The Tech High Ground
What it will take to gain the advantage over China.
New Translation of Pashukanis: The Right of Asylum and the Practice of Bourgeois Governments
Introductory Note by Igor Shoikhedbrod E.B. Pashukanis (1891-1937) is best known for his General Theory of Law and Marxism (1924), where he offered an original account of the genesis of the legal form under generalized conditions of capitalist commodity exchange and …
Why AI Needs A Sense Of Smell
Over the last few years, breakthroughs in AI have been almost too numerous to track. Chatbots can now pass the same exams required of doctors and lawyers . A cancer drug designed by AI has entered clinical trials. AI agents are serving as autonomous personal assistants .
Does the Jewish Body Keep the Score?
Parts of the Jewish left believe trauma explains attachment to Zionism. But what they call “trauma” is more likely a collective story than a biological fact.
Israel Moderates Are Losing the Democratic Party
Their position has become untenable. But liberal Zionists can adapt.
The Big Idea: Guerrilla Theater
Alongside protests against raids and deportations, small actions of absurdist disruption can also prove to expose the raw violence of those in power.
New accuser says Rep. Eric Swalwell sexually assaulted her
A woman on Tuesday accused Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexually assaulting her, saying at a news conference that the congressman raped her in 2018 at a Los Angeles-area hotel.
‘It’s Been a Setback for the Trump Administration and the Bipartisan War Party’: CounterSpin interview with Sina Toossi on the...
Iran is a country that, on a bipartisan basis, has been a bogeyman for America for many decades now, and has been demonized across the mainstream media.
App Stores Push Users Toward Nudify Apps, New Research Shows
Findings from the Tech Transparency Project claim that Google and Apple’s app stores not only host harmful apps that can undress images of women, but encourage users to find them.
I Almost Lost My Mind in the Bridal Algorithm
As a #2026Bride, the constant, aggressive content started to make me feel like I was losing sight of what mattered. And I'm far from alone.
To My Fellow Journalists: We Need to Do Better
In an election year under an administration that has wreaked record-setting havoc, journalism is more important than ever—and we need to act like it.
3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590,000 Deposit, the FBI: What Really Happened in This Small Town?
Outside a repair shop in rural southeastern Illinois, the parts of a massive 3D construction printer sat disassembled on a flatbed trailer, weeds climbing the wheels.
What the Iran War Means for the “Axis of Resistance”
The Iran war is a crucible for Shiite identity and politics.
What makes someone a gang member? For police, nearly anything.
In most of the country, police can catalog you as a gang member for virtually any reason—and you might never even know until you’re being punished for it.
The Battle for OpenAI’s Soul
In Musk v. Altman, a jury will soon determine whether OpenAI has strayed from its founding mission to ensure AGI benefits humanity. Here’s what to know.
Dwight Macdonald After the Death of Liberalism
A common refrain of centrist liberals nostalgic for the halcyon days of West Wing–inspired politics is that once upon a time, America was a country.
Live Nation says it will fight monopoly suit loss
After a jury found that Live Nation-Ticketmaster violated antitrust law on several counts, the company warns in a blog post that the verdict "is not the last word on this matter.
Israel Destroys a Synagogue; US Media Yawn
Underplaying the story obscures not only Israel’s aggression, but the actual nature of Iranian society, portrayed as obsessed with wiping Jews off the map.