Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court
The Endangered Species Committee, known as the God Squad, issued a rare exemption from compliance with the Endangered Species Act for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Lessons of “Sewer Socialism”
Scaremongering about democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who is now the mayor of New York City, closely resembles elite efforts over a century ago to stop socialists from winning another big-city mayoral race.
‘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.
How Oklahoma Musicians Continue a Legacy of Resistance to Fascism
Justice is the one thing you should always find/ You gotta saddle up your boys/ You gotta draw a hard line/ When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune .
Why having “humans in the loop” in an AI war is an illusion
The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon. This debate has become urgent, with AI playing a bigger role than ever before in the current conflict with Iran.
How Flint Sit-Down Strikers Built Their Confidence
On February 11, 1937 — forty-four days after their occupations of the Fisher Body No. 1 and No. 2 plants began in Flint, Michigan — General Motors (GM) workers won a landmark agreement.
Make your next read a John Berger classic
Use this chart to help decide which Berger book to pick up next!
Maine Presses Pause on Large Data Centers. Will Other States Follow Its Lead?
The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals.
New Orleans’s Car-Crash Conspiracy
High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy.
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 .
Strategizing about a safer media ecosystem for trans people: The Objective’s first Trans Media Convening
Over 70 trans journalists and allies gathered for the convening. Panelists included TransLash CEO and founder Imara Jones and Trans Journalists Association board president Kae Petrin.
Steven Pinker Doesn’t Know Anything About Marxism
Some things are eternal (Marxists would say “transhistorical”) truths. A will always equal A. (That remains true even if it doesn’t require cutting the top income tax rate, as Ayn Rand oddly seemed to think. ) The Toronto Maple Leafs will never win the Stanley Cup.
Israel Will Keep Occupying Lebanon Despite Ceasefire
Reduced violence is welcome, but the Gaza “ceasefire” has meant continued genocide. We can't let them get away with it in Lebanon.
Palestine Solidarity in the South African Mirror
It was Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, a person who knew a thing or two about apartheid, having been its chief architect, who first raised the analogy between South Africa and Israel.
The Black press has always faced an inequitable funding landscape. Its future can’t be the same
Looking to historical models can provide some clarity and inspiration in an environment once again hostile to funding Black journalists and the Black press.
The Online Fiction Boom Reimagining China’s History
Chinese fantasy novels reimagine the past with modern tech and ideology. A new book argues they also help reinforce authoritarian politics.
