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Free Thing of the Week: The Big Data Agenda
Annika Richterich’s book on Big Data and the surveillance society comes at an opportune time.
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Like a Dog
Jacob Bacharach confronts Shakespeare’s opinion of dogs and counters with his own poetic story.
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Wall Street is Trying to Embezzle Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Relief Money
Lara Merling investigates the newfound Wall Street love of Puerto Rico “investment.”
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Sunday Comics
One night Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store, picked up a couple Mickey’s Big Mouths, drank ’em in the car on his way. At the Shell station, he got the Comix, gas in a can, drove home, then…
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How Seattle, WA is Balancing Openness with Privacy in an Age of Online Data Threats
Sunlight Foundation’s Katya Abazajian talks to Seattle’s Chief Technology Officer about how to balance privacy and open data on the civic level.
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Cambridge Analytica:The Outrage is the Real Story
The bitter pill many refuse to swallow shows the difference between the world we think we’re in, and the one we really inhabit. Marcus Gilroy-Ware considers.
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A Payday Built on Bad Policy
The new CLASSICS act is a cash grab for big record labels. Meredith Filak Rose lays out how the RIAA wants to put artists and audiences even further under their boots.
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Twenty Gene Variants and Transgender Identity: What Does It Mean?
A group of scientists at Augusta University are on the lookout for genetic data on transgender identity. But will genetic testing for transgender identity do harm or good? Dr. Ricki Lewis considers.
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Kit Bakke, Protest on Trial
Jeff Stevens reviews the brand-new and long-overdue book about the controversial 1970 Seattle Seven conspiracy trial.
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