Ezra Klein
Founder and editor-at-large, Vox.com. Why yes, I do have a podcast. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
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The moral philosophy of The Good Place
The geniuses behind TV’s most philosophically inclined sitcom discuss what it means to be a good person.
Trump’s executive order on campus anti-Semitism, explained
No, Trump isn’t reclassifying Judaism as a nationality. Here’s what he’s doing instead.
Ezra Klein on Trump’s abuse of power: ‘It almost worked!’
In a conversation with Lawrence O’Donnell, Ezra Klein imagines what the political world would look like if Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme had never been exposed.
Why every website wants you to accept its cookies
Cookies alerts are supposed to improve our privacy online. But are they?
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The equilibrium of every site now has a pop-up urging you to read about their cookies, and everyone just clicks through the pop-up, doesn't seem great. The internet is more annoying to use, our privacy is not better protected.
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A close reading of Vox Media’s privacy policy ... for all of us who never read these things
Vox has a pretty typical privacy policy. That doesn’t make it great.
Away replaces CEO Steph Korey after Verge investigation
"In light of the article, it’s been a difficult few days for the company," co-founder Jen Rubio told the WSJ.
Larry and Sergey: a valediction
Photographer: “How ’bout we do the shoot in a hot tub?” Larry and Sergey: “Sure!” Never such innocence again. Can billionaires be tragic figures? Lear must have been w…
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"Larry Page and Sergey Brin spent the first fifteen years of their careers building the greatest information network the world has ever known and the last five trying to escape it. Having made everything visible, they made themselves invisible."
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90 percent of growth in high-tech jobs happened in just 5 metro areas
As a result, wealth is also being concentrated in those areas.
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"Since 2005, five metro areas — Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Seattle, and San Diego — accounted for 90 percent of all US growth in 'innovation sector' jobs."
"Meanwhile, 343 metro areas lost a share of these jobs in that same period."
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What Trump has done to the courts, explained
No president in recent memory has done more to change the judiciary than Donald Trump.
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"Republicans haven’t simply ensured conservative dominance of one branch of government. They may have entrenched conservative governance for decades.”
This is the most important piece you'll read today.
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A Farewell to Feministing and the Heyday of Feminist Blogging
Another site is about to close, joining other publications like The Hairpin and The Toast that are dead or dying, as their “rowdy” voices go mainstream.
CODE RED | E. J. DIONNE, JR. | St. Martin's Publishing Group
A compelling strategy for progressives and moderates to address the responsibilities that history now imposes on them. Because at this point, change ca...
A former Republican Congress member explains what happened to his party
And why it belongs to Trump now.
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“Republicans in Congress right now are tearing at the fabric of the Constitution every bit as much as Donald Trump,” says a former Republican member of Congress.
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Peter Singer on the lives you can save
Why living ethically is so incredibly difficult.
Yes, the internet is destroying our collective attention span
Trending topics rise and disappear faster than ever.
Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away
Away promised a company culture of travel and inclusion, but former employees say CEO Steph Korey uses the company values to get people to work harder and longer.
The extraordinary danger of being pregnant and uninsured in Texas
The state’s system for helping the uninsured thwarts women at every turn and encourages subpar care.
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The Texas Medicaid application is 16 times longer than the 1040 tax form. Any mistake can lead to benefits being delayed or denied. Coverage ends two months after birth. And women in Texas are dying as a result.
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