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Civic Tech or Civic Business? Digital technology will not help democracy without adopting its foundations
From Regards Citoyens, a look into how “civic tech” needs to be connected with actual civics if it is to be anything but a ploy.
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3 Poems for International Women’s Day
Lisa Alvarado celebrates International Women’s Day with three new poems for you.
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How can we create an ethical framework for journalism in an age of terror?
A new book argues that it’s the job of journalists and intelligence agencies to negotiate a responsible middle-ground between public safety and public knowledge. But where is the line?
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Medea the Barbarian: UW UTS’ Medea
Omar Willey offers some thoughts about Greek drama and the UW Undergraduate Theater Society’s version of Medea.
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Sunday Comics
The Star’s Sunday Comics: Woke content created by woke people for our current woke times.
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Iceland Knows How to Stop Teen Substance Abuse but the Rest of the World Isn’t Listening
In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won’t follow suit.
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The Ghastly Impermanence: Eighth Wonder, Part 1
An appreciation of Big Finish’s Doctor Who audio dramas featuring Paul McGann.
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Can the Democrats be as Stubborn as Mitch McConnell?
If Chuck Schumer and his Senate Democrats choose a path of obstructing President Trump’s agenda, they will have learned from the best. Alec MacGillis writes.
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Team Spineless? Bipartisan Support For Billionaire With Putin Ties To Join Trump’s Cabinet
Fifteen Democrats (and Maine’s Angus King, who caucuses with the Democrats) joined all 50 Senate Republicans present in casting a cloture vote for Trump’s billionaire pick for Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross last Friday. Ross is not just your ordinary 79-year-old billionaire so often accused of…
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