Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards?

Why entropy gives rise to the arrow of time, how the initial state of the universe is responsible for the fact that we experience time now, and the ultimate heat death of the universe.

13th | Documentary

Ava DuVernay’s galvanizing documentary of the13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery. A potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from activists, politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men.

Unpacking Stop-and-Frisk

Trevor breaks down how New York City's controversial stop-and-frisk program targeted young men of color and exacerbated racial tensions.

Trump at Night (Dangerous Tweets)

Jeremy Diamond CNN
Late at night, with his campaign staff far from his side, Trump was free to follow his gut. And his gut told him to punch back at a former Miss Universe whom he allegedly once called "Miss Piggy" by calling her disgusting for starring in a sex tape.

Protesters March to Call for Close of Rikers Island

Bill Parry Times Ledger
Eighty percent of Riker's current population of 7,600 are imprisoned on the island because they are too poor to afford bail and 40 percent should be in a mental health facility instead.

Holy Night

Dan Albergotti Crab Orchard Review
It's not easy to discover that a loved one holds views (prejudices) inimical to your own. The Carolina-based poet Dan Albergotti offers an exquisitely balanced portrait of what happens at such moments of discovery.

U.S. Owes Black People Reparations for a History of `Racial Terrorism,' Says U.N. Panel

Ishaan Tharoor The Washington Post
The legacy of colonial history, enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism and racial inequality in the United States remains a serious challenge, as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent, a United Nations report stated. "Contemporary police killings and the trauma that they create are reminiscent of the past racial terror of lynching."