Articles filed under Washington Post
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White economic anxiety evaporated after the 2016 election. Now black economic anxiety is on the rise.Mar 24, 2019 6:08 am - New data show economic anxiety among white Americans has evaporated in the age of Donald Trump, falling to levels last seen during the George W. Bush administration. Whi...
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A sartorial double standard in the workplaceMar 24, 2019 6:00 am - Goldman Sachs, one of the last bastions of crisp-collared, bespoke-suited workplace attire, has loosened up. It announced an official “firm-wide flexible dress code” ear...
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Who is Attorney General Barr, the man deciding what parts of the Mueller report to release?Mar 24, 2019 1:00 am - On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller III finished his report on President Donald Trump and Russia and submitted it to Attorney General William Barr. The Trump admin...
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Backlash to Big Tech surges across the political spectrumMar 23, 2019 6:15 am - WASHINGTON - Democrats have so far been loudest on the campaign trail and in Washington in their calls to crack down on Silicon Valley. But the mounting criticism this w...
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Her image had been buried near a Civil War battlefield for 100 years. Adobe Photoshop let me see her face.Mar 23, 2019 6:15 am - My metal detector gave a loud signal as I swept its coil over the freshly cleared earth. I had just dug up several Civil War bullets a few feet away, but this signal sou...
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Analysis: Devin Nunes is suing Twitter and a satirical cow over mean tweets. Does he have a case?Mar 23, 2019 6:14 am - Rep. Devin Nunes filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, claiming Twitter, two parody accounts and a Republican political consultant violated the First Amendment and defamed him. In...
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Loss of old Myspace artifacts highlights the impermanence of the WebMar 23, 2019 6:05 am - The most surprising thing people may learn about Myspace this week is that it still exists. But the old social network's accidental purge of 12 years' worth of its users...
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How spam robocalls turned our phones against usMar 23, 2019 6:00 am - The phones have turned on us. Our little pocket pals seduced us with cheap long distance, unlimited texts, endless apps. Now they beep and shudder and flash with strange...
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Fortnite billionaire pledges $100M for game developersMar 23, 2019 6:00 am - Tim Sweeney, the billionaire founder of Epic Games Inc., is offering $100 million in grants to game developers, with no strings attached, to help promote the industry. A...
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Facebook to reexamine how videos are flagged after Christchurch shootingMar 23, 2019 6:00 am - The first user to alert Facebook to grisly footage of the New Zealand terrorist attack clocked in 29 minutes after the video began and 12 minutes after it ended. Had it ...