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The AI Sector’s Crass Bid for Media Domination The AI Sector’s Crass Bid for Media Domination

When you’re a galactically rich tech mogul upset with adverse press coverage, you just buy yourself more flattering media outlets.

Apr 6, 2026 / David Futrelle

A Facebook Data Center in Swedish Lapland.

What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway? What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway?

Separating out the myths and facts of AI.

Apr 6, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ben Tarnoff

Fact-Checkers Anonymous

Fact-Checkers Anonymous Fact-Checkers Anonymous

Getting a job at The New Yorker felt like an arbitrary stroke of luck. Getting fired was quite the opposite.

Apr 4, 2026 / Jasper Lo

President Donald Trump embraces Tiger Woods after presenting him with a Presidential Medal of Freedom award at the White House on May 6, 2019.

Tiger Woods Plus Donald Trump: A Tragedy Made in the USA Tiger Woods Plus Donald Trump: A Tragedy Made in the USA

Woods and Trump’s famous friendship is built on a shared knack for accumulation, vacuousness, and power worship. It’s as American as apple pie.

Apr 3, 2026 / Dave Zirin

Karma Meets Dogma

Karma Meets Dogma Karma Meets Dogma

Willie and Joe.

Apr 3, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Women

Women Women

Living history.

Apr 3, 2026 / OppArt / Anita Kunz

Former Google employees speak out against Big Tech at UC Berkeley's Pro-Palestinian encampment.

How Gaza Broke Big Tech’s Campus Pipeline How Gaza Broke Big Tech’s Campus Pipeline

Big Tech’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza has pushed STEM students to organize for a more ethical tech industry.

Apr 3, 2026 / StudentNation / Khadeejah Khan

Demonstrators rally in support of birthright citizenship outside the Supreme Court on April 1, 2026.

The Supreme Court Absolutely Shredded Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case The Supreme Court Absolutely Shredded Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case

But this also begs the question: why is this facially unconstitutional case before the court in the first place?

Apr 2, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Zohran Mamdani at UN Headquarters in New York, NY on March 31, 2026.

What Made This Seder Different From Any Other Seder? What Made This Seder Different From Any Other Seder?

Answer: The presence of New York’s first Muslim mayor.

Apr 2, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan

IOC president Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.

The Olympics Is Repeating One of Its Worst Mistakes The Olympics Is Repeating One of Its Worst Mistakes

The IOC’s new anti-trans testing regime revives some of the most discredited and discriminatory policies in the history of the games.

Apr 2, 2026 / Michael Waters

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