How the News Media Created the Alt-Right
“An endless stream of incendiary drivel will never materialize into a proper political movement without a mascot.”...
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Tech Leaders Plan to Run from the Havoc Caused by Economic Disruption
Some tech scions have chosen to abandon ship rather than help solve major social problems....
Weekly Roundup: California Takes on Trump’s Inner Circle
Because Trump can’t cut Meals on Wheels and Big Bird without a little help from his friends along the...
How a Legal Loophole Lets Facebook Launder Your Data Through Middlemen and Profit Off the Surveillance State
Facebooks tells the ACLU they’re done helping police spy on users, but their privacy policy says otherwise...
The Border Wall in Your Restaurant
There’s a huge racial divide between “front of house” and “back of house” that we need to talk about....
Weekly Roundup: Trump Versus the Bay
Remember when Trump went through that temper-tantrum stage when he’d yell, “No federal funds!” every time someone progressive did...
Is Modern Indian Cuisine Just for White People?
The rise of fine-dining “progressive Indian cuisine” has some people asking, whose palate is this for?...
The Three Bay Areas
The elites, the bohos, and the working class...
This Week in Conspiracy Theories and Corruption
So Trump Knows What “McCarthyism” Is Any clout Trump won during his congressional address last Tuesday — when he was applauded...
How Silicon Valley Decimated the Middle Class and Fueled the Rise of Trump
Silicon Valley likes to think of itself as a bastion of progressive social values. Indeed, tech CEOs regularly speak out...
Weekly Roundup: Black History Month Under Trump
Never forget that our current president was endorsed by the KKK....
This Week in Political Lessons Learned
Don’t Piss Off the Pope When the Catholic Church tells you you’ve taken your imperialism too far, you...