Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures pours more money into female-focused venture fund

Theft of $2.3M from GOP shows how campaigns are juicy targets for hackers

When the Wisconsin Republican Party disclosed this week that hackers had stolen millions of dollars from its account—funds designated for President Trump’s re-election—Oren Falkowitz was not surprised. A former NSA hacker who now runs cybersecurity company Area1, Falkowitz says political campaigns’ record levels of fundraising this cycle—and campaigns’ habit of boasting about the money they […]

How we talk to children about the attack on Capitol Hill matters

On January 6, 2021, I sat in front of my television in awe and fear as I watched a mob of mostly white men storm the Capitol building, waving Confederate flags and proclaiming victory over our government. As a gay man of color with two Black children, I was afraid. My mind then quickly vaulted to […]

Advances in health care, the rise of crypto, and a reckoning over racial justice

There were reader’s picks for the “impact events” of the last year Read More