Chinese dreams on Native American land: A tale of cannabis boom and bust
How the pandemic cannabis boom led to chaos on the Navajo Nation, pitting two minorities against each other.
via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56835897
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How the pandemic cannabis boom led to chaos on the Navajo Nation, pitting two minorities against each other.
via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56835897
Over 1,200 documents from the Kansas City Police Department help shed light on one of hip-hop’s biggest mysteries.
via Passion of the Weiss: https://www.passionweiss.com/2021/05/11/who-killed-mac-dre/
As the pandemic rages across the country, one team of fact-checkers contends with a post-truth dystopia.
via Rest of World: https://restofworld.org/2021/fact-checking-modis-india/
For a decade, Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lawrence had surfed the wave of populist-right politics like few other people in America. Then came Jan. 6.
via POLITICO: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/19/dustin-stockton-jen-lawrence-trump-profile-522823
“My sister may be too far gone, but it’s not too late to bring awareness to others. Do not fall into this trap.”
Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjb8mv/qanon-jfk-cult-tearing-families-apart
Prosecutors are trying to shut down Memorial International, Russia’s most prominent human rights group, as the Kremlin moves to control the historical narrative of the Soviet Union.
After decades of dominance, Tommy Caldwell is still seeking new ascents.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/29/what-it-takes-to-climb-the-worlds-most-forbidding-cliffs
A Houston socialite was accused of plotting her husband’s murder—and of having an affair with her nephew. But Candace Mossler was only getting started.
via Texas Monthly: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/the-notorious-mrs-mossler/
During the past three decades, it became one of the most dangerous elements of the right. How much of that can be blamed on the N.R.A.?
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-happened-to-gun-culture
Do you feel lost? Alone? Powerless in the face of forces beyond your control? Timothy Morton can help—if you’re ready to have your reality blown apart.
via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/timothy-morton-hyperobjects-all-the-way-down/
Kyle Rittenhouse’s semiautomatic rifle endangered everybody around him — and himself.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/opinion/kyle-rittenhouse-guns.html
To keep people out of prison, George Gascón is risking everything: rising violent crime, a staff rebellion and the votes that made him district attorney.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/magazine/george-gascon-los-angeles.html
The journalists of Novaya Gazeta report on dangerous conflicts—and endure threats of their own.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/22/can-russias-press-ever-be-free
Charlie Munger, a Warren Buffett crony, donated two hundred million dollars to a university for a gigantic new dorm. The catch: no windows. How did guinea pigs in a similar Munger housing experiment fare?
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/22/nightmare-of-the-windowless-dorm-room
Threats of violence have become commonplace among a significant part of the party, as historians and those who study democracy warn of a dark shift in American politics.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/us/politics/republican-violent-rhetoric.html
Documents show how the conservative group worked with lawyers to gauge how far its deceptive reporting practices could go before running afoul of federal laws.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/us/politics/project-veritas-journalism-political-spying.html