Radio and a Sense of Community in India
Sanjay Kumar praises the radio and its ability to become social glue.
New Edition of Data Journalism Handbook Explores Journalistic Interventions in the Data Society
Five years ago, The Data Journalism Handbook established a new baseline for investigative journalism. The new second edition updates the first with techniques and stories from The Panama Papers, The Migrants’ Files, Electionland and other prize-winning innovations.
The Birds That Start Fires: Using Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to Understand Animal Behavior
Jeff Atkins talks about the true firebirds, the ones who start forest fires, and why scientists are paying more attention to folklore to understand animals.
Tesla, Amazon, and Bitcoin
Dean Baker talks about bubbles, baseless valuations, and the stock market version of vaporware.
Sunday Comics
Everywhere I go it’s Sunday, with Comics far away; and my heart belongs to no one, so now sometimes I pray: “Take the space between us, fill it up some way…Fill it up, fill it up.”
Unmaking and Remaking Everyday Life in Diyarbakır
The omnipresent threat of death has rearranged and redefined social life in the city of Diyarbakır, whose UNESCO World Heritage Sur district has been destroyed during a three month long “cleansing operation.” Hazal Dolek gives a psychosocial profile of life in the city.
The Unresolved Legacy of CIA Torture
On the road to a world without torture, people of faith-based communities must confront America’s political legacy. Matthew Hawthorne writes.
Living Prayer at Standing Rock
We are more powerful when we live together as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us. Rev. Chelsea MacMillan relates her experiences with the community at Standing Rock.
Diverting Class Warfare into Generational Warfare: Round LVIII
Dean Baker exposes the myth of “entitlements” and “grandparents stealing from grandchildren” for what it is: class warfare.
Down Through All Eternity, The Crying of Humanity: Crime and Punishment
Omar Willey gets literate with some thoughts on Akropolis Performance Lab’s latest: Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment.
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