Society

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump during a “Making Health Technology Great Again” event in the East Room of the White House, on July 30, 2025.

The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover

We fear that healthcare will become even more financialized as our systems become more deeply entangled with the AI bubble and the speculative investments that accompany it.

Jun 22, 2026 / Karim Sariahmed and Marc Shi

Animal Liberation

Animal Liberation Animal Liberation

You have the power.

Jun 19, 2026 / OppArt / Praxis vgz and Peter Kuper

Alex Bores, Democratic candidate in New York’s 12th Congressional District, speaks during the NY-12 for Congress: Candidate Forum at 92NY, April 15, 2026, in New York.

How a New York Primary Wound Up at the Center of the AI Storm How a New York Primary Wound Up at the Center of the AI Storm

Alex Bores is engulfed in a brutal (and super-expensive) battle over how technology will change work, life, and society.

Jun 19, 2026 / John Nichols

New York State Senator Jabari Brisport (third from left), with New York City Council member Chi Osse (second from right), speaks at a protest against rent increases and aggressive evictions in Brooklyn in 2022.

The Battle for Black Brooklyn The Battle for Black Brooklyn

This Primary Day, New York City’s leftist insurgents and the borough’s Black political establishment are headed into their biggest face-off yet.

Jun 19, 2026 / Mark Winston Griffith

The statue “Guardian or Authority of Law,” above the west front plaza of the US Supreme Court Building.

The Supreme Court Has Agreed to Protect Drug Users The Supreme Court Has Agreed to Protect Drug Users

As long as they’re packing heat.

Jun 18, 2026 / Elie Mystal

TikTok

Can Social Media Influencers Save Public Schools? Can Social Media Influencers Save Public Schools?

As school choice continues to grow, public schools vie for students with innovative marketing approaches.

Jun 18, 2026 / StudentNation / Samantha Camire

Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha P. Johnson Marsha P. Johnson

LGBTQ activist.

Jun 18, 2026 / OppArt / Anita Kunz

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and members of the Congressional Black Caucus at a May press conference denouncing the US Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

The Blatant Hypocrisy of the Congressional Black Caucus’s Out of Bounds Boycott The Blatant Hypocrisy of the Congressional Black Caucus’s Out of Bounds Boycott

The new initiative enlists Black college students and athletes to face down Jim Crow rule in the South, while the group remains silent on boycotts targeting Israel’s apartheid rul...

Jun 18, 2026 / Anthony Conwright

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife, Diana Fox Carney, arrive to attend the G7 summit, in Évian, eastern France.

Canada’s Government Is Rushing AI Adoption—With Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood Canada’s Government Is Rushing AI Adoption—With Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood

Paris Marx is joined by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood to discuss how the Canadian government is going all in on AI without understanding the real effects of the technology. 

Jun 18, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Peter Thiel in Tokyo on March 5, 2026.

The Banality of Peter Thiel’s Evil The Banality of Peter Thiel’s Evil

Newly unearthed details of the tech giant’s secret annual retreat show the malignity of his influence—and the mundanity of his ideas.

Jun 18, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

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