Our School Board Is Under Attack for Putting Anti-Racist Education Into Action
In September 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting institutions that teach critical race theory. I took that personally. As an academic and as a school board president of…
Let’s Level the Playing Field between the Dollar and Competing Currencies
Thanks to so many government restrictions on the use of potential monies that aren’t the dollar, we can only guess as to what the relationship between dollars and bitcoin would…
DA Finds Andrew Brown’s Death “Justified” But Won’t Release All Footage
In North Carolina, the Pasquotank County District Attorney’s Office has found the April 21 police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black father, in Elizabeth City was justified. Meanwhile,…
Colonial Pipeline CEO confirms company paid $4.4 million ransom it wasn’t supposed to pay
Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount has confirmed that his company did in fact pay $4.4 million to the hackers responsible for the ransomware…
Android phones can finally tap to pay for public transit in the SF Bay Area
Photo by Amy Osborne/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images In 2010, the San Francisco Bay Area introduced a single tap-to-pay NFC card for practically all its public transit — and…
Sunrise Activists Are Marching 400 Miles to Demand a Green New Deal Jobs Program
On May 10, as a pounding Spring rain eased to an intermittent sun-dappled drizzle, New Orleans’s Young PinStripe Brass Band played a supercharged fanfare of “We Got the Funk” to…
Four Myths about Money That Ought to Die Forever
With the possible exception of international trade, no topic in economics contains more myths than monetary theory
The best deals on true wireless earbuds right now
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge When it comes to truly wireless earbuds, there are a ton of brands and products to choose from. Whether you enjoy the unconventional…
HBO Max launching ad-supported tier for $9.99 a month in June
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge HBO Max will launch an ad-supported tier in June for $9.99 per month, offering a cheaper option than the full $14.99-per-month ad-free subscription.…
Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022
Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer next year, after more than 25 years. The aging web browser has largely been unused by most consumers for years, but Microsoft is putting…