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Media hysteria around “rising crime” works because it touches on something real: a palpable increase in visible human suffering. What matters is how we alleviate that suffering.
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A lesson in how elite media registers harm.
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Is crime one of many factors when making business decisions? Of course. Is it quickly becoming a catch-all to mask corporate mismanagement and misdeeds…
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If the U.S. “abandons its principles” on a daily basis, maybe they’re not really principles. Who benefits from the nonstop pretense of the reluctant…
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Generational differences explain some of the malaise, but the primary problem is—and remains—ideological. Lots of people in establishment media would…
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When railing against egalitarian reforms in 2022, shouldn’t The Economist come clean to readers about the publication’s role in working with right-wing…
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The Norms aren’t working. In their place we must embrace the dreaded “i” word.
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Technology that allegedly “trains” officers for “split-second” “life or death” decisions is far more about P.R. than preventing violence.
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