Tag: recommended
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As Neo-Nazis Seed Military Ranks, Germany Confronts ‘an Enemy Within’
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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
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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 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
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Michaela the Destroyer How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the year’s most sublimely unsettling show. via Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/article/michaela-coel-i-may-destroy-you.html#_ga=2.73279511.524813950.1593974967-1057151719.1587248379
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YouTube’s Psychic Wounds
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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
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How Can the Press Best Serve a Democratic Society?
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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605 Adults 304 Children
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Jonestown – 605 Adults 304 Children Filmed By – The Peoples TempleDirected By – Michael MahaffieProduced By – Clare TuckerMusic By – Tyler RogersExecutive Producers – Michael Barnett, Dominique… via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsLe6dlYsRg
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Hitchhiker, hero, celebrity, killer: The strange journey of the man called Kai
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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…
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Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It’s Like to Report on Facebook
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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…
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The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest
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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
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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
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‘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
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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. via Medium: https://onezero.medium.com/inside-the-social-media-cult-that-convinces-young-people-to-give-up-everything-f3878fbec632
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Dean Baquet : Longform Podcast
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Longform Podcast #398: Dean Baquet · Longform Dean Baquet is executive editor of The New York Times. “I always tried to question what is the difference between what is truly tradition and core, and what is merely habit. A lot of stuff we think are core, are just habits. The way we write newspaper via…
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The Man Who Saw America – Robert Frank
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Saw America’ (Published 2020) Chronicling the human condition with one of the most influential photographers in history. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/podcasts/the-daily/robert-frank-photographer.html