Librarians on the Front Lines
Hello, friends, Four months into the pandemic, people in my New York City neighborhood still pause to clap for health …
A Relentless Retailer’s Deadly Blind Spots
Hello, friends, In 1994, when Jeff Bezos was first setting up his online bookstore, he bought the domain name Relentless.com. …
Re-examining the ‘Magna Carta of the Internet’
Hello, friends, The wail of ambulance sirens—a constant just weeks ago—has been largely replaced here in New York City with …
“What choice will we make? What world will we create? What will we be?” —Ibram X. Kendi
Hello, friends, This week I am handing over the newsletter to Nabiha Syed, president of The Markup, who has spent …
An Algorithm Can Deny You Housing
Hello, friends, This week we published our first collaboration with The New York Times—an investigation into the algorithmic software that …
Happy Three Month-iversary to Us
Hello, friends, This weekend marks three months since we began publishing at The Markup! When we launched, we had no …
Dinosaur Costumes and Disco Balls: Amazon Keeps on Shipping
Hello, friends, Kids’ costumes. Novelty light boxes. Basketballs. And of course, rubber chickens. Last month in this newsletter we asked …
How Online Unemployment Systems Are Failing Workers
Hello, friends, When was the last time someone snail-mailed you the password you needed to access a website or called …
Support The Markup for #GivingTuesdayNow
Hello, Friends of The Markup: We launched The Markup only two months ago with a talented newsroom. Overnight, our work …
Algorithmic Pricing and the Price of Rice
Hello, friends, As you know, we love to analyze algorithms here at The Markup. The more complex and secretive it …
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