The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• A portrait taken in North Philly in the 1980s reconnects poet with cherished memories of her own beloved father [41d]
• Family homesteads with tangled titles are contributing to rural America’s housing crisis [41d]
• How your air conditioner can help the power grid, rather than overloading it [41d]
• Politics based on grievance has a long and violent history in America [41d]
• Antagonism to transgender rights is tied to the authoritarian desire for social conformity – not just partisan affiliation [41d]
• You’re probably richer than you think because of the safety net – but you’d have more of that hidden wealth if you lived in Norway [41d]
• We surveyed 1,500 Florida kids about cellphones and their mental health – what we learned suggests school phone bans may have important but limited effects [41d]
• How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago [41d]
• A field guide to ‘accelerationism’: White supremacist groups using violence to spur race war and create social chaos [41d]