Something has changed in the texture of professional life, though it is difficult to name precisely because the change is… Read more
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The Price of Being Seen: How Open Access Publishing Is Sorting American Science
A recent LinkedIn post by Dr. Jillian Goldfarb called attention to an invoice most of us never see. She had… Read more
Your Router, the Supply Chain, and a Growing Concern
There is a small box somewhere in your home that connects everything. Your phone. Your laptop. Your kid’s tablet. Your… Read more
Who Is Mary Peltola and Why You Want to Know
Politics tends to flatten people. Over time, complex lives get reduced to a handful of talking points, a voting record,… Read more
Mapping the Mechanics of Power: A New Civic Tool for Midterms
Democracy is one of the most discussed subjects in American public life and one of the least examined. Citizens are… Read more
The Creative Economy Is Not a Niche. It Is the New Default.
Consider Marcus, a software engineer in Indianapolis who has not written a straightforward line of code in years. His job,… Read more
Stability Versus Growth in Late-Stage Capitalism
There is a man in his mid-fifties who works in logistics outside of Columbus, Ohio. He owns his home outright,… Read more
The New Town Square Has a Login Screen
A generation ago, if you wanted to find the cultural center of gravity, you could do worse than stand in… Read more
The Things That Still Work and the People Who Keep Them Working
There are moments in a long project when it is worth pausing to look around and take stock of who… Read more