Facebook Was Down for a Few Hours. Should It Go Away Forever?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It has not been a good month for …
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Ozy Shows That Serious Black Media Needs a New Business Model
Like many others in the media business, I couldn’t look away from the drama that unfolded last week around Carlos Watson and his company Ozy …
Pride and Prejudice and Asset Prices
The Federal Reserve and its counterparts abroad slashed interest rates in the face of the 2008 financial crisis and have kept them very low — in …
Up in Arms Over a Pronoun
Feedback on my newsletter about the embrace of “they” as a gender-neutral pronoun referring to a single person — Joel is wearing their green …
11 Delicious Ways to Celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is on Monday, and now that many Canadians can finally gather with friends — depending on which territory or province you call home …
Facebook Whistle-Blower Urges Lawmakers to Regulate the Company
WASHINGTON — A former Facebook product manager who turned into a whistle-blower gave lawmakers an unvarnished look into the inner workings of the …
Boris Johnson Urges Businesses to Help Resolve Britain’s Shortages
MANCHESTER, England — Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that Britain was in crisis, saying that businesses needed to …
Boris Johnson Urges Businesses to Help Resolve Britain’s Shortages
MANCHESTER, England — Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that Britain was in crisis, saying that businesses needed to …
The Once and Future Threat of Trump
Last fall, before the November election, Barton Gellman wrote an essay for The Atlantic sketching out a series of worst-case scenarios for the …
Coroner Finds Racism Played Part in Indigenous Woman’s Death
MONTREAL — It was a case that shook Canada: A 37-year-old Indigenous mother of seven died in a Quebec hospital last year after a nurse had …