A likely shoo-in to be the next attorney general, William Barr spent much of his career…
Author: Susan Crawford
Chicago’s New 311 System Is a Huge Win for Public Works
When cities hand off infrastructure projects to private companies, they often end up *******. Now, they're…
How Corning Makes Super-Pure Glass for Fiber-Optic Cable
The glass company can't just melt silica. The process involves glass soot particles and a grain…
Why Japan Is a Rare Holdout in Asia’s Cash-Free Future
China and South Korea are hurtling toward a cashless future. But in Japan, where physical money…
Spectrum, Comcast, and the Telecom Fight to Win Free Speech
Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a boon to telecom companies like Spectrum Cable and Comcast, which want…
Nearsighted Neoliberalism Helped Mobilize Today’s Far Right
In Germany and the US, centrist parties cut social services, lowered taxes, and privatized connectivity, which…
Regulatory Hackers Aren’t Fixing Society. They’re Getting Rich
A new breed of start-ups aim to make a pile of money from doing good, assisted…
How Tech Swagger Triggered the Era of Distrust in Government
Espoused by places like WIRED, early libertarian net culture condemned rigid government systems. Now, those views…
Cities Are Teaming Up to Offer Broadband, and the FCC Is Mad
By working collectively, an unlikely group in Southern California is defying the FCC and by building…
Why an Army of Small Companies Is Defending The Sprint/T-Mobile Merger
Mobile Virtual Network Operators, which serve largely low-income users, have little to gain from the Sprint/T-Mobile…