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Archives for October 2019

What Baghdadi’s death means for ISIS
World Politics

Michael Leiter, who led the National Counterterrorism Center during the Osama bin Laden raid, offers his thoughts on the Baghdadi operation.

By Alex Ward
World Politics
Trump says ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is deadTrump says ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead
World Politics

“Last night the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice,” Trump said. “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.”

By Anya van Wagtendonk
Technology
Inside Instagram’s nudity banInside Instagram’s nudity ban
Podcast
Technology

Artists want Instagram’s Community Guidelines to change. Will Facebook finally “free the nipple”?

By Delia Paunescu
Politics
Top State Department official says ousting ambassador to Ukraine was a White House priorityTop State Department official says ousting ambassador to Ukraine was a White House priority
Politics

Philip Reeker testified about Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s removal and the withheld military aid in impeachment inquiry hearings Saturday.

By Anya van Wagtendonk
Politics
Bernie Sanders has an answer to the eternal question, ‘baby how u feelin’Bernie Sanders has an answer to the eternal question, ‘baby how u feelin’
Politics

The senator from Vermont just got a bump from Ariana Grande.

By Anya van Wagtendonk
Politics
Trump’s latest attempt to block impeachment inquiry testimonies faces a key court battleTrump’s latest attempt to block impeachment inquiry testimonies faces a key court battle
Politics

A lawsuit questions whether the White House can block testimonies by claiming “constitutional immunity.”

By Anya van Wagtendonk
Explainers
The week in impeachment inquiry news, explainedThe week in impeachment inquiry news, explained
Explainers

The most devastating witness yet, Republican struggles, Giuliani’s legal jeopardy, and more.

By Andrew Prokop
Culture
How the baby boomers, not millennials, screwed AmericaHow the baby boomers, not millennials, screwed America
Culture

“The boomers inherited a rich, dynamic country and have gradually bankrupted it.”

By Sean Illing
Culture
How horror fiction is coping with climate changeHow horror fiction is coping with climate change
Culture

And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related topics.

By Constance Grady
Future Perfect
AI could be a disaster for humanity. A top computer scientist thinks he has the solution.AI could be a disaster for humanity. A top computer scientist thinks he has the solution.
Future Perfect

Stuart Russell wrote the book on AI and is leading the fight to change how we build it.

By Kelsey Piper
archives
Vox Sentences: An impeachment week in the SCIFVox Sentences: An impeachment week in the SCIF
archives

Impeachment hearings continue amid Republican protests; Iraqis fed up with their government attempt to storm the Green Zone.

By Hannah Brown
Politics
The Trump administration just imposed another roadblock on low-income immigrantsThe Trump administration just imposed another roadblock on low-income immigrants
Politics

Immigrants on public benefits won’t get help paying for their citizenship and green card applications anymore.

By Nicole Narea
archives
The GM strike has officially ended. Here’s what workers won and lost.The GM strike has officially ended. Here’s what workers won and lost.
archives

Workers lost nearly $1 billion. GM lost even more.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
Culture
Harvey Weinstein’s night out looks a lot like the groundwork for a comebackHarvey Weinstein’s night out looks a lot like the groundwork for a comeback
Culture

Weinstein’s been going out in public a lot lately.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Zero Hours is a terrific fiction podcast about the end of the worldZero Hours is a terrific fiction podcast about the end of the world
Culture

In all possible meanings of that phrase.

By Emily St. James