, of what, about what. But the prep…

Now that AI is a huge thing, it’s worth visiting what intelligence is, and how we mismeasure it—for example, by trying to measure it at all. I’ve been on this case for a while now, most…

For Bloomberg, Elena Mejía and Shawn Donnan use a transitioning cartogram to show how immigration might play a role in the upcoming election: In the battleground states that will decide this Novemb…

Any day is a good day for a map of predominant commercial chains. For The Washington Post, Kevin Schaul and Jaclyn Peiser show the most common grocery owners, creating territories within the United…

It's about debt on zombie office towers.

His vainglorious $44bn takeover backfired on investors, employees, users – and the world’s richest man himself.

The evidence is convincing: The betting industry is ruining lives.

How can anyone still support this guy?

‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’

The strategy comes at a cost for the planet.

Inside violent US far-right groups, the role played by military veterans and the threat they pose to democracy.

Populism is on the rise around the world but the forms it takes can vary widely. Populists can align with the traditional left or right an...