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Most Asian Americans say they face discrimination and are often treated as foreigners

In a Pew survey, Asian Americans reported facing the "model minority" stereotype, which assumes they're smarter and more well off, as well as being treated as outsiders even if they were U.S. born.

2023-11-30T12:06:04-0800 NPR Ayana Archie 1,000 words

Rated 2023-12-03T06:26:39-0800

Republicans want to plant a trillion trees. Scientists are skeptical.

New research finds that planting a trillion trees would have a minimal effect on combating climate change.

2023-08-02T03:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Maxine Joselow ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T09:17:10-0700

Wisconsin’s Dairy Industry Relies on Undocumented Immigrants, but the State Won’t Let Them Legally Drive

Undocumented immigrants in the state can own and register their vehicles, but they aren’t allowed to drive them, forcing many farm workers to risk fines and arrest. “It’s a Catch-22 for a lot of folks,” advocates say.

2023-08-03T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Melissa Sanchez, Maryam Jameel 4,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T05:52:32-0700

Elliott Smith: XO

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Elliott Smith’s big 1998 album, both a transformational landmark and a logical next step for the restless composer.

2023-07-29T21:00:00-0700 Pitchfork Jayson Greene 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-31T05:29:47-0700

Seiichi Morimura, who exposed Japanese atrocities in WWII, dies at 90

Mr. Morimura's book about Unit 731, a secret biological warfare branch of the Imperial Army, helped force Japan to confront its wartime past.

2023-07-27T15:44:36-0700 The Washington Post Emily Langer ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-28T03:43:18-0700

‘You are not lost’: the infinite attraction of paths and meandering trails

Paths are not for people who need to be first, who need to be trail-blazers, but they offer the symbolic idea that there is a way in life

2023-07-15T13:00:40-0700 The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-16T07:18:47-0700

Analysis | So your historical quote turned out to be fake

A Jan. 6 defendant “quoted” Thomas Jefferson to make his case. The problem: The quote, like so many that Trump and others cite, was fake.

2023-07-14T10:32:09-0700 The Washington Post Gillian Brockell ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-14T22:15:37-0700

Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action?

Bill McKibben writes on the recent temperature records set amid a global heat wave, on a global cascade of climate-change-related floods and disasters, and the lack of political will in Canada and the U.S. to take on the needed confrontation of oil and gas interests. #Canada #Climate Change #Global Warming #Wildfire

2023-07-11T11:18:01-0700 The New Yorker Bill McKibben 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-11T20:11:00-0700

See what it’s like to dig a tunnel 100 feet below a city

A massive drill is digging a tunnel deep beneath Alexandria that will keep millions of gallons of raw sewage from seeping into the Potomac River.

2023-07-07T03:00:17-0700 The Washington Post Teo Armus, Hadley Green, Bill O’Leary, Ricky Carioti ... ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T19:34:54-0700

‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation wars

Several actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election

2023-07-10T03:00:11-0700 The Guardian Nick Robins-Early 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T04:33:54-0700

Analysis | Do blue-state taxes really subsidize red-state benefits?

In honor of our first anniversary, we turn our powers of analysis on you, the reader, to identify -- and answer! -- the question you are most eager to ask.

2023-07-07T02:54:43-0700 The Washington Post Andrew Van Dam, Linda Chong ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-07T04:33:59-0700

Reclaiming Real American Patriotism

This Fourth of July, let’s rescue our love of country from those who have hijacked it. #New Hampshire #New York #West Virginia

2023-07-04T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Tom Nichols ($) 500 words

Rated 2023-07-04T09:32:34-0700

Burying Indiana Jones

Christopher Heaney on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and the titular character’s impact on the public’s perception of what it means to be an archeologist. #Movies

2023-06-18T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Christopher Heaney 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-18T08:31:54-0700

What Does ‘Buying American’ Even Mean?

In a globalized economy, the definition of “buying American” is becoming quite cloudy—and so are the consequences of policies designed to encourage it. #Buy American

2019-07-03T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Tim Heffernan 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-11T10:03:39-0700

The Talk: Accused of Plagiarism

In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College

2023-06-03T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words

Rated 2023-06-03T15:57:45-0700

Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane

science.org 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-03T07:53:36-0700

The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing

WIRED

Rated 2023-04-26T05:53:14-0700

Fox News Is Bigger Than Any Host

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-24T11:30:24-0700

Why it's so hard to mass produce houses in factories : Planet Money

NPR

Rated 2023-04-22T17:05:10-0700

Republicans don’t complain much about polling places at senior centers

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-20T18:49:10-0700

Long accused of Native American misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if it’s time to change

NBC News

Rated 2023-04-20T05:55:15-0700

MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen blasted for 'leave pity city' leaked video

NPR

Rated 2023-04-19T05:54:42-0700

Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-14T05:29:22-0700

Onion Lake Cree Nation sues provincial government over Saskatchewan First Act

CBC News

Rated 2023-04-14T05:21:47-0700

Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-11T21:59:43-0700

Klaus Teuber made Catan, and it changed the world’s expectations for board games

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-09T07:36:33-0700

The Man Who Built Catan

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-04-09T07:33:50-0700

This ship was supposed to usher in an age of nuclear-powered travel

nationalgeographic.com

Rated 2023-04-09T07:23:23-0700

Zelensky shares Iftar with Muslim soldiers in 'new tradition of respect'

CNN

Rated 2023-04-08T09:20:52-0700

Powerful Ansel Adams show centers his love for nature – and the peril it’s in | Photography

The Guardian

Rated 2023-04-08T08:40:40-0700

Trump could run for president from prison like Eugene V. Debs did

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-01T08:40:25-0700

What history's hidden grandmother of climate science teaches us today : Short Wave

NPR

Rated 2023-03-31T05:29:09-0700

Red America is growing because blue America is shrinking

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-03-30T19:07:42-0700

Meatball from long-extinct mammoth created by food firm | Meat industry

The Guardian

Rated 2023-03-28T05:10:23-0700

Why House Republicans’ investigations are flopping

Vox

Rated 2023-03-28T04:57:17-0700

Why Congress — and Biden — killed DC’s crime bill

#DC Statehood

Vox

Rated 2023-03-26T07:40:16-0700

Netanyahu’s political touch eludes him as Israel spirals into chaos

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-03-26T07:21:59-0700

What it's really like to work a side hustle

Fast Company

Rated 2023-03-24T05:25:40-0700

Doug Paisley: Say What You Like Album Review

Pitchfork

Rated 2023-03-20T05:17:30-0700

Donald Trump and the Secret Service's Day of Reckoning

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-03-19T15:12:24-0700

A cognitive revolution in animal-behavior research has begun

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-03-19T08:26:57-0700

Yves Tumor: Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Album Review

Pitchfork

Rated 2023-03-17T06:10:14-0700