Politics
TikTok Has a Nazi Problem | WIRED
Not only is TikTok’s algorithm promoting Neo-Nazi content, extremist organizations are also using the platform to recruit new members and encourage real-world action.
Alternative Energy
Steelmaking is starting to go electric | Canary Media
The majority of new steel plants built in 2023 used lower-emissions electric arc furnaces, but the dirty industry has a way to go to clean up.
Responsible Investing
Why hugely profitable corporations won’t spend enough to keep hackers from stealing your private info - Los Angeles Times
ATT and UnitedHealth, both multi-billion-dollar corporations, are so inattentive to data security that millions of Americans have been harmed by breaches
Media
The Murdoch Family Is Battling Over the Future of the Fox Empire - The New York Times
Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family’s irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back.
Markets & Economy
The Secret IRS Files: Inside the Tax Records of the .001% — ProPublica
A massive trove of tax information obtained by ProPublica, covering thousands of America’s wealthiest individuals, reveals what’s inside the billionaires’ bag of tricks for minimizing their personal tax bills — sometimes to nothing.
Culture
99 years after the Scopes ‘monkey trial,’ religious fundamentalism still infects our schools - Los Angeles Times
The Scopes trial made anti-evolutionists look ridiculous, but they haven't gone away.
Which country is the happiest? A new global survey finds that the world’s emotional status is pretty good, actually. - Vox
But which country comes first in happiness completely changes depending on how you measure.
Sports
Paris Olympics organizers say sorry for offense, but insist opening ceremony did not depict "The Last Supper" - CBS News
Organizers say an act during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony featuring an LGBTQ+ icon flanked by drag artists did not depict "The Last Supper."