Can We Salvage Digital Democracy?
Can we salvage digital democracy?
When Disaster Is an Invaluable Lesson
by
Jay Tolson
Posted on October 1, 2020
in THR Web Features
Image: President Donald J. Trump gestures with a fist-pump as he disembarks Air Force One at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa., Thursday, August 20, 2020. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)
Donald Trump’s manner was a declaration of indifference toward the values that make democracy possible.
Tortoises and Tigers: The Pleasures of a Long Read
Posted on September 2, 2020
in THR Web Features
Image: The 1956 movie poster for War and Peace.
Why read long books? Well, if you have to ask…
How COVID Can Change What Schools Are For
Posted on August 27, 2020
in THR Web Features
Image: Empty classroom. Via Wikimedia Commons.
What if the purpose of education has nothing to do with social mobility?
More Than Their Crimes
Posted on August 21, 2020
in THR Web Features
Image: Photograph by Alex Linch/Shutterstock.
Meeting a murderer and finding a friend.
Story of a Photograph
Posted on August 17, 2020
in THR Web Features
Image: Chartres Street, New Orleans, 1974, by John Rosenthal (detail).
The man who approached me on Chartres Street looked like he’d been tossed away.
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