Society

This Victorian dictionary collects the cant of thieves, the slang of costermongers, and many other argots.

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While environmentalists have long warned of a planet with too many people, now some economists are warning of a future with too few.

Schools for children of military members achieve results rarely seen in public education.

Often when we publish a men’s fashion story, readers tell us—at length—why Costco’s wares beat the pieces we chose. So we decided to investigate—and ask whether it really is the ultimate value-for-money apparel.

We stand too lose far too much if the anti-oil crowd has their way.

Fourteen experts on the roots of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and why Republicans keep destroying their own leaders.

A reflection on Hamas and Israel

Natural disasters now cost the U.S. insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick up the tab?

The trail that leads from Tehran to D.C. passes directly through the offices of Robert Malley and the International Crisis Group

The robots that cause us anxiety are those that take our means of making a living.

Liberal capitalism depends on producing clear enemies to justify its own contradictory existence. A tale as old as humanity itself.

When it comes to how we handle the history of colonization, a choice between gestures of recognition on the one hand, or widespread social ignorance and non-recognition of past atrocities on the other, is no choice at all—the former is obviously preferred. So, politicians making speeches, passing motions, creating holidays, and so on to recognize...

I started API Evangelist because people were telling me I was doing the REST API thing wrong, and being pretty shitty about it along the way. I don’t mind being corrected, but when the RESTafarians in 2010 were telling me I was doing APIs wrong and none of them were helping me learn the “right way”—-I wanted a way to push back in my own way. It is what made me spend the next decade helping guide people in a positive direction when it comes to doing APIs. While I am fully aware that I can also be mean from time to time, and I struggle to always be super helpful, I work hard to try and center my work in reinforcing positive behaviors and outcomes when it comes to doing APIs in this often chaotic digital world we all operate in.

From music to screenwriting and science fiction, creative industries share many of the same concerns about generative AI.

“Well, Congressman, I view our responsibility as not just building services that people like to use, but making sure that those services are also

Breaking through the illusion of convenience that's used to sell us automation

The former Twitter is incentivizing violent content, which will only become worse to stand out to users.

Since its launch, the plan has provided financial stability for parents and programs across the province. Could it also take root in the U.S.?

The Magellans of the Sky departed from what’s now Magnuson Park in 1924 to complete the first around-the-world trip.

My experiences and struggles with the corporate world and what I learned about myself. How to be happy when not fitting in.