Politics

Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Big Tech. Tim Cook says keep Apple out of it.

The executive wants you to know Apple is not the same as Google and Facebook. Apple CEO Tim Cook, unsurprisingly,…

5 years ago

Game of Thrones’ Missandei controversy, explained

“The Last of the Starks” sacrificed a beloved character to further an alarming plot twist. Not everyone’s on board. Hardly…

5 years ago

The political science of why Game of Thrones’ Daenerys may be a terrible queen

Targaryens and “personalist” dictatorships. At the end of Game of Thrones season eight, episode four, when Cersei asks Missandei to…

5 years ago

4 winners and 6 losers from Game of Thrones’ disappointing “The Last of the Starks”

If the show wasn’t giving Jon Snow the winner’s edit before, it sure seems to be doing so now. After…

5 years ago

Game of Thrones’ Mad Queen theory, explained

Will Daenerys Targaryen go mad, just like her father before her? As Game of Thrones marches toward its endgame, Cersei…

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Game of Thrones: How Euron Greyjoy evened up Cersei’s war against Daenerys

Vulgar seaman Euron Greyjoy provided one of the show’s most shocking moments so far this season. In the fourth episode…

5 years ago

Donald Trump spent Saturday retweeting far-right personalities. Then he told them they’re right.

The president retweeted alt-right figures before renewing his attacks on media companies. President Donald Trump seemed to spend a lot…

5 years ago

Cyclone Fani: what we know

The biggest cyclone in 20 years has hit India. Millions were in its path in India and Bangladesh. An enormous…

5 years ago

Bill McKibben has been sounding the climate alarm for decades. Here’s his best advice.

“Climate change is clearly harder because no one made $1 trillion a year being a bigot.” One of the first…

5 years ago

Israel says Hamas fired 200 rockets. The IDF retaliated with airstrikes.

The latest string of violence comes after weekly protests in Gaza turned deadly. The Israel Defense Forces claimed Hamas fired…

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