#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit

#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit

“#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit” In 2019, Google embarked on a mysterious-sounding venture.  Called Project Nightingale and carried out in secret, the tech giant teamed up with St. Louis-based Ascension, one of the largest private health-care companies in the country. Google was granted complete access to 50 million patients’ names,…

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#How parasites poison NYC suburbs’ property-tax system

#How parasites poison NYC suburbs’ property-tax system

“#How parasites poison NYC suburbs’ property-tax system” The IRS extended the filing deadline for income-tax returns this year, but in New York, another tax season is now in high gear: local tax-grievance time. Between now and mid-June, New York state homeowners will file for reductions in their property assessments, deluging local assessment-review boards in Nassau,…

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#The one class every American high schooler needs to take

#The one class every American high schooler needs to take

“#The one class every American high schooler needs to take” We live in anxious times. But many times in our past were far more anxious, and the reasons for anxiety then were more compelling. Consider, for example, the situation facing the world in the early months of 1941, when Hitler’s triumphant armies controlled continental Europe,…

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#17,000 tweet ‘Hitler was right,’ and Big Tech barely reacts

#17,000 tweet ‘Hitler was right,’ and Big Tech barely reacts

“#17,000 tweet ‘Hitler was right,’ and Big Tech barely reacts” Yesterday afternoon, the phrase #FireMeghanMcCain was trending on Twitter. What terrible, awful thing had she said to warrant trending on Twitter? The co-host of the View had done something few others have: decried an alarming spike in anti-Semitism. It’s not surprising, if you’re familiar with…

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#Why Gen Z could be better off after the COVID-19 pandemic

#Why Gen Z could be better off after the COVID-19 pandemic

“#Why Gen Z could be better off after the COVID-19 pandemic” Generation Z has grown up in an age of comfort and prosperity. As children, we were awarded participation trophies for losing the soccer game. Today, we demand trigger warnings and safe spaces on our campuses, emotionally bubble wrapping ourselves lest we be triggered.  Positioned…

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