Elon Musk’s AI Grift Elon Musk’s AI Grift
The tech lord’s recent bid to reshuffle the ownership structure of his empire reinforces the clout of the Middle Eastern strongman regimes in its orbit.
Sep 12, 2025 / Feature / Jacob Silverman
A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Aaron Benanav on his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society creates.
Sep 11, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy
It’s a horror story about Silicon Valley, and an extreme example of what happens when we conceive of children as property.
Sep 10, 2025 / Sophie Lewis
Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords
New legislation could accelerate a growing movement of tenants who refuse to be at the mercy of developers and want to take ownership of their communities’ resources.
Sep 10, 2025 / Aviva Stahl
What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)
Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.
Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.
We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.
Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio
Will AI Kill Your Job? Will AI Kill Your Job?
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us: Brian Merchant discusses the AI job crisis.
Sep 4, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Introducing “Oligarch Watch” Introducing “Oligarch Watch”
A new monthly column from The Nation takes on the plutocrats wielding their wealth and power at the expense of the rest of us.
Sep 4, 2025 / Press Room
An Open Letter to Our Students: Universities Do Not Deserve You An Open Letter to Our Students: Universities Do Not Deserve You
At the start of the school year, two professors provide some hard truths about the state of academia and what you should fight for.
Sep 4, 2025 / Monica Huerta and Dan-el Padilla Peralta
The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis
Prime Minister François Bayrou is gambling his political survival on a confidence vote, in a probably doomed attempt to force France’s hung parliament to accept an austerity budge...
Sep 3, 2025 / Harrison Stetler