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Millions of acres are burning across the West Coast
Inside the cruel bureaucracy of ICE’s immigrant detention centers
Skateboarding is more accessible and inclusive than ever, thanks to social media platforms
The scramble to reclaim digital footprints can hide the deeper logic of protest and the trade-off between risk and reward
We’ve all seen videos of police violence go viral, and some lead to big changes. But what happens to the people filming those videos after they decide to hit record?
Prisoners at San Quentin are trapped with COVID. We talked to them
How Tulsa, Oklahoma, almost won Elon Musk using the language he knows best: memes
Silicon Valley, Clubhouse, and the cult of VC victimhood
Artists have turned boarded-up businesses into powerful Black Lives Matter art
Through fire and fear, Paradise, California’s teens take control of their lives
Widgets, hideable pages, App Library, and App Clips: a lot of new concepts for one update
Employees at Crisis Text Line tried telling the board about a pattern of racial insensitivity at the company — but when that didn’t work, they went to Twitter
Can Nextdoor really be a social network for communities if black people don’t feel safe on it?
Engineers have been abused, harassed, and spat at, while conspiracy theorists have launched arson attacks against mobile infrastructure
President Trump and his allies are now openly threatening violence against Americans — it’s time to remove them from the internet
As the president rages, Twitter finds its courage
Instacart promises a safer way to shop, but workers tell a different story
Small things now, hopefully bigger things later.
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