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food-features

The Push to Make Fake Butter Cool (Again)
RIP 'margarine,' hello 'plant butter.'
Bettina Makalintal
9.18.19
money-inequality

The Biggest Strike in America Is About How Much Bosses Can Gut Your Healthcare
This is the new normal.
Rachel M. Cohen
9.18.19
uber

1,000 Protesting Uber Drivers Brought NYC Traffic to a Standstill
To skirt around paying drivers a livable minimum wage, Uber and Lyft will block drivers’ access to the app.
Edward Ongweso Jr
9.18.19
Film

They're Already Trying to Reboot MoviePass
The disastrous app has only been gone for a few days, but the former head is already trying to bring it back.
River Donaghey
9.18.19
Algorithmic Bias

Algorithms Have Nearly Mastered Human Language. Why Can’t They Stop Being Sexist?
To fight gender bias, researchers are training language-processing algorithms to envision a world where it doesn’t exist.
Lynne Peskoe-Yang
9.18.19
Race

Isra Hirsi Is 16, Unbothered, and Saving the Planet
As the co-founder of the U.S. Youth Climate Strike and the daughter of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Isra Hirsi is grappling with harassment, safety threats, tokenization, and privilege on a national scale years before she's even allowed to vote.
Leila Ettachfini
9.18.19
chemsex

What You Need to Know About Ed Buck's Alleged Chemsex Kink and the Men Who Overdosed at His LA Home
The Democratic donor was charged with battery, maintaining a drug house, and administering methamphetamines after a third man overdosed at his home last week
Emma Ockerman
9.18.19
gun violence

This Designer Is Actually Selling Hoodies with Bullet Holes and School Names Like Parkland and Sandy Hook
A company founder defended his collection, saying, “Sometimes life can be painfully ironic.”
Tess Owen
9.18.19
Games Reviews

'Sayonara Wild Hearts' Is a Brilliant, Beautiful Celebration of Pop Music
The interactive album, a 'Rez' for pop fans, is a platformer, a racing game, a shooter. It’s whatever it wants to be, whenever it wants to be.
Patrick Klepek
9.18.19
big tech

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Activists Just Formed a Dark Money Group to Go to War With Big Tech
The Internet Accountability Project is the brainchild of Mike Davis, who led the fight to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Liz Landers
9.18.19
Celebrity

Taylor Swift Is a Fall Out Boy Fangirl
And the other most surprising bits from the singer's new interview with 'Rolling Stone.'
Bettina Makalintal
9.18.19
Tipping Point

Stop Asking People of Color to Get Arrested to Protest Climate Change
Extinction Rebellion is overwhelmingly shaped by the concerns, priorities, and ideas of middle-class white people. If it doesn't tackle white supremacy, it doesn't serve us.
Tatiana Garavito
Nathan Thanki
9.18.19
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