Media
China’s efforts to subdue the turkic-speaking Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region will be familiar to Techdirt readers. International awareness is increasing, too, not least thanks to the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics that the US and other countries have announced. That presents an interesting challenge to the Chinese authorities: how to counter the growing evidence of pervasive
Equality
Misogynistic abuse is rife online but women don’t bother to report it because nothing gets done. Why? Tech companies just don’t care. Read more …
Patriarchy
A relatively small but incredibly organized faction is working to turn the country into something resembling a theocracy The two genders: men and ‘earthen vessels’ Forget everything you ever thought you knew about pregnancy: a 26-year-old congressman, who will never be pregnant himself, has helpfully stepped in to explain the process to everyone. A fetus
Capitalism
Thanks to social democratic policies, the bottom 60 percent of Danes are better off than the bottom 60 percent of Americans. Even middle-class Danes benefit from a strong welfare state. The only group that doesn’t? The rich. Comparing incomes across countries poses certain difficulties: incomes are paid in different currencies, products have different prices, tax
Democracy
What happened on 6 January was an attempt to overturn the election results and the rule of law. The threat is far from over. Even as the mob ran screaming and smashing through the capitol on J6 anuary , it was clear this was a coup attempt. It was equally clear that it had been
Media
Robert Reich – From favoring the status quo to indulging in false equivalence, the mainstream media engages in subtle, persistent biases. That’s why I read the Guardian. I’m often asked how I keep up with the news. Obviously, I avoid the unhinged rightwing outlets pushing misinformation, disinformation and poisonous lies. But I’ve also grown wary