Billionaires Have Always Owned the Media. Musk Is No Great Threat
The explosive announcement that Elon Musk is buying Twitter and taking it private has generated a slew of commentary. While there have been some hosannas, the general…
Read moreAs College Athletes Finally Cash In, Entrepreneurs Also Look to Score
Back in 2013 Blake Lawrence, a former University Nebraska linebacker who is co-founder and CEO of a then-fledgling sports technology platform called Opendorse, felt that his breakthrough…
Read moreIn the World of Private Security, There Aren’t Many Rules or Regulations
This story is two of three in Insecure, a series about the private security industry. Read Part 1: Private Security Guards Are Replacing Police Across America. And…
Read moreHow a New Deal for Global Taxation Might Save Democracy
Every year, multinational corporations divert some $1.38 trillion in profits away from the countries where they were made to places with much lower, or even zero, corporate…
Read moreWhat Money Questions Do You Have-
How can my family prepare for a recession? Why am I spending so much money on eggs? What does that new student loan plan mean for my…
Read moreWe Must Revolutionize Food Systems to Save Our Planet
No rate of growth is sustainable when the world has finite resources. Producing food through animals is inefficient, wasteful and dangerous. Today, animal agriculture, including many kinds…
Read moreInside Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Go Green
After the harsh morning sunlight, the research center was dark and cool inside. There, in front of a large monitor, an engineer clicked on a slide to…
Read moreTikTok’s Moderator Reverses Vow to Exit ‘Egregious’ Content
Teleperformance, the company used by TikTok and others to police their feeds for illegal and harmful content, has backtracked on a 4-month-old pledge to workers that it…
Read moreThe Founder of 8chan Says America Must Build a Safer Internet
After weeks of activist pressure, internet infrastructure company Cloudflare recently ended its support for Kiwi Farms, an online group that’s been described as “the web’s biggest community…
Read moreTwitter Employees On Why Musk Is Wrong About Free Speech
Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion on April 14, in what he claimed was a move that would allow him to change the platform…
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