A Criminal Underworld of Child Abuse, Part 2
Yesterday on “The Daily,” we heard about the government’s failure to crack down on the explosive growth of child sexual abuse imagery online. In the second half of this series, we look at the role of ...
20 Feb 202026min
A Criminal Underworld of Child Abuse, Part 1
Note: This episode contains descriptions of child sexual abuse.A monthslong New York Times investigation has uncovered a digital underworld of child sexual abuse imagery that is hiding in plain sight....
19 Feb 202023min
Michael Bloomberg’s Not-So-Secret Weapon
Despite being a late entry into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire media tycoon and former mayor of New York City, has surged in the polls and i...
18 Feb 202032min
The Post-Acquittal Presidency
Since his acquittal in the Senate, President Trump has undertaken a campaign of retribution against those who crossed him during the impeachment inquiry — while extending favors to those who have trie...
14 Feb 202026min
Fear, Fury and the Coronavirus
Note: This episode contains strong language in both English and Mandarin. What started as a story about fear of a new and dangerous virus has become a story of fury over the Chinese government’s handl...
13 Feb 202022min
The Results From New Hampshire
Senator Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary last night, with Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar close behind in second and third. After two candidates once considered front-run...
12 Feb 202027min
The Field: The Aftershocks of Iowa in New Hampshire
Voters in New Hampshire pride themselves on helping winnow the nomination field. While many polls show Senator Bernie Sanders leading in this year’s primary, the caucus debacle in Iowa meant no single...
11 Feb 202032min
The End of Privacy as We Know It?
A secretive start-up promising the next generation of facial recognition software has compiled a database of images far bigger than anything ever constructed by the United States government: over thre...
10 Feb 202029min
