Politics

BuzzFeed grew up. Now it’s going public.

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti at a press conference announcing his plans to take the company public. | Craig Barritt/Getty Images…

3 years ago

Britney Spears wasn’t wrong to think people would mock her for telling the truth

#FreeBritney activists protest at Los Angeles Grand Park during a conservatorship hearing for Britney Spears on June 23, 2021, in…

3 years ago

Google’s plan to get rid of cookies isn’t going well

It will be a little while longer before Google’s browser stops supporting cookies. | Ali Balikci/Anadolu AgencyChrome’s third-party cookie ban…

3 years ago

The big job exodus might not be all it’s cracked up to be

A cashier rings up groceries at Steve’s 9th Street Market in Brooklyn, New York, on May 12, 2021. | Michael…

3 years ago

The new Alzheimer’s drug is the first of its kind. Will it be the last?

A question lurking after the FDA’s approval of a controversial Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen: Will this lead to more drug…

3 years ago

Animals can navigate by starlight. Here’s how we know.

Star trails captured in Tsavo National Park, Kenya. | Alberto Ghizzi Panizza/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesPlanetariums for birds, tiny…

3 years ago

What the hysteria over critical race theory is really all about

Christina Animashaun/VoxConservatives have launched a growing disinformation campaign around the academic concept. It’s an attempt to push back against progress.…

3 years ago

The Supreme Court decides not to light the housing market on fire

Justice Samuel Alito. | Alex Wong/Getty ImagesSCOTUS is forced to clean up a $124 billion mess of its own making.…

3 years ago

Is F9 the best blockbuster ever? No. Is it absolutely perfect? You bet.

Time for another zany caper with the Fast & Furious crew. | Universal PicturesVroom vroom. For so long, the Fast…

3 years ago

The myth of bedroom privacy

It’s a bedroom and it’s an office. Where’s the privacy? | Getty ImagesPrivate bedrooms are a historically recent invention. Covid-19…

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