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How Libra differs from Bitcoin

Alfred Lehar - The Conversation

Recent revelations raise concerns about how much trust users can place in Facebook’s new Libra cryptocurrency

Gameplay still from Control by Remedy Entertainment (Remedy Entertainment)

Kafka makes a video game

Matthew Smith

Is "Control," the new game from Remedy Studios, a satirical jab at the gaming industry itself?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to the press on the sidelines of the Arctic Council ministers' working dinner at the Arktikum museum in Rovaniemi, Finland on May 6, 2019. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP) (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Pompeo hints at Biden investigation

Matthew Rozsa

Trump's secretary of state also discussed the ongoing tensions between the United States and Iran

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Partisan divide creates separate lives

Robert B. Talisse - The Conversation

Even in the physical world, it’s hard to cross partisan lines

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A red panda (also known as a lesser panda) relaxes in its enclosure at the Beijing zoo on June 24, 2013. The zoo grounds were originally a Ming Dynasty imperial palace and finally opened to the public in 1908. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

In defense of napping

Nicole Karlis

Those who napped once or twice a week were 48 percent less likely to have a heart attack, a new study finds

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Survivors seek healing in self-defense

Gitit Ginat - Undark

A number of sexual assault survivors report enormous benefits from specialized classes

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Democrats: Trapped in a haunted house

Andrew O'Hehir

Conflicted about ideology and identity and deeply compromised by history, the Democratic Party is built to lose

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); President Donald Trump (Getty/Alex Wong/Nicholas Kamm)

AOC says Democrats must impeach Trump

Matthew Rozsa

Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Saturday that "the Democratic Party’s refusal to impeach" Trump is a "national scandal"

Two birds perch on a snow-covered branch of a tree during a storm in Washington, DC, March 21, 2018. (David Gannon/AFP/Getty Images)

"Bird emergency"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

"We have to act now to protect the places we know birds rely on."

Still of Milena from the documentary Lovemobil, by Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss (Photo courtesy of Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss)

The European sex work nobody talks about

Gary M. Kramer

Salon talks to the maker of a new doc "Lovemobil" that portrays sex workers in Germany with dignity and power

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Trump now claims "Ukraine witch hunt"

Matthew Rozsa

Trump suggests Biden pressured Ukraine to drop an investigation into his son, but that claim has been debunked

Shelly Oria, editor of the #metoo movement anthology "Indelible In The Hippocampus" (T Kira Madden/McSweeney's Publishing)

"#MeToo was our rehearsal space"

Nicole Karlis

Salon chats with Oria about her new anthology that tells the #MeToo story across literary genres

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Collagen in your coffee? Forget it

Brooke Russell - The Conversation

Collagen has gained popularity for restoring aging skin, though the science is iffy

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Enjoy crisp, wire-free audio without breaking the bank.

In this photo taken April 25, 2019, two-time cancer survivor and medical marijuana cardholder Bill Blazina, 73, smokes a marijuana joint on the deck of his neighbor’s home in Waldport, Ore. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

A look into marijuana taxes

Muhammad Salar Khan - The Conversation

Pot taxes will change the ability of some to purchase recreational marijuana.

Boston Emergency Medical Services EMT Paul Mitchell sits in an ambulance at his station in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston. Mitchell, with bystander Carlos Arredondo and volunteer Devin Wang, are credited with helping to save the life of Jeff Bauman, who suffered traumatic injuries in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

EMTs under assault

Bob Hennelly

All the money goes to the top, as front-line emergency medical workers stress over the basics

In this Nov. 7, 2016, file photo, nurses express support for a ballot proposition to limit what California state agencies pay for prescription drugs, during a rally with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Distrust in the government

Joshua J. Dyck, Edward L. Lascher Jr. - The Conversation

In the U.S., two scholars say direct democracy deepens distrust of politics and government.

Russian oligarch Oleg V. Deripaska and American businessman David H. Koch (Pascal Le Segretain/Lars Niki/Getty Images/Salon)

Does only Russia have "oligarchs"?

Alan MacLeod - FAIR

In mainstream media, the only "oligarchs" are in the former Soviet Union. The ultra-rich here are — what, exactly?

President Donald Trump comes out of the Oval Office for his departure from the White House on September 16, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

A clear and present danger

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

The president of the United States is seriously, frighteningly, dangerously unstable

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Big Oil rolls out a new era of spin

Kate Yoder - Grist

Fossil fuel companies are reckoning with a different communications challenge

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How to find reliable sources for school

Common Sense Media staff - Common Sense Media

Kids should always fact-check using key media-literacy steps

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Invasive mosquitoes on the move

Harriet Blair Rowan - KFF Health News

Mosquitoes that can carry Zika, dengue, yellow fever and other dangerous viruses are spreading in California

A tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Back to school, with a baby

Elizabeth Ames

From a distance, if you squinted, maybe I — now 36 — was even a student, with all of that discovery ahead of me

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