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The Norwegian Billionaire Who Broke the Iditarod
Society / StudentNation / March 31, 2026 The Norwegian Billionaire Who Broke the Iditarod Alaska’s last great race has struggled to keep up its finances and increase participation. Now, a $300,000 gift from an “expedition musher” promises to transform the event. Ad Policy Kjell Inge Røkke mushes his dog team across the Bering Sea.
Is Amtrak the End of the Line for US Public Transit?
Feature / August 28, 2025 End of the Line? Is Amtrak the End of the Line for US Public Transit? The railroad once represented the American dream of expansion—and exploitation. But is train travel becoming a thing of the past? Full steam ahead: The Southwest Chief passes through mountains near Trinidad, Colorado.(Julian Epp) This article appears in the September 2025 issue, with the headline “End of the Line.” No one is cheering for Amtrak’s 43 Pennsylvanian.
A Fantasy of Post-Generational Politics
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Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family
If you want to suffer through Hollywood at its sappiest, you could waste an afternoon watching Mary Pickford’s 1917 tearjerker The Poor Little Rich Girl and its 1936 remake of the same name starring Shirley Temple (the original source material being a 1913 Broadway play by Eleanor Gates). Both films, as one could guess from the titles, explore the difficulties of being the child of plutocratic wealth.
Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working.
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My Student Loans Will Be Forgiven, but Millions of Americans Aren’t So Lucky
After almost two years and four extensions of the federal payment pause, President Joe Biden finally announced his plan for student debt relief. As expected, it came with constraints, but there was certainly a lot to celebrate. Biden didn’t shrink from his campaign promise to forgive only $10,000 per borrower, and he limited the cancellation to those making under $125,000. But there were still some surprises.
The Increasingly Sad Tweets of Jeff Bezos
In the summer of 2008, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos dug into his personal venture capital fund to find some money to invest in a fledgling social media company. The firm’s platform had been online for two years by then, but had staked its future on an ambitious goal to transform itself into “a global communication utility.” To that end, a new round of private funding was needed to take that next big step and Bezos was the kind of player who could help them level up.
The Riddle of Zoomer Politics
Pollster John Della Volpe claims he’s cracked the puzzle on this generation’s ideology. But is there really straightforward answer to what makes Gen Z tick? fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark March 2, 2022 A teenager at a Donald Trump rally in Cleveland, Ohio, 2016.
Climate Change Is Killing My Old Summer Job
Detasseling is a right of passage for a certain segment of Midwesterners; a baptism by corn. You grab the top of the corn plant, where pollen is produced—the tassel—and pluck it from the rest of the stalk, usually as part of a vast team of workers sweeping through multiple corn fields after a machine has done a first pass. After the first day, the middle-class kids would usually stop showing up. By the end of the season, only a handful of people would remain.
Greenwashing Fashion
These days, sustainability is on trend. But the trend cycle of fast fashion isn’t sustainable. fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark April 22, 2021 A man sits in a storage unit surrounded by bales of secondhand clothing, purchased from importers. (The OR Foundation) This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
‘60 Minutes,’ ‘The Guardian,’ and Game-Changing New Climate Science
The climate crisis is a scientific reality, not a partisan issue—and one of America’s most widely watched programs just gave it the weight it deserves. By Mark HertsgaardTwitter October 7, 2020 fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark October 7, 2020 Michael Mann. (60 Minutes) This article is adapted from “The Climate Beat,” the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative strengthening coverage of the climate story.
An Introduction to F L A C O
If you are headed to Culture Shock this weekend, you definitely need to check out F L A C O, an experimental hip-hop artist from Indianapolis. The rapper was recently at SXSW where he did an a cappella freestyle for Pigeons & Planes. He moved and danced with the signature energy that he has during his live performances.
Bad Romance - Dissent Magazine
Bad Romance The afterlife of The Romance of American Communism shows that no political movement ever really ends. We bear the weight of dead generations—and sometimes living ones, too. ▪ Spring 2020 A few years ago, when I was spending most of my time organizing a graduate student union, people kept recommending a book: The Romance of American Communism.
#SocialismSucks: Trump's TikTok Teens
#SocialismSucks: Trump’s TikTok Teens Right-wing TikToks are part of a counter-movement of younger conservatives fighting the rise of leftism and their own feeling of erasure. Julian Epp ▪ Spring 2020 Image by Lyra Walsh Fuchs In front of a crude green-screen filter displaying iPhone screenshots of Bernie Sanders’s immigration platform, a supporter uses a yellow highlighter tool to mark the most important details.
Spring 2020 | Dissent Magazine
The Kurds [W]hen we refer to all Kurdish fighters synonymously, we simply blur the fact that they have very different politics. . . right now, yes, the people are facing the Islamic State threat, so it’s very important to have a unified focus. But the truth is, ideologically and politically these are very, very different systems. Actually almost opposite to each other. —Dilar Dirik, “Rojava vs.
The death of Club Penguin isn't the first time money killed an online community and it won't be the last
Originally launched in 2005, Club Penguin shut down on March 29, 2017, after failing to hold onto its user-base. The last in-game event began exactly two years ago on February 1, 2017, and celebrated the site's history and community. This is how Club Penguin's legacy contributed to the history of the internet. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
The death of Club Penguin isn't the first time money killed an online community and it won't be the last
Originally launched in 2005, Club Penguin shut down on March 29, 2017, after failing to hold onto its user-base. The last in-game event began exactly two years ago on February 1, 2017, and celebrated the site's history and community. This is how Club Penguin's legacy contributed to the history of the internet. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
Trump'sTikTok Teens
In front of a crude green-screen filter displaying iPhone screenshots of Bernie Sanders's immigration platform, a supporter uses a yellow highlighter tool to [End Page 16] mark the most important details. Pixels flicker around their head as they explain that Bernie will put a moratorium on all deportations and stop construction of the wall on the first day of his presidency. "This plan is about restoring humanity to a system that's lacked it for too long," they elaborate.
How YouTube's obsession with Marvel easter eggs has turned MCU movies into full-blown global events, Business Insider
source Disney In 2019, Disney made up almost 40% of the US box office, with “Avengers: Endgame” becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, according to the Associated Press. Some channels on YouTube have uploaded hundreds of videos since the last Marvel Cinematic Universe movie was released, theorizing about what comes next. The channels make up the “Marvel Theory-Industrial Complex,” an ecosystem of video content creators fueled by second-hand information and Easter Eggs.
How YouTube's obsession with Marvel easter eggs has turned MCU movies into full-blown global events
Disney In 2019, Disney made up almost 40% of the US box office, with “Avengers: Endgame” becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, according to the Associated Press. Some channels on YouTube have uploaded hundreds of videos since the last Marvel Cinematic Universe movie was released, theorizing about what comes next. The channels make up the “Marvel Theory-Industrial Complex,” an ecosystem of video content creators fuelled by second-hand information and Easter Eggs.
How YouTube's obsession with Marvel easter eggs has turned MCU movies global events, Business Insider
source Disney In 2019, Disney made up almost 40% of the US box office, with Avengers: Endgame becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, according to the Associated Press. Some channels on YouTube have uploaded hundreds of videos since the last Marvel Cinematic Universe movie was released, theorizing about what comes next. The channels make up the “Marvel Theory-Industrial Complex,” an ecosystem of video content creators fueled by second-hand information and Easter Eggs.
How YouTube's obsession with Marvel easter eggs has turned MCU movies into full-blown global events
In 2019, Disney made up almost 40% of the US box office, with "Avengers: Endgame" becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, according to the Associated Press. Some channels on YouTube have uploaded hundreds of videos since the last Marvel Cinematic Universe movie was released, theorizing about what comes next. The channels make up the "Marvel Theory-Industrial Complex," an ecosystem of video content creators fueled by second-hand information and Easter Eggs.
How YouTube's obsession with Marvel easter eggs has turned MCU movies global events
In 2019, Disney made up almost 40% of the US box office, with "Avengers: Endgame" becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, according to the Associated Press. Some channels on YouTube have uploaded hundreds of videos since the last Marvel Cinematic Universe movie was released, theorizing about what comes next. The channels make up the "Marvel Theory-Industrial Complex," an ecosystem of video content creators fueled by second-hand information and Easter Eggs.
The best tweet of the decade, by the numbers
People are debating what the best tweet of the decade is. Many are from celebrities or brands. We set out to determine what the top tweet from a normal person is using certain perameters. This is what we found. Read more stories like this on Insider. A war has been raging in the trenches of the internet. This war, born out of the need for constant discourse, often seems like it will never end.
The best tweet of the decade, by the numbers
People are debating what the best tweet of the decade is. Many are from celebrities or brands. We set out to determine what the top tweet from a normal person is using certain perameters. This is what we found. Read more stories like this on Insider. A war has been raging in the trenches of the internet. This war, born out of the need for constant discourse, often seems like it will never end.
The fears of Trump's Carrier deal come true
Then-President-elect Donald Trump toured the the Indiana Carrier factory on December 1, 2016. Lora Olive Late last year, Carrier, an air conditioner manufacturer, announced its plan to move around 2,000 jobs from Indiana to Mexico. Then-President-elect Donald Trump, who had campaigned on a bold promise that he would convince them to stay, struck a deal with Carrier.
Indiana's not-so-secret lead problem
Governor Eric Holcomb took a small step toward fixing water quality issues in Indiana last week by signing HEA 1344 and 1519. The first piece of legislation focuses on an ongoing crisis in East Chicago specifically, and the latter requires the creation of a plan to replace lead service lines across Indiana.
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