A recent flare-up over Twitter’s URL shortener demonstrates one of the little ways we’re letting the Internet get away from us.
Nancy Scola
Nancy Scola is a writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in Science Progress, Politics Magazine, AlterNet, and the Columbia Journalism Review.
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Making Prisoners Count
For legislative districts, inmates are considered part of communities where they’ll likely never live as free citizens.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The First Call Is Free; the Rest Are a Fortune.
Pressure mounts for prisons to improve their outdated and costly phone systems.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
A Mayor for the Occupy Set
Jefferson Smith isn’t planning to shed his activist and political organizer cred if elected to run Portland.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Copyright Fight Hits the Lab
The Research Works Act keeps the battle started by SOPA and PIPA in the headlines.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Facebook Bares Its Soul
The company’s initial public offering files reveal what its aspirations are, even as competitors play catch-up.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Jimmy Wales Needs Your Help
Amid concerns over its shrinking editor base, Wikipedia sets out to prove it can survive and expand on small donations.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Just TELL Me You’re Gonna Invade My Privacy
Federal regulators have reached a settlement with Facebook over privacy violations—but it’s just a slap on the wrist for an industry that regularly sells user data.
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Off-Season
The possible demise of the Women’s Professional Soccer league leaves soccer-playing girls without a dream to aspire to — and women’s soccer in the U.S. without a plan.
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Our Municipal Dollars, Ourselves
Occupy Wall Street’s power lies in changing the political conversation.