Newsroom at 'New York Times' fractures over story on Hamas attacks (www.npr.org)
The Times Guild, the newsroom union representing nearly 1,500 journalists at the paper, filed a formal grievance yesterday with the paper, saying The Times had violated the terms of its contract. The guild accused top news executives of “targeted interrogation” of journalists of Middle Eastern descent in an investigation of...
The best games of 2023, picked by the NPR staff (www.npr.org)
This is what Russian propaganda looks like in 2024 (www.npr.org)
Pro-Russia social media accounts amplifying stories about divisive political topics such as immigration and campus protests over the war in Gaza....
Publisher of ‘2,000 Mules’ election conspiracy theory film issues apology (www.npr.org)
Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate (www.npr.org)
States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why (www.npr.org)
68 orphans were evacuated from Gaza to the West Bank, enraging Israel's far right (www.npr.org)
The best games of 2023, picked by the NPR staff (www.npr.org)
I’m a huge fan of how they setup this list. Probably my favorite version of this type of content I’ve seen.
The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes (www.npr.org)
Couples say they can't get married because of this government program's outdated rules (www.npr.org)
Gaza's sick and malnourished children die as hospitals collapse from Israel's war (www.npr.org)
A lethal combination of displacement, disease and malnutrition are killing Gaza’s children as they wither away without healthcare.
What does the death of a jailed Jesuit priest say about India's democracy under Modi? (www.npr.org)
MUMBAI, India — Two days before police finally came to arrest him, the Rev. Stan Swamy recorded a video of himself speaking directly into the camera....
Robert Kennedy Jr. taps a wealthy California attorney as his running mate (www.npr.org)
Anti-vaxx, conspiracy theorist spoiler candidate with no chance of winning sucking up to the wealthy and elite, to the surprise of no one.
It's easy to tune out politics. Biden's campaign is using an app to get around that (www.npr.org)
Israel Attacking West Bank Farms (www.npr.org)
The U.N. humanitarian affairs office has recorded 650 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7, harming residents and property. It says settlers have killed at least nine Palestinians in the territory and Israeli security forces have killed more than 400 Palestinians in that time.
Tennessee becomes the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI (www.npr.org)
The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, is an updated version of the state’s old right of publicity law. While the old law protected an artist’s name, photograph or likeness, the new legislation includes AI-specific protections....
A forgotten trove of rare video games could now be worth six figures (www.npr.org)
France imposes state of emergency in New Caledonia as unrest continues (www.npr.org)
Always weird to me how France is so insistent on clinging to its colonial empire, two decades into the 21st century, despite the headaches that causes.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the U.S. (www.npr.org)
“Australian leaders have been lobbying the Biden administration to drop the criminal case for years. President Biden confirmed at a news conference in April that American authorities had been “considering” such a move”