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.
Not satisfied with the end of legal abortion in America, the anti-abortion movement seems poised to end the era of affordable contraception. The result isn’t just the end of Title X as we knew it. It’s the demise of a long-held bipartisan consensus
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Artificial intelligence has a history of making poor regulatory decisions with disastrous effects on people’s lives. Newly released documents show the Trump administration sought to deploy a powerful AI tool to accelerate its deregulation spree.
Instead of weakening New York’s landmark climate law, Gov. Hochul could choose to meet its targets. Hochul’s choice to roll back the law inevitably signals a concession to fossil fuel interests, which have spent millions seeking to lobby the governor
Is this a prelude to asking for the names of all Black people on campus who could have experienced or witnessed racism in the workplace? Or all women, queers, or trans people? Probably not – that would be woke DEI and critical race theory stuff.
It is the perceived American imperial interest, led by an infantile, power-hungry US president with the Epstein scandal hanging over him, that caused the Iran War.
A series of White House social-media videos turn the carnage in Iran into gleeful entertainment.
Why has the Middle East been so consistently wracked by war? Gilbert Achcar explains how oil, US power, and regional rivalries have shaped decades of conflict in the Middle East — and why the confrontation with Iran fits a long imperial pattern.
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