YouTube’s Psychic Wounds
Seeking political news, Nicholson Baker ventures to the wrong clip and back again
via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/special_report/youtubes-psychic-wounds.php
Tag: longreads
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How Can the Press Best Serve a Democratic Society?
How Can the Press Best Serve a Democratic Society?
In the nineteen-forties, a panel of scholars struggled over truth in reporting, the marketplace of ideas, and the maintenance of a free and responsible press. Their deliberations are more relevant than ever.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-future-of-democracy/how-can-the-press-best-serve-democracy
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Is the Saudi Government Plotting Against Another U.S.-Based Critic?
Is the Saudi Government Plotting Against Another U.S.-Based Critic?
Ali Soufan, a decorated veteran of U.S. law enforcement, has become the target of a vitriolic social-media campaign that appears to involve some of the same people who had targeted Jamal Khashoggi.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-the-saudi-government-plotting-against-another-us-based-critic
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The true story of the heartthrob prince of Qatar and his time at USC
The true story of the heartthrob prince of Qatar and his time at USC
When a Qatari sheikh came to live in L.A., an entire economy sprouted to meet his wishes. “His highness doesn’t like to hear no,” one associate told a professor.
via Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-16/qatar-prince-usc-ucla-la
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In Plain Sight – The search for Syrian war criminals in Europe
In Plain Sight, by Annie Hylton
The search for Syrian war criminals in Europe
via Harper’s Magazine: https://harpers.org/archive/2020/08/in-plain-sight-syrian-war-criminals-in-europe/
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The Cold War Bunker That Became Home to a Dark-Web Empire
The Cold War Bunker That Became Home to a Dark-Web Empire
An eccentric Dutchman began living in a giant underground facility built by the German military—and ran a server farm beloved by cybercriminals.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/03/the-cold-war-bunker-that-became-home-to-a-dark-web-empire
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Behrouz Boochani Just Wants to Be Free
Behrouz Boochani Just Wants to Be Free (Published 2020)
He fled Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. He exposed Australia’s offshore detention camps — from the inside. He survived, stateless, for seven years. What’s next?
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/magazine/behrouz-boochani-australia.html
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How the Pandemic Defeated America
How the Pandemic Defeated America
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/
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As Neo-Nazis Seed Military Ranks, Germany Confronts ‘an Enemy Within’
As Neo-Nazis Seed Military Ranks, Germany Confronts ‘an Enemy Within’ (Published 2020)
After plastic explosives and Nazi memorabilia were found at an elite soldier’s home, Germany worries about a problem of far-right infiltration at the heart of its democracy.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/world/europe/germany-military-neo-nazis-ksk.html
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For the forgotten men of 1st Platoon, Trump’s pardon of an officer they helped convict of murder is a crushing betrayal
For the forgotten men of 1st Platoon, Trump’s pardon of an officer they helped convict of murder is a crushing betrayal
Only a few hours had passed since President Donald Trump pardoned 1st Lt. Clint Lorance…
via Laredo Morning Times: https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/For-the-forgotten-men-of-1st-Platoon-Trump-s-15381879.php
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Michaela the Destroyer
Michaela the Destroyer
How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the year’s most sublimely unsettling show.
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The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest
The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest
Bicycles are powerful things—inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-bicycle-as-a-vehicle-of-protest
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Gen Z Will Not Save Us
Opinion | Gen Z Will Not Save Us (Published 2020)
The kids aren’t all right. The kids are fed up.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinion/trump-protest-gen-z.html
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‘A chain of stupidity’: the Skripal case and the decline of Russia’s spy agencies
‘A chain of stupidity’: the Skripal case and the decline of Russia’s spy agencies
The long read: The unmasking of the Salisbury poisoning suspects by a new digital journalism outfit was an embarrassment for Putin – and evidence that Russian spies are not what they once were
via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/skripal-salisbury-poisoning-decline-of-russia-spy-agencies-gru
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Inside the Social Media Cult That Convinces Young People to Give Up Everything
Inside the Social Media Cult That Convinces Young People to Give Up Everything
The DayLife Army always seemed like a troll. Then it became a nightmare.
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Hitchhiker, hero, celebrity, killer: The strange journey of the man called Kai
Hitchhiker, hero, celebrity, killer: The strange journey of the man called Kai
In 2013, Caleb McGillivary became an unlikely hero and an even unlikelier star. There were TV appearances and concerts, women and new friends, the promise of money and a reality show. Instead, three months later, the Alberta man was facing life in prison
via The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hitchhiker-hero-celebrity-killer-the-strange-journey-of-the-man/
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Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It’s Like to Report on Facebook
Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It’s Like to Report on Facebook
One day in July 2016, Casey Newton, a tech reporter for The Verge, sat down at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park for the biggest interview of his career. Across from him was Mark Zuckerberg. With his characteristic geeky excitement, Zuckerberg descri
via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/special_report/reporting-on-facebook.php
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The Story Has Gotten Away from Us
The story has gotten away from us
Six months of life and death in America.
via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/special_report/covid-floyd-protests.php
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The Boogaloo Movement Is Not What You Think
The Boogaloo Movement Is Not What You Think – bellingcat
Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)On May 26th, crowds gathered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to protest the death of 46-year-old George Floyd at the hands of the city’s police department. Floyd was black. Many of the protesters were people of color.
via bellingcat: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-movement-is-not-what-you-think/