Slow Burn: A Hotbed of Homosexuality
While the What Next team observes the holiday, enjoy the first episode of Slow Burn's new season.In the 1970s, San Francisco became a welcoming home for tens of thousands of new gay residents—and a mo...
27 Touko 202446min
Why Hospitals Keep Getting Hacked
Last year saw a record number of healthcare hacks with more than 700 separate incidents. And with a subsidiary of United Healthcare forking over a $22 billion ransom this year, the problem isn’t going...
26 Touko 202420min
Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI
When OpenAI showed a demo for the latest version of ChatGPT —the one that you can chat with, you know, with your voice—one of the voices sounded eerily familiar. And instead of a victory lap, it was a...
24 Touko 202423min
Diddy’s Reckoning
Allegations about Sean “Diddy” Combs had been circulating, but it wasn’t until surveillance footage of the mogul assaulting his then-partner Cassie began circulating on social media, that his response...
23 Touko 202427min
Does Netanyahu Have an Exit Strategy?
Seven months into the war in Gaza, both the international community and many Israelis are demanding to know what Benjamin Netanyahu’s “day after” plan is. Observers are also wondering whether charges ...
22 Touko 202422min
Is Killing a Protester Still a Crime?
Daniel Perry was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott just pardoned Perry and restored his rights, inclu...
21 Touko 202423min
What Are Presidential Debates For?
Though their influence on voters seems to be between negligible and nonexistent, presidential debates are still important. And even if their past performances were sometimes hard to watch, it’s good f...
20 Touko 202423min
The Dark Side of GoFundMe
In theory, crowdfunding sites offer an opportunity for anyone to give to any cause, including, say, strangers facing huge medical bills. In practice, crowdfunding suffers from many of the same inequit...
19 Touko 202428min
