National
On Police Power
The guilty verdict found in former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial marks only the second murder conviction of a Minnesota officer in the state’s over 150-year history, and the first time a white officer has been found guilty of killing an African American.
All History is Local
It answers the questions that come to mind when we’re walking down a nearby street, but that we quickly accept are too difficult to answer.
Punctilious Piracy: How The Rich Avoid Taxes
A combination of legislative obsolescence, financial sleight-of-hand, and philanthropic deceit are the smoke and mirrors behind which the richest Americans shirk their legal, and arguably moral, responsibility.
Carbon Capture: A Technological Trojan Horse
Carbon capture’s industrial support coupled with the support of an anti-environmentalist Republican Party alludes to its imposture as effective policy. But corporate mobilization of subsidies as well as comparisons to renewable energies and a commitment to environmental justice fully expose carbon capture as a low-priority innovation at best, and the fossil fuel industry’s latest lifeline at worst.
The Capitol Riot Attacked Democracy. Things Have Only Gotten Worse Since.
Nearly six months ago, a violent and deadly mob stormed the U.S. Capitol at the behest of an outgoing president in order to prevent Congress from certifying his successor’s victory.
Market Design: Tackling One Element of HFT’s Imbalance
Technology has the potential to reform the market, but it usually stifles change to please satisfied investors.
