Even attending university in the 1960s was a revolutionary and complicated process for Ed Roberts, who was paralyzed by polio in his early teens. Now known as the father of the independent living movement, Roberts—faced with many structural hurdles to moving through society—began pushing as a young man to win disabled people the resources to […]
The tour included the Indonesian president’s request to meet one of Trump’s sons to a moment in which Trump marveled at the Gulf’s “unlimited cash.”
Drop Site Daily: October 14, 2025
“The problem is the export license, huh? For this we can find a…a way.” It was early June and Guenther Rudolph was in an expansive mood. Sharp-suited, relaxed, and charming, he was standing in a booth in Prague’s Clarion Congress Hotel. Every year the Clarion hosts an exclusive gathering: the premier get-together of the surveillance […]
Alison Roman was one of digital media’s first food stars. With her latest cookbook, she’s trying to move away from life on the Internet.
Blackbird Spyplane, a style and culture newsletter, launched in 2020 as one of the early adopters and success stories on Substack.
Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison On American Prestige: the sociologist on how American society is tearing itself apart. The post American Sociocide, With Charles Derber appeared first on The Nation.
MSNBC and 10 other television channels are splitting from NBC over the next several weeks to form a new digital-focused, publicly traded company called Versant.