Brenda Salinas at 60dB
All the stories Brenda Salinas made for 60dB.
September 15, 2017
A Stanford computer science major developed a free tool to help Americans take Equifax to small claims court.
August 29, 2017
60dB reporter Brenda Salinas is in her hometown of Houston during Tropical Storm Harvey.
August 29, 2017
60dB’s Brenda Salinas talks to Jeff Masters, he’s the co-founder of Weather Underground, a web site that meteorologists go to get inside information about severe weather.
August 29, 2017
Geopolitics reporter Max de Haldevang says this is a serious blow to American soft power.
August 25, 2017
After Tropical Storm Allison devastated the Houston Medical Center in 2001, the area’s 21 hospitals banded together to make sure it never happens again.
August 24, 2017
Axios’ Alexi McCammond says Chief of Staff John Kelly can only do so much to keep President Donald Trump in line.
August 22, 2017
Axios’ Deputy News Desk Editor Dave Lawler gives us the debrief on Trump’s prime-time Presidential address.
August 18, 2017
Axios’ Alayna Treene explains what Trump could be thinking.
August 17, 2017
Reverend Ann Willet of First United Methodist Church in Dallas Texas had a sermon go viral.
August 16, 2017
Laura Smith writes women have been an integral part of white supremacist movements throughout history.
August 11, 2017
Axios’ Dan Primack has the scoop: Benchmark Capital is suing Uber Founder Travis Kalanick for fraud.
August 10, 2017
Axios’ Mike Allen says the culture wars have finally come to Silicon Valley.
July 31, 2017
Quartz’ special projects editor Lauren Brown brings us three bite-sized business stories from Quartz Index.
July 27, 2017
How can blue cities fight back against red states? Molly Cohen, associate counsel with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice. has four lines of defense.
Reporter Robbie Gramer unpacks rumors of a so-called “Rexit” at the State Department.
July 25, 2017
Brenda Salinas met Joshua Browder, a Stanford computer science major who is automating legal aid and talked to Renee Knake, a legal ethicist, about what it means for the legal professor.
July 21, 2017
Quartz’ Mike Murphy and Jacob Templin talk about the robotics companies that are hiring Pixar engineers to design their robots.
July 20, 2017
Politico’s Dan Diamond reports that after fending off challenges to their tax-exempt status, the biggest hospitals boosted revenue while cutting charity care.
July 19, 2017
A study found adults see black girls as ‘less innocent,’ Jonita Davis says that’s shocking everyone but black moms
July 18, 2017
Ashley Rodriguez says the real fight in the TV streaming wars is not over you. It’s over your kids.
July 15, 2017
The Atlantic’s Adrienne Lafrance tells us about the technology that makes it difficult to discern between videos of real people and avatars who can be programmed to say anything.
July 13, 2017
Journalist Nathan Kohrman argues that medical schools should do more to accommodate students with disabilities, and we talk to one such student, Molly Fausone.
July 11, 2017
The Atlantic’s David Graham breaks down the latest development in the Trump camp Russian collusion saga.
July 11, 2017
Racked’ Eliza Brooke explores why American women are so obsessed with French lifestyle brands. Illustration by Rebecca Clarke.
July 10, 2017
The Washington Post’s Mary Jordan reports dentists are surprisingly well organized, and they have a political tool unlike any other.
July 6, 2017
Quartz’ Nikhil Sonnad found surprising similarities in the products on Goop’s and Infowars’ online stores.
July 3, 2017
Writing for Vox, Allison Yarrow writes the U.S. is one of the most dangerous places to have a baby.
June 30, 2017
ThinkProgress’ Judd Legum thinks TMZ has playing the access journalism game and winning. Or are they losing?
June 29, 2017
Wired’s Issie Lapowski went to her old middle school to check in on kids going through a News Literacy Project curriculum.
June 26, 2017
Writing for The Atlantic, Helaine Olen explored all the ways people try to raise money to pay for their medical bills.
June 23, 2017
In an investigation for Bloomberg, Cam Simpson found that American chip manufacturers outsourced their toxic chipmaking processes to South Korea.
June 22, 2017
60dB’s Brenda Salinas and Vice’s Ankita Rao have a frank discussion about their first-hand frustrations with movies about eating disorders.
June 21, 2017
The Washington Post’s William Wan explores why Big Tobacco targets rural Americans.
June 20, 2017
T.R. Reid says we could save a huge amount of money if we accepted that we’re all going to die.
June 19, 2017
Vice’s tech editor Noah Kulwin says Spotify is in a pickle.
June 16, 2017
We can all agree the shooting in Virginia was a tragedy. Let it also be an opportunity for substantive conversation.
June 15, 2017
Concealed Carry Magazine’s Kevin Michalowski says the Congressional shooting is an example of why more people should legally carry guns.
The Week’s Anthony Fisher writes a plea for sympathy and restraint after the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday morning.
June 14, 2017
Political Scientist Robert Spitzer analyzes why pro-gun groups typically don’t make public statements about mass shootings.
June 14, 2017
Writing for the Atlantic, Michael Frank explains how farms in upstate New York are dealing with the fear of worker deportation.
June 12, 2017
Quartz’ Special Projects Editor Lauren Brown gives us 3 bite-sized business stories.
June 9, 2017
The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland takes us behind a new immigration court in Louisiana.
June 8, 2017
Writing for Buzzfeed, Doug Bock Clark explains why the U.S. is trying to remake the world’s prisons.
June 7, 2017
The Washington Post’s Tom Hamburger explains this mismatch strikes right at the heart of a lot of concerns about the Trump family’s business interests.
June 6, 2017
Quartz’ fashion correspondent Marc Bain takes a closer look at organic fashion.
June 5, 2017
The Washington Post’s Emma Brown reports that with the state budget in crisis, nearly a fifth of Oklahoma school districts are holding school just four days a week.
June 2, 2017
The Washington Post’s Jonathan O’Connell reports this isn’t the first time Jared Kushner has been in a crisis.
June 1, 2017
Iowa native Aaron Calvin says the housing crisis in Des Moines is worse than Brooklyn.
May 31, 2017
Wired’s Nick Stockton loves drama, and this is a big ethical conundrum.
May 30, 2017
HuffPost’ Roque Planas explains the Trump administration doesn’t really need Congress to act on its immigration initiatives.
May 26, 2017
Writing for The Cut, Hayley Phelan puts a name to a phenomenon you’ve probably experienced.
May 25, 2017
Daniel Cox says atheists are undercounted because of social stigma.
May 24, 2017
City Lab Latino’s Juan Pablo Garnham explains the real story behind the alarming headlines.
May 23, 2017
Russian-American journalist Alyona Minkovski explains the uncomfortable feeling of wanting to express pride in her heritage and culture colliding with the media’s recent demonization of all things Russian.
May 22, 2017
May 18, 2017
The Washington Post’s Philip Bump gives us a timeline of how this might go down.
May 18, 2017
The Washington Post’s Mary Jordan says American’s teeth are a symbol of the divide between rich and poor.
May 17, 2017
Paul Roberts writes for Mother Jones that rich Chinese buyers have created a Canadian housing bubble.
May 16, 2017
In the months following the Indianapolis’ Star investigation, 80 gymnasts have come forward to allege USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar sexually assaulted them.
May 13, 2017
University of Chicago economist Greg Kaplan analyzed American’s lifetime incomes for the National Bureau of Economic Research
May 11, 2017
Freelance writer Dan Solomon wrote a piece for Wired about how Uber and Lyft are lobbying the state legislature to overturn a local city ordinance.
May 10, 2017
The Development Set’s Kristance Harlow writes across the United States, emergency dispatch services are consolidating, and in many cases, run privately. In rural areas, it could mean the difference between life and death.
May 9, 2017
The Washington Post’s Monica Hesse talks about why the Handmaid’s Tale is resonating with so many young women.
May 5, 2017
Writing for The Financial Time, Ian Leslie argues the Golden Age of Tv is about to end.
May 4, 2017
Slate’s Mark Stern says the Tar Heel State is giving us a glimpse of America under four years of Trump.
May 2, 2017
The Guardian’s Ben Tarnoff says being busy is like a luxury good.
April 28, 2017
Buzzfeed’s Nitasha Tiku definitely thinks the Facebook CEO isn’t running for president — so why is he acting like a politician?
April 27, 2017
When I was 18, I took an oath to become an American citizen. This is my story, and this is why the issue of immigration is so important to me.
Trump might not fully appreciate how his antagonistic tone towards Mexico is harming one of the single most important relationships that the U.S. has. But Mexico doesn’t seem like it’s going to take that without a fight — maybe even installing its own Trump equivalent.
April 26, 2017
The Washington Post’s Amber Phillips explains Trump might not be able to get his border wall funded by Congress, but his isolationist immigration agenda is more likely to get funded.
April 25, 2017
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says border apprehensions are down by 30% year to year. So why is the Trump administration building a new detention center in Texas? 60db’s Brenda Salinas reports.
April 24, 2017
Axios’ Steve Levine says retail workers could organize and become a political force, like coal miners.
April 21, 2017
Michael Luca found that bad yelp reviews make it more likely that a restaurant will go out of business after a minimum wage hike, no matter if it’s $ or $$$$.
April 18, 2017
Politico’s Michael Grunwald explains the Congressional Review Act and why it matters.
April 15, 2017
The Washington Post’s Ana Swanson breaks down the fiscal policies Trump appears to be changing his mind on.
April 14, 2017
The Washington Post’s Sarah Pulliam Bailey explains how Pope Francis is advocating for the rights of migrants.
April 13, 2017
Civil Rights attorney Dan Canon couldn’t even find the man he was supposed to represent in immigration court.
April 12, 2017
Quartz’ Special Project editor Lauren Brown gives us an introduction to Index, a site for short little stories about finance and economics you can swipe through on your phone.
April 11, 2017
The Washington Post’s John Wagner says the case boils down to who owns the White House Visitor logs — the Trump administration or the Secret Service?
April 7, 2017
Wired’s Megan Moltani breaks wellness apps into three different categories, and one of them is grey.
April 6, 2017
When the leaders of the two largest economies in the world meet, you’d expect them to talk about the biggest threat to their labor forces — automation
April 5, 2017
From CityLab, Laura Bliss found some shocking findings by cross-referencing two health data sets.
April 4, 2017
The Atlantic’s Megan Garber says brands are making claims not just about what people should buy, but about what people should be.
April 2, 2017
Quartz’s Mike Murphy says imitation is the most profitable form of flattery.
March 31, 2017
Wired’s Emily Dreyfus wrote a controversial piece about why Silicon Valley Titans are obsessed with transhumanism.
March 30, 2017
The Atlantic’s David Graham thinks the failure of the AHCA might be Trump’s best day in office.
March 29, 2017
Axios’ Political Reporter Jonathan Swan says to do both, Trump will have to win over Democrats.
March 28, 2017
Gizmodo’s Ryan Mandelbaum reports on science sting to take down fraudulent academic journals.
March 27, 2017
Wired’s Garrett M. Graff chronicles the FBI’s hunt for America’s most wanted hacker.
March 24, 2017
In The Atlantic’s April cover story, Liza Mundy wonders why a new industry isn’t more innovative when it comes to gender diversity.
March 23, 2017
Quartz’s Sarah Kessler says IBM was a pioneer of letting employees work remotely, but now they changed their mind.
March 22, 2017
Axios’ Jonathan Swan says the bill’s authors are struggling to please both Republican moderates and the far-right.
March 21, 2017
The Atlantic’s Clare Foran gives a recap of Day 1 of the confirmation hearing and a look ahead to day 2.
March 20, 2017
Neil Harbisson has a surgically-implanted antenna that helps him hear color.
March 17, 2017
When it comes to cyber attacks, we don’t really have any red lines.
March 15, 2017
60dB reporters Daisy Rosario and Brenda Salinas give you a rundown of all the new technology they saw at SXSW.
March 13, 2017
Quartz’ Leah Fessler shows you how to look for visual clues that employees might not be happy.
March 10, 2017
The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins dug into Trump’s history.
March 8, 2017
Quartz’ Ana Campoy says Trump, yes Trump, might be the president that finally achieves comprehensive immigration reform.
March 7, 2017
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin says conservative politicians are doing some risky calculus.
March 6, 2017
Photographer Sima Diab spent time on a refugee rescue ship off the coast of Libya
March 3, 2017
Politico’s Josh Meyer points out the parallels and the differences.
March 2, 2017
Fusion’s Rafael Fernandez de Castro and Tim Rodgers discuss how Mexico could hit back at the Trump administration
March 1, 2017
Politico’s Ben Schreckinger thought he was in shape, until he tried RBG’s workout.
February 28, 2017
The Washington Post’s Mike DeBonis gives us a preview of what Trump might say tonight.
February 27, 2017
Quartz’ Leah Fessler spent last week saying some pretty nasty things to robots — for science.
February 23, 2017
The Atlantic’s Supreme Court correspondent Garrett Epps weighs in on Hernandez v Mesa
February 23, 2017
Quartz’ Steve Levine says for the American press, Trump is just a drill.
February 22, 2017
Vox’s Dara Lind gives us the lowdown on Secretary Kelly’s memos to the Department of Homeland Security
February 21, 2017
The Atlantic’s David Frum outlines what an effective protest movement would look like.
February 20, 2017
Research shows immigrants actually decrease an area’s crime rate.
February 17, 2017
Wired writer Emily Dreyfuss explains the Illusory Truth Effect
February 16, 2017
Washington Post White House reporter Ashley Parker asks if VP Mike Pence is outside of President Trump’s inner circle.
February 15, 2017
Fusion’s Jorge Rivas talks about the nationwide ICE operation that detained over 680 immigrants over 5 days.
February 13, 2017
The Atlantic’s David Graham wonders if Trump might vote one of his advisors off the island.
February 9, 2017
The Washington Post’s Andrew Blake thinks we could be heading towards a constitutional crisis.
February 9, 2017
Quartz’ David Yanofsky breaks down his interactive graph documenting the breath of Mexican imports.
February 8, 2017
Quartz’s Gwynn Guilford unpacks what Trump’s chief policy advisor wants to accomplish.
February 7, 2017
The Washington Post’s Renae Merle discusses Trump’s evolving relationship with Wall St.
February 4, 2017
Football player Zac Easter suffered from CTE — but he never played past high school. Reid Forgrave, as well as Zac himself, tells the story of Zac’s football-induced descent into darkness.
February 2, 2017
What are the mass-surveillance implications of drug-testing sewage?
February 1, 2017
The Washington Post’s Darla Cameron talks about President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
January 31, 2017
Victoria Advocate Editor Chris Cobler talks about the fire that ravaged a Muslim community in Texas
January 31, 2017
Wired’s Klint Finley talks about why all the apps to contact your representatives might have unintended consequences.
January 30, 2017
Brendan Koerner talks to Brenda Salinas about a controversial program in Minneapolis that tries to rehabilitate wannabe terrorists.
January 28, 2017
Buzzfeed writer Doree Shafrir talks about NBC’s runaway hit, This is US
January 28, 2017
Foreign Policy’s Molly O’Toole explains what Trump’s actions on refugees and Arab immigrants really mean.
January 27, 2017
What if you could shrink the government and keep all the good stuff?
January 26, 2017
President Donald Trump is making good on his campaign promises.
January 25, 2017
Secretary of Health and Human Services had a second confirmation hearing yesterday.
January 24, 2017
Trump’s executive pen got a workout.
January 23, 2017
Philanthropists, governments and vaccine makers are investing 500 million dollars to save the world.
January 22, 2017
For the Trump administration, counting crowds is a political act.
January 20, 2017
Democrats are unprepared for the age of President Donald Trump.
January 19, 2017
President Obama’s last minute pardons don’t alter his legacy of attacking whistleblowers.
January 19, 2017
Trump’s transition stumbles into office with key vacancies and a fundamental disagreement on Russia.
January 18, 2017
President-Elect Trump just threatened to dismantle the American-European Alliance as we know it.
January 17, 2017
There are lots of people staring gofundme campaigns to cover medical bills
January 13, 2017
We haven’t had a billionaire president, but we have had a billionaire mayor — Michael Bloomberg
January 12, 2017
It’s not just blue collar workers who should be concerned.
January 10, 2017
Today is going to be a crazy day in politics.
January 9, 2017
How do women deal with unwanted pregnancies when legal abortion isn’t accessible?
December 23, 2016
A new study says the U.S. looses billions of dollars by not legalizing unauthorized workers.
December 22, 2016
2,500 business have popped up in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
December 21, 2016
Will women have to compete with submissive robots?
December 19, 2016
For something she did during her time as France’s Chief Finance Minister.
December 19, 2016
Conservative Christian Mark Baurlein makes the case for Donald Trump.
December 16, 2016
Two scientists are making big waves in the physics community with their new theoretical research.
December 15, 2016
Is the Fed acting out of political partisanship like Donald Trump says?
December 14, 2016
When Sameer Siddiqi was in junior high, 2 FBI agents knocked on his family’s door.
December 13, 2016
Why is President-Elect Donald Trump forming such a brass-heavy cabinet?
December 12, 2016
Trump’s Carrier deal has nothing on Enrique Peña Nieto’s Walmart score.
December 9, 2016
After a tragedy, Oakland must reckon with its affordability crisis
December 8, 2016
Kimberly Lyle thinks African-Americans should stop lionizing Castro as champion of black liberation
Analysts say the “Tough Love” industry is worth 1.2 billion dollars.
December 6, 2016
The economy is changing, but there are still good middle class jobs out there.
December 5, 2016
The hash tage #AirbnbWhileBlack highlights just how easily discrimination can reshape the sharing economy. But online marketplaces didn’t always work this way. And if they are well designed they don’t have to. The first generation of online marketplaces, including eBay, Amazon, and Priceline, made it hard for sellers to discriminate. Transactions were conducted with relative anonymity.
December 1, 2016
Fake news isn’t a recent problem in the US — it almost destroyed Abraham Lincoln
Donald Trump has called for a national awakening in the U.S. — but really he is sparking one in Mexico.
November 29, 2016
Can a fringe group like the Alt-Right really affect our politics?
November 23, 2016
Trump’s plan focuses on trade, deregulation, tax cuts and spending.
November 22, 2016
What can you do if a kid you know is experiencing racial bullying?
November 21, 2016
What does the way Vice President-Elect Mike Pence reacted to an HIV outbreak as governor in Indiana tell us about his relationship with science?
November 17, 2016
There are signs of chaos in Trump’s transition team.
November 17, 2016
Caitlin Leach was surprised at her classmates’ reaction to Trump’s election.
November 16, 2016
President Elect Donald Trump has promised to punish so-called “sanctuary cities”.
November 14, 2016
Young undocumented immigrants who obtained protected status through President Obama’s executive action face an uncertain future under a Trump administration.
November 11, 2016
Yes, it is possible for Trump and Clinton supporters to have productive (and calm) conversations.
November 9, 2016
Trump’s victory astounded pollsters and was likely driven by high turnout amongst unlikely voters.
November 8, 2016
If you want to help voters stuck in long lines, send them a pizza!
The Latino vote is shaping up to be decisive in 2016. What happens next?
November 8, 2016
It turns out pockets are a political construct.
November 7, 2016
Some experts say it’s the legal way to steal an election.
November 4, 2016
New documents show that AT&T is spying on Americans for profit.
November 3, 2016
Walmart raised it’s base wage and sales actually went up, does that mean we should raise the federal minimum wage?
Why is Facebook promoting bogus news stories?
November 1, 2016
So what would happen if non-Koreans attempted to break into the scene and channel that same pop aesthetic? Well, we’re about to find out.
November 1, 2016
It’s 11 times bigger than the White House, and it’s a lot more interesting.
One school in St. Louis found an unlikely cause of absenteeism and it did something about it.
October 31, 2016
Want to get more women with kids to work full time?
October 28, 2016
Trump’s vague and reckless calls for supporters to “monitor” elections is voter intimidation, and it may be illegal under the Voting Rights Act.
October 28, 2016
If you want to save the birds, you may have to kill the cats.
October 26, 2016
Executive powers have expanded over the last few terms
October 25, 2016
Analysis suggests people will never live much beyond 115 but some scientists say that it’s too soon to assume a fixed shelf-life.
October 21, 2016
The battle to retake a city from ISIS is being live-streamed
October 18, 2016
A new federal program signed up hordes of eager students — just as the industry went bust.
October 18, 2016
It’s more than a victory lap, the Clinton campaign is spending money in traditionally red states.
October 17, 2016
Data-driven software promises to eliminate long waits
Think you can tell when your kid is lying? Think again
October 14, 2016
Many men, in fact, see Trump as the candidate who can restore men’s status in society. According to several recent analyses, about half of men feel American culture has become too soft and feminine, and they feel men are suffering as a result.
October 14, 2016
Several recent studies show that when men feel persecuted, they turn to Donald Trump for affirmation.
Several recent studies show that when men feel persecuted, they turn to Donald Trump for affirmation.
The story might sound familiar.
October 13, 2016
Sexual assault on planes maybe more common than you think.
October 11, 2016
Making your tweet go viral is no accident.
October 10, 2016
Brenda Salinas interviews Jared Lindzon about new research on the ways people quit their jobs and what employers can learn from losing an employee.
October 10, 2016
The way someone chooses to leave their job can serve as a “diagnostic tool” for the company.
October 7, 2016
Try real-life dating is hard? Try seducing a fictional character
October 6, 2016
Shirley Jackson became a literary icon in 1948 while raising 4 kids
October 5, 2016
The great veep debate of 2016.
October 4, 2016
What is the moral cost of subscription meal boxes?
October 3, 2016
Meet the guy biohacking puppies to make them glow in the dark.
September 30, 2016
Who run the world? Kids who scored high on the SAT at age 12
September 29, 2016
Have you ever thought about what will happen to your social media posts when you die?
September 28, 2016
Do you know where your old electronics are?
September 27, 2016
One a girl goes to juvenile court, it can be hard to escape the system.
September 23, 2016
Despite recent events in Tulsa if Police want to cut down on the shootings of unarmed citizens they should hire more women.
September 23, 2016
Chris Christie was on the baseball team in high school. David Wildstein was the team statistician. He’s been a sidekick ever since — but soon he might take the Governor down.
September 22, 2016
Research shows adding more women to the force helps reduce police brutality.
September 21, 2016
Expensive American cities need to embrace group living. A messy fight in Colorado shows how hard that can be.
September 20, 2016
The best thing our society could do to stop police brutality might be treat PTSD among cops.
September 20, 2016
To win the election, Hillary Clinton needs to get millennials of color to turn out the vote.
September 19, 2016
The first think piece about Millennials that won’t make you want to puke
September 15, 2016
Kentucky’s 2016 teacher of the year says all kids need time for exploration and play.
September 14, 2016
Jerry Hayes was beloved by beekeepers all over American. Then he did the unthinkable, he took a job at Monsanto.
September 13, 2016
Richmond was once the epicenter of black finance. What happened there explains the decline of black-owned banks across the country.
September 9, 2016
Airlines are surprisingly ill-equipped to handle accusations of sexual assault on their planes.
September 8, 2016
WhatsApp has become a virtual lifeline for the only “doctors” remaining in small town in Syria.
September 7, 2016
Digital learning systems now charge students for access codes needed to complete coursework, take quizzes, and turn in homework.
Brenda Salinas at 60dB
All the stories Brenda Salinas made for 60dB.
September 16, 2017
Reporter Brenda Salinas wanted to understand how detaining immigrants can be such a profitable business for private prison companies.
September 15, 2017
A Stanford computer science major developed a free tool to help Americans take Equifax to small claims court.
August 29, 2017
60dB reporter Brenda Salinas is in her hometown of Houston during Tropical Storm Harvey.
August 29, 2017
60dB’s Brenda Salinas talks to Jeff Masters, he’s the co-founder of Weather Underground, a web site that meteorologists go to get inside information about severe weather.
August 29, 2017
Geopolitics reporter Max de Haldevang says this is a serious blow to American soft power.
August 25, 2017
After Tropical Storm Allison devastated the Houston Medical Center in 2001, the area’s 21 hospitals banded together to make sure it never happens again.
August 24, 2017
Axios’ Alexi McCammond says Chief of Staff John Kelly can only do so much to keep President Donald Trump in line.
August 22, 2017
Axios’ Deputy News Desk Editor Dave Lawler gives us the debrief on Trump’s prime-time Presidential address.
August 18, 2017
Axios’ Alayna Treene explains what Trump could be thinking.
August 17, 2017
Reverend Ann Willet of First United Methodist Church in Dallas Texas had a sermon go viral.
August 16, 2017
Laura Smith writes women have been an integral part of white supremacist movements throughout history.
August 11, 2017
Axios’ Dan Primack has the scoop: Benchmark Capital is suing Uber Founder Travis Kalanick for fraud.
August 10, 2017
Axios’ Mike Allen says the culture wars have finally come to Silicon Valley.
July 31, 2017
Quartz’ special projects editor Lauren Brown brings us three bite-sized business stories from Quartz Index.
July 27, 2017
How can blue cities fight back against red states? Molly Cohen, associate counsel with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice. has four lines of defense.
Reporter Robbie Gramer unpacks rumors of a so-called “Rexit” at the State Department.
July 25, 2017
Brenda Salinas met Joshua Browder, a Stanford computer science major who is automating legal aid and talked to Renee Knake, a legal ethicist, about what it means for the legal professor.
July 21, 2017
Quartz’ Mike Murphy and Jacob Templin talk about the robotics companies that are hiring Pixar engineers to design their robots.
July 20, 2017
Politico’s Dan Diamond reports that after fending off challenges to their tax-exempt status, the biggest hospitals boosted revenue while cutting charity care.
July 19, 2017
A study found adults see black girls as ‘less innocent,’ Jonita Davis says that’s shocking everyone but black moms
July 18, 2017
Ashley Rodriguez says the real fight in the TV streaming wars is not over you. It’s over your kids.
July 15, 2017
The Atlantic’s Adrienne Lafrance tells us about the technology that makes it difficult to discern between videos of real people and avatars who can be programmed to say anything.
July 13, 2017
Journalist Nathan Kohrman argues that medical schools should do more to accommodate students with disabilities, and we talk to one such student, Molly Fausone.
July 11, 2017
The Atlantic’s David Graham breaks down the latest development in the Trump camp Russian collusion saga.
July 11, 2017
Racked’ Eliza Brooke explores why American women are so obsessed with French lifestyle brands. Illustration by Rebecca Clarke.
July 10, 2017
The Washington Post’s Mary Jordan reports dentists are surprisingly well organized, and they have a political tool unlike any other.
July 6, 2017
Quartz’ Nikhil Sonnad found surprising similarities in the products on Goop’s and Infowars’ online stores.
July 3, 2017
Writing for Vox, Allison Yarrow writes the U.S. is one of the most dangerous places to have a baby.
June 30, 2017
ThinkProgress’ Judd Legum thinks TMZ has playing the access journalism game and winning. Or are they losing?
June 29, 2017
Wired’s Issie Lapowski went to her old middle school to check in on kids going through a News Literacy Project curriculum.
June 26, 2017
Writing for The Atlantic, Helaine Olen explored all the ways people try to raise money to pay for their medical bills.
June 23, 2017
In an investigation for Bloomberg, Cam Simpson found that American chip manufacturers outsourced their toxic chipmaking processes to South Korea.
June 22, 2017
60dB’s Brenda Salinas and Vice’s Ankita Rao have a frank discussion about their first-hand frustrations with movies about eating disorders.
June 21, 2017
The Washington Post’s William Wan explores why Big Tobacco targets rural Americans.
June 20, 2017
T.R. Reid says we could save a huge amount of money if we accepted that we’re all going to die.
June 19, 2017
Vice’s tech editor Noah Kulwin says Spotify is in a pickle.
June 16, 2017
We can all agree the shooting in Virginia was a tragedy. Let it also be an opportunity for substantive conversation.
June 15, 2017
Concealed Carry Magazine’s Kevin Michalowski says the Congressional shooting is an example of why more people should legally carry guns.
The Week’s Anthony Fisher writes a plea for sympathy and restraint after the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday morning.
June 14, 2017
Political Scientist Robert Spitzer analyzes why pro-gun groups typically don’t make public statements about mass shootings.
June 14, 2017
Writing for the Atlantic, Michael Frank explains how farms in upstate New York are dealing with the fear of worker deportation.
June 12, 2017
Quartz’ Special Projects Editor Lauren Brown gives us 3 bite-sized business stories.
June 9, 2017
The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland takes us behind a new immigration court in Louisiana.
June 8, 2017
Writing for Buzzfeed, Doug Bock Clark explains why the U.S. is trying to remake the world’s prisons.
June 7, 2017
The Washington Post’s Tom Hamburger explains this mismatch strikes right at the heart of a lot of concerns about the Trump family’s business interests.
June 6, 2017
Quartz’ fashion correspondent Marc Bain takes a closer look at organic fashion.
June 5, 2017
The Washington Post’s Emma Brown reports that with the state budget in crisis, nearly a fifth of Oklahoma school districts are holding school just four days a week.
June 2, 2017
The University of Chicago sent a welcome letter to all new students warning that the University won’t censor controversial speech or offer trigger warnings in class.
September 2, 2016
Black students at an elite South African school are protesting for their right to wear natural hair
September 1, 2016
Does showing pictures of terrorist create empathy for terrorists?
August 31, 2016
When young, upwardly mobile Latinos move back to their old neighborhoods, some residents are wary of the changes they bring.
August 29, 2016
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to identify speech patterns associated with the early stages of schizophrenia.
August 29, 2016
This catchy vocal fluctuation is showing up all over pop music.
August 25, 2016
Epi Pen’s profits are up 600%
August 25, 2016
Private prisons are unlikely to disappear, despite the Obama administration’s decision to stop using them within the federal prison system.
August 24, 2016
Ryan Lochte and Donald Trump gave seemingly insincere apologies to the press, is it a sign of the times?
No way is Trump going to lose Texas, so why is hold a rally in proud-to-be-blue Austin?
August 23, 2016
Chicago uses predictive algorithms to get ahead of likely crime — but instead of using these tools to deliver help victims they may have become a cyber drag net.
August 22, 2016
Is a feminist icon responsible for the misogynist statements her employees make?
August 17, 2016
Bloomberg reporter Esmé E. Deprez took a 3000 mile bus trip across the United States to speak with voters
August 17, 2016
A new Pew Research Center study shows that segregation is alive and well on social media
We are living in a segregated social media world.
August 16, 2016
Woodpeckers constantly bang their heads against trees, and you don’t see them wearing little bird helmets.
August 15, 2016
A Christian football coach is suing his school district for not letting him lead a prayer on the field, and that’s where the Satanists come in.
August 12, 2016
How the Philippines’ new leader is letting people get away with murder
It’s not the Olympics, but there are still blood, sweat and tears at the Microsoft Office World Championships
August 11, 2016
The Media’s Olympic coverage reminds us how taxing it is to be a female athlete
August 10, 2016
Are license plate readers that were installed to fight terrorism being used to fine and ticket low income communities?
Chinese women are paying $60,000 for a professional to befriend the ‘other woman’ and break up their husband’s affair.
August 8, 2016
An Indy Star investigation revealed that USA Gymnastics repeatedly failed to investigate charges of sex abuse
August 4, 2016
Ticket bot software helps tech-savvy scalpers make millions off Broadway hit ‘Hamilton’
August 3, 2016
This year a team of refugees will compete at the Olympic games
August 3, 2016
Molly O’Toole takes us on a trip to Tripoli and explains what’s up with the recent US bombing.
August 2, 2016
Heated rhetoric on immigration has Latino voters riled up and ready for November.
August 2, 2016
Immigration rhetoric has Latino voters riled up.
July 28, 2016
Donald Trump is seeking to hire more foreign guest workers for his companies
July 27, 2016
After the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Police have been increasing their presence in gay spaces, but not everyone feels safer.
July 25, 2016
Tim Kaine speaks Spanish. Latinos need more than that to be impressed.
July 23, 2016
Russia is facing a likely ban from the Olympics in Rio. Emily Tamkin outlines what is know about the Russian doping program.
July 22, 2016
What’s said inside an Uber at the RNC.
July 20, 2016
Square is guilting us into tipping basically everyone.
July 20, 2016
There is a billion dollar battle over a new gene splicing technique called Crispr
July 20, 2016
A federal appeals court rules the Texas Voter ID law is discriminatory
July 20, 2016
Its official, Trump is the nominee. Christie Attacks. Tiffany Charms
July 19, 2016
Is it cool to use Black Lives Matter as your Starbucks name?
July 19, 2016
Protesters have been told not to bring soap boxes or pillow to the RNC…but guns, guns are ok.
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