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Ebola, conflict and disease surveillance

VON Anthony Ohemeng-Boamah

The virus takes its name from the Ebola River, near the site of one of the first recorded outbreaks in what is now the DRC, in 1976. Four of these six species a

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How Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart

VON Samantha Cole

After five teen girls were targeted by AI-generated child sexual abuse material, Radnor Township High School in Pennsylvania has become a case study in how schools and police around the country grapple with how to response to deepfake crimes involving children.

Bernie’s Burlington Was an Experiment in Practical Socialism

VON Natasha Hakimi Zapata, Dan Chiasson

When Bernie Sanders was mayor of Burlington, the spirit of socialism showed up in everything from snowplows to poetry. Writer Dan Chiasson tells the story of these years from the unique vantage point of his own experience growing up in Bernie’s Burlington.

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‘How do you curate a genocide?’

VON Oren Ziv

Marred by protests over Israel’s inclusion, the Venice Biennale is hosting an exhibit with 100 works of Palestinian embroidery based on harrowing images from Gaza. Curator Faisal Saleh discusses how it came to life.

Savak: Symbol der Gewalt des Shah auf deutschen Straßen

VON Shoan Vaisi

Am Sonntag, dem 10. Mai, zogen in Regensburg hunderte monarchistische Anhänger durch die Straßen, sichtbar begleitet von Symbolen der SAVAK, jenes iranischen Geheimdienstes, der zwischen 1957 und 1979 zu den zentralen Instrumenten politischer Repression unter der …

Relearning Water

VON ElHabib Benamara

Toward a New Water Culture in the MENA Region in the Age of Climate Instability

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Congress Wants To Steamroll State Robotruck Laws

VON Luke Goldstein

Buried in Congress’s massive transportation bill is a provision pushed by the autonomous trucking industry to override state safety rules for driverless commercial vehicles.

Ingolstadt: Militarismus als Ausweg aus der wirtschaftlichen Krise?

VON Frizi Schauß

Die Ingolstädter Stadtregierung hat keine Lösung für das Haushaltsloch von 66 Millionen Euro und klammert sich genauso wie die Bundesregierung an die Umstellung von ziviler auf militärische Produktion, um die Krise der deutschen Automobilindustrie abzufedern.

China and Russia: the uneasy couple

VON Francesco Sisci

Russia today wants to intensify its relationship with China and complains that China is not equally warm in return, treating Russia as a junior partner. Francois Godement observed acutely that Russia had “let out some public anxiety about China’s behavior.

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To Understand AI, Think Like A Dragonfly

VON Anthea Roberts

Depending on your point of view, AI may look like a liberating tool, an existential threat, an environmental disaster — or something else entirely. This is not due to personal bias; it is because the phenomenon itself has more faces than any one position can see.

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