Year: 2019
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Can Loop’s 21st Century Milkman Fix the Plastic Plague?
Will reusable containers help solve the plastic everywhere problem? Some people have their doubts. Adria Vasil writes.
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Nostalgia Kills: The True Story of Beth’s Cafe
Poetry from David Fewster about yet another Seattle roadside attraction.
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The Ghastly Impermanence: Manchild in the Promised Land – Bronzeville
Thoughts on the African American experience in audio, courtesy of Larenz Tate & Laurence Fishburne’s Bronzeville
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Sunday Comics
No party she’d not attend, no invitation she wouldn’t send — transfixed by Sunday Comics and your promise to be found.
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Free Thing of the Week: Thisker
Free music this time, from Portugal’s Walt Thisney.
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The Complicated Narratives of the Venezuelan Conflict
Juan Guaidó’s assumption of power plays as a US-supported coup. It’s not that simple. Venezuelan politics from Laura Vidal.
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Enough of the 5G Hype
Fifth generation wireless claims to be the future of broadband. It isn’t. So why the hype? Ernesto Falcon writes.
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Virtual Reality Video Helps to Fight HIV Stigma
Getting African youths even to get tested for HIV has proven difficult. VR may offer a sympathetic way to overcome the stigma. Sidelle Willow Smith writes.
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When Politicians Say “Free Trade,” They Mean Upward Redistribution
Touting free trade yet believing in monopolies is the mark of modern politicians. Dean Baker explains what free trade really means.
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Encounters with Anonymous: Spectacularly Quotidian
Omar Willey considers the trope of snow.