Do Auxuman’s AI Singers Herald the Shape of Music to Come? Do Auxuman’s AI Singers Herald the Shape of Music to Come?
A new company started by British Iranian interdisciplinary artist Ash Koosha is making the musicians of the future using artificial intelligence technology.
Dec 12, 2019 / David Hajdu
Colombia’s Peace Deal Paved the Way for Its Historic Protests Colombia’s Peace Deal Paved the Way for Its Historic Protests
The country’s ongoing strikes are the largest in recent memory, and may not have been possible without a 2016 agreement that ended its 50-year-long war with the FARC.
Dec 12, 2019 / Miguel Salazar
The US Is Deporting Asylum Seekers to Random, Dangerous Countries The US Is Deporting Asylum Seekers to Random, Dangerous Countries
The move to offshore would-be asylees is a new low in the Trump administration’s war on immigrants.
Dec 12, 2019 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Donald Trump’s Big Abuses of Power Demand a Big Impeachment Donald Trump’s Big Abuses of Power Demand a Big Impeachment
The framers of the Constitution conceived of impeachment for far smaller violations than Trump has committed.
Dec 12, 2019 / Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein
RIP, Paul Volcker: The Fed Chair Who Thought We Lived Too Well RIP, Paul Volcker: The Fed Chair Who Thought We Lived Too Well
To avoid repeating the macroeconomic mistakes of the past 40 years, progressives must reckon with Volcker’s tremendous—and harmful—influence.
Dec 11, 2019 / Obituary / Rohan Grey
William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal
The attorney general fosters a conspiracy theory, while the real abuse of the surveillance state goes unchallenged.
Dec 11, 2019 / Jeet Heer
What Do Young People Think About Impeaching Trump? What Do Young People Think About Impeaching Trump?
He’s a scourge, sure, but students have much more to say than just that.
Dec 11, 2019 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Street Smarts Street Smarts
Public interventions, phone booths, various locations, NYC 2019.
Dec 11, 2019 / OppArt / A Presidential Parody
Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins
An immersive retrospective of the Los Angeles painter’s work luxuriates in attention to detail.
Dec 11, 2019 / Larissa Pham
The Bloated Pentagon Budget Should Be Spent on Human Needs The Bloated Pentagon Budget Should Be Spent on Human Needs
Faith leaders are calling on presidential candidates to reallocate money away from the military and toward housing and food-aid programs.
Dec 11, 2019 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Joyce Ajlouny