Alexis Madrigal

11/23/16

What Trump means for food activists

As the shock grenade of his electoral college victory begins to wear off, the Donald Trump administration is now…

11/10/16

A portrait of media venality in the Donald Trump era

If you're an editor of a publication, the most important job you have is protecting and advocating for your people.…

11/9/16

Donald Trump has won. Come process with us next week in Oakland.

Donald Trump won. Donald Trump won slinging invective at the very people that Real Future has addressed itself to:…

11/9/16

How'd the polling go so, so, so wrong?

If you looked at the forecasts from across the media (and even the RNC's own model) when polls closed Tuesday,…

11/8/16

When we look back at 2016, we'll see it was the year immigrants won, once and for all

What an ugly year, no? Trumpism begetting Trumptakes on how the country was being ripped apart by the toxic American…

11/2/16

What if Twitter's future is becoming Facebook's live media app?

The suitors fell one by one. Disney. Alphabet. Salesforce.

11/1/16

Forget drones and spaceships: The Snapchat dogface filter is the future

So, Snap Inc. is going to be the next great tech IPO. Rumor has it that the company formerly known as Snapchat will…

10/26/16

A mesmerizing new short film about the ridiculousness of Trump's border wall

The U.S.-Mexico border stretches 1,954 miles. Walking, I've covered a couple miles of it. Driving, maybe two dozen.…

10/20/16

What I learned from a week at the Mexico border wall

It was not until our pilot grabbed the Cessna 172 by the propeller and pulled it to the gas pump at the tiny…

10/15/16

The inspirational faces of the RiseUp AS ONE concert at the Mexico border

Today, on the border here in San Diego just across from Tijuana, Univision and Fusion put on a massive concert for…

9/28/16

Donald Trump and the truth about race and real estate in America

Watching Donald Trump sputter and free associate through Monday's "debate" with Hillary Clinton, I was reminded of…

4/6/16

I got a magnet implanted into my finger for science, and it was amazingly weird

This is Episode 14 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available…

3/24/16

Predictive Policing: the future of crime-fighting, or the future of racial profiling?

This is Episode 12 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available…

3/11/16

I finally fixed my @$#@% Wifi. Here's how.

For years—literally years—I have struggled with the wifi in my house. It's not a big house, nor is it multi-level,…

2/3/16

His name is Zoltan, he wants to live forever, and he’s running for president

This is Episode 5 of Real Future, Fusion’s new documentary series about technology and society. Previous episodes…

1/14/16

How drones saved this woman's life

This is Episode 2 of Real Future, Fusion's new documentary series about technology and society. (See Episode 1 here.)…

1/13/16

Barack Obama, Technologist in Chief

2016 must be a strange time to be the President of the United States. As with previous U.S. presidents, President…

1/7/16

How Twitter killing off the character limit could actually be great

You may have heard that Twitter, which is practically defined by its 140-character limitation on tweets, may get rid…

1/4/16

CES 2016: Why the world’s biggest, most hyped electronics show is always such a letdown

It's happening again! Tens of thousands of people are descending on Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, a…

12/16/15

How going to space makes astronauts see Earth (and life) differently

Our planet is one interconnected place. That's the central tenet required to think about climate change, either by…

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