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August 23, 2021

The CEO Trying to Build a White, Christian, Secessionist Tech Industry

Andrew Torba, CEO of Gab, represents the new, even more right-wing alternative to Silicon Valley.

by Jacob Silverman

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Twenty Years After 9/11, Are We Any Smarter?

Our foreign policy wise people responded to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by embracing belligerence. What, if anything, have they learned?

by Jordan Michael Smith

Biden Exposed the Ugly Reality of the Afghanistan War

Of course people are mad at him for that.

by Caroline Orr Bueno

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The Battle Over the Future of Gig Work Isn’t Even Close to Finished

Workers won an important decision in a California court, but with companies like Uber and Lyft vowing to fight it, the war over Prop 22 and copycat legislation has only just begun.

by Jacob Silverman

It Took a Week, But Biden Finally Got Afghanistan Right

The president finally retreated from his hyper-defensiveness and reached into his bag of empathy. And it was about time.

by Walter Shapiro

The Phony Feminism of America’s War Cheerleaders

Critics of Biden's withdrawal are using women as props to push for more war.

by Natalie Shure

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