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Americans like socialism after all

Hall housing Michael Kotlikoff’s office spray painted as demonstrators demand resignation of college president

In the movie ‘War Games’ a young gamer unintentionally launches an AI into what it believes to be an exploration of the threat of nuclear war, but with the real threat of triggering nuclear Armageddon. Can it be stopped? Can it learn restraint?

The British attempt to tax North American colonists by forcing them to buy so-called tax stamps is a total failure; it succeeds in nothing but providing the advocates for independence with a reason to get organized, which they put to good use.

In the wealthiest country on earth, we are experiencing a human-made nutrition crisis. Since H.R.1 (House Resolution) passed in July 2025, an estimated 5 million people, including 1.5 million children, have lost SNAP benefits.

Survivors have the potential to be a political bloc that transforms the conditions that enable the scale of sexual violence in the United States.

Brazil’s presidential election is on a knife-edge. Right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro has powerful interests on his side but is also counting on the Trump administration’s help to push him over the line.

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

France’s education system is stretched to its limits, as student anger kicks off a hot fall protest season.

Government forces fend off waves of Houthi attacks as civilians in the populous province are imperiled.