Portside

What Meta lost... and won

Is AI riding for a fall?

Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stopped.

Fresh hell on the media front

Tech and politics

Surveillance and self-protection

The GENIUS Act isn’t just a crypto giveaway — it could turn tech giants into unregulated banks.

Public and private media under fire

How to win a Pulitzer

Media caught in Trump’s net