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Intercept

• His Conviction Was Overturned Amid Evidence of Innocence. The Supreme Court Could Throw It All Out. July 31, 2021
  Arizona hopes the court’s conservative majority will do what prosecutors are unable to: send Barry Jones back to death row. The post His Conviction Was Overturned Amid Evidence of Innocence. The Supreme Court Could Throw It All Out. appeared first on The Intercept.
• “Worst of Brazil”: Covid-19 Vaccine Corruption Implicates Top Bolsonaro Allies July 31, 2021
  A steady trickle of new information from a Senate probe is showing how vaccine shortages are linked to corruption. The post “Worst of Brazil”: Covid-19 Vaccine Corruption Implicates Top Bolsonaro Allies appeared first on The Intercept.
• Guatemalan Communities Turn Out for Indigenous-Led Nationwide Shutdown July 30, 2021
  Guatemala’s attorney general fired a top prosecutor of corruption last week. Now, Indigenous peoples and social movements are calling for both her and the president to resign. The post Guatemalan Communities Turn Out for Indigenous-Led Nationwide Shutdown appeared first on The Intercept.
• Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Is a Truth-Teller in a Time of Systemic Deceit and Lethal Secrecy July 30, 2021
  Hale should be pardoned and released, and the government should pay him restitution. The post Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Is a Truth-Teller in a Time of Systemic Deceit and Lethal Secrecy appeared first on The Intercept.
• Biden Has Said Pot Prisoners Should Be Free. Now He’s Poised to Send Some Back to Prison. July 30, 2021
  Reports that the Biden administration will end home confinement for people released during the pandemic have spurred a flurry of activism. The post Biden Has Said Pot Prisoners Should Be Free. Now He’s Poised to Send Some Back to Prison. appeared first on The Intercept.

Trending Topic

• ‘How the Word Is Passed’: The stories we tell about race
  Poet, scholar, and writer Clint Smith delves into the past – both personal and collective – to unravel the tangled history of race in America.
• ‘The God Beat’: Journalists reflect on questions of meaning and transcendence
  A collection of articles and essays explores how journalists wrestle with faith, doubt, solidarity, and protest.
• The general who let Robert E. Lee get away
  General Meade’s Union troops routed Lee at Gettysburg, and let the Confederate soldiers retreat to safety. A new book defends his actions.
• Laurie Colwin possessed a ‘positive genius for comfort’
  With the reissue of novelist and food writer Laurie Colwin’s books, our reviewer recalls interviewing her decades ago.
• Melting pot: Vietnamese family settles in New Orleans
  “Things We Lost to the Water” transposes Vietnamese refugee tale to New Orleans, where a single mother writes notes to her absent husband.

Inovation

• Hackers are getting craftier. Could this simple fix protect data?
  At a time of widespread digital insecurity, the simple act of turning your phone off and on again can help prevent hackers from stealing your information. The NSA recommends rebooting phones once a week.
• All bite and no bark? Robotic police dogs force debate.
  A police department in Honolulu has recruited a new member to its force: Spot, the robotic dog. These robots can scout for danger, scan body temperatures, and conduct remote interviews, but some raise privacy concerns and fear they could be weaponized.
• How a Texas city coped after debilitating ransomware hack
  Cities in Texas were hit by Russian ransomware attacks before the United States fully acknowledged the cybersecurity threat. Here’s how they mended the damage without paying millions of dollars to overseas criminals.
• Safe delivery or security risk? Amazon wants your building key.
  Amazon has installed thousands of devices that allow delivery workers to enter apartment buildings on their own. The project reduces package theft, proponents say, but some experts and tenants have raised security and privacy concerns.
• Who did it? US says China responsible for Microsoft hack.
  On Monday, the Biden administration faulted China for the Microsoft Exchange email hack earlier this year, and the Justice Department charged four Chinese nationals in another hacking campaign. Officials say this indicates an ongoing Chinese cybersecurity threat.

Politics

• As pandemic shifts, so does some Americans’ view of it
  Americans were in two camps, with different views of vaccines and the pandemic, before the delta variant. There is evidence thought is shifting.
• With moratorium lifting, can US avoid avalanche of evictions?
  A nationwide moratorium on evictions is set to expire July 31. But there is hope for renters who need help – emergency assistance is still available.
• Senate advances infrastructure bill. Can the bipartisanship last?
  In a 67-32 vote, the U.S. Senate agreed to begin formal consideration of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure deal that came after weeks of negotiations between a bipartisan group of senators and the White House.
• Why Biden’s 'drop by' with Belarus opposition leader matters
  The president signaled support for democracy over autocracy, after failing to meet with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya last week.
• ‘You held the line’: Police heroism in spotlight at Jan. 6 hearing
  Police testified about defending the Capitol at an emotional congressional hearing, where their courage shone through the swirling politics.