Poisoned Water

Philip C. Kolin
Mississippi poet Philip C. Kolin reminds us of the next imminent global disaster—bad water—and in some places it’s already here.

AI Is a Lot of Work: Inside the AI Factory

Josh Dzleza The Verge
A drawing of a few floors of a factory with robots and humans.
The AI boom began with an unprecedented feat of tedious, repetitive, precarious labor. As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.

A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan Acts

Joseph Patrick Kelly The Conversation
The 1870s laws passed by the Reconstruction Congress to enforce 14th Amendment rights and to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, are now being used against Trump.

The Trump War on Democracy Is Far From Over

David Corn Mother Jones
Ultimately, Trump is not the main danger. Trump was aided and abetted by millions of co-conspirators: the MAGA Republicans who bought his lies and still do.

Florida Activists Aim To Put Abortion Rights on the Ballot

Regan McCarthy NPR
A Florida Supreme Court decision is expected to trigger a six-week ban passed by the Republican-led state legislature. But an effort is now underway to enshrine the right to abortion in Florida's constitution up to the point of fetal viability.

How Humans Change Their Own DNA

Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations - a thing we sometimes call culture - we have become the creators of our own environment.

Reservation Dogs | Season 3

Season 3 of Reservation Dogs follows the exploits of four Indigenous Oklahoma teenagers stranded in Cali trying to figure out their way back home. Streaming on FX.