Elon Musk’s Lawyer Seeks Seat in Congress
Entering Congress would give someone at the nexus of Musk, AI’s growing ubiquity in commerce and warfare, and global MAGA…
The Legacy of 9/11: A Surveillance Society
One of the little-noticed consequences of the post-9/11 hysteria has been a diabolical symbiosis between government surveillance and corporate surveillance.
‘Shoot Him!’: Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel
A police officer aimed a loaded assault rifle at unarmed immigrants expelled to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration in…
What Voter Suppression Looks Like in Practice
Poll observers in Tennessee recorded dozens of incident reports in their primary, a few months before this year’s highly contested…
Cattle Ranchers Have a Beef With Trump
The tariff-free importation of 300,000 metric tons of potentially substandard beef crashed cattle markets. Trump’s makeup plans to placate ranchers…
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial…
What a Real Midterm Convention Once Looked Like
How socialists shaped a Democratic midterm convention half a century ago
Organized Money: A Conversation With Abdul El-Sayed
The Michigan Democrat wants money out of politics and back in your pocket. Could he also be the leader of…
How Much Do Union-Busting Campaigns Cost?
If there’s a signature American business, it might just be union busting.
Canada Strikes Back
Ottawa paid a price to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Now the bet is that retaliatory tariffs plus the…