No More Years! No More Years!

It is the journalist's job to be an instant historian, to make sense of cultural shifts and political surges in real time. So two editors from New York Magazine compiled what they consider to be some of the most astute, insightful, and prescient political journalism from the past year.

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NEW YORK MAGAZINE + DIGG The Election Is Month Away, Here's What You Should Read digg.com It is the journalist's job to be an instant historian, to make sense of cultural shifts and political surges in real time. So two editors from New York Magazine compiled what they consider to be some of the most astute, insightful, and prescient political journalism from the past year. THE STATE OF THE UNION THE BIG PICTURE Eight Years In America: Hope And What Came After nymag.com An epic chronology of the political, cultural, and technological trends of the Obama era, including interviews with the President, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and other protagonists. ALARMS America Is A Breeding Ground For Tyranny nymag.com The clearest warning about how a Trump presidency could change America. Democracy, according to Sullivan, is like an ouroboros: Left to its own devices, it has a tendency to consume itself. TRAUMA The Grief That White Americans Can't Share nytimes.com A powerful, emotional, visceral response to the Alton Sterling shooting—a pain that even Hannah-Jones's well-meaning white friends could never understand. HOSTING WE DIGG | SPONSORED Looking For A Better Website Builder? hostgator.com We found it. Hostgator has faster load times, response times and a better UI than its competitors. Use the promo code DIGG and get 77% off your plan + 24/7 customer service, seamless scalability options and 4,500 templates. PLANET TRUMP RALLY MONSTERS Lost In Trumplandia newrepublic.com Reporter-goes-to-Trump-rallies practically became its own subgenre of journalism this year; but Lockwood has a poet's eye for the surreal quality of it all. THE CARNIVAL WATCH: Unfiltered Voices From Donald Trump's Crowds nytimes.com A sampling of the raw, aggressive atmosphere at Trump rallies. AT TRUMP TOWER Operation Trump: Inside The Most Unorthodox Campaign In Political History nymag.com Trump's campaign has flouted every norm in the political playbook. This is one of the first looks inside what was essentially a one-man show. MEANWHILE IN CLINTON LAND HER STRUGGLE Hillary Vs Herself nymag.com A portrait of Clinton that wrestles with her inability to translate her on-the-ground presence, and yes even likability, to a national audience. "It's worth asking to what degree charisma, as we have defined it, is a masculine trait…" THE ISSUES The Future of America Is Being Written in This Tiny Office: Hillary Clinton's Policy Team highline.huffingtonpost.com Oh, yeah. There are actual policy issues at stake here! PERCEPTION VS. REALITY The Hillary Haters slate.com One interesting finding in this look at Hillary animus over the decades: Clinton is most hated when she's running for something; when she's actually doing a job, people like her. ONE LAST THING... ROAD TRIPS The Open Road digg.com Remember John Boehner? The former Speaker posted this 6-second video of himself driving an RV to Youtube. He's probably happier than his successor Paul Ryan. Check out the rest of New York Magazine's election takeover today on Digg dot com. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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When The Ragweed Is Too Dank

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why McMansions are bad, what would happen if no one voted and how capitalism creates pointless jobs.

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CASTLES MADE OF SAND WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK McMansions Are Spooky As Heck And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why McMansions are bad, what would happen if no one voted and how capitalism creates pointless jobs. TECH BROS HAVE HEAVY WALLETS San Francisco's Biggest Residential Tower Is Sinking — Who's To Blame? theguardian.com The city's tallest residential building is sinking, and has been compared to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Now the blame game is coming swift and furious. IN A HARD PLACE UNDER A ROCK Inside Budapest's Former Top-Secret Cave Hospital mentalfloss.com As the icy grasp of the Cold War began to tighten, new wards were built, new equipment was installed, and the hospital was designated top-secret by the Soviets, referred to only by its official codename LOSK 0101/1. FROM THE DIGG STORE It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's A... Drone store.digg.com A pretty remarkable piece of engineering, the Bionic Bird undergoes such strict quality controls that each bird is built like a prototype and controlled straight from your smartphone. WE NEED A TISSUE HOW TO BE AN ADULT A Guide To Making Fall Allergies Suck Less digg.com It might be a cold, but fall allergies can easily sneak up on people who assume pollen season stops at Labor Day. A little grown-up knowledge and preparedness can help cut down on your Kleenex consumption this year. A LIVER DEATH ISSUE The Silent Epidemic No One's Talking About scientificamerican.com As nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, stealthily becomes a leading cause of transplants, drug companies race to develop treatments. CREATURE FEATURES WHAT DOES 4:20 SMELL LIKE Apparently Dogs Can Tell Time With Their Noses nymag.com As each day wears a new smell, its hours mark changes in odors that your dog can notice. Dogs smell time. WE'RE NOT SO SPECIAL Chimps May Be Capable Of Comprehending The Minds Of Others scientificamerican.com The ability to understand that others have mental states and perspectives different than our own has long been considered unique to humans. BITING THE BULLET Turning Invasive Species Into Sushi popularmechanics.com An environmentally conscious chef eschews conventional sushi in favor of the undiscovered pleasures of strange, invasive species. A man who lost his eyesight refuses to pity himself and instead becomes, of all things, a travel writer. Together, they dig their hands into the dark ocean mud in search of enlightenment. VIDEO OF THE DAY OH HELL YEAH So This Guy Definitely Invented A Working Jetpack digg.com Remember that video that emerged last year that appeared to show a dude flying a jetpack around the Statue of Liberty? Yeah, it was legit. This thing is legit. IN THE NEWS Hurricane Matthew Lashes Florida Amid Dire Warnings, 300,000 Lose Power Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Hurricane Matthew Kills Hundreds In Haiti Russia Issues Stern Warning To US Against Striking Syrian Army Fall allergies got you down? Don't give up! It's Friday. You can do it, friend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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