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San Diego’s AI Battlefield Heats Up

San Diego’s AI Battlefield Heats Up San Diego’s AI Battlefield Heats Up

The city is at the forefront of the fight against using big tech to surveill residents. But AI poses new threats.

Apr 8, 2026 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

The Great AI Grift

The Great AI Grift The Great AI Grift

Tech leaders want you to believe that AI is the key to a new golden age. The reality looks more like a bold, government-backed heist.

Apr 8, 2026 / Feature / Susannah Glickman, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West

AI for the People

AI for the People AI for the People

A manifesto for an AI revolution that works for the many, not just the billionaires.

Apr 8, 2026 / Feature / Rep. Ro Khanna

As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance

As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance

Nineteenth-century textile workers longed to stay human in a machine age. So do we.

Apr 7, 2026 / Feature / John Nichols

The Pentagon Is Going “AI First”

The Pentagon Is Going “AI First” The Pentagon Is Going “AI First”

The US military is placing the technology at the center of its mission, and the human costs promise to be staggering.

Apr 7, 2026 / Feature / Janet Abou-Elias and William D. Hartung

Israeli settlers attack the village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.

“Erasing the Lines”: How Settlers Are Seizing New Regions of the West Bank “Erasing the Lines”: How Settlers Are Seizing New Regions of the West Bank

After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A—nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction—and displacing communit...

Mar 24, 2026 / Feature / Oren Ziv with Ariel Caine

From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver

From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver

I once documented human displacement and desperation. Now, due to a crumbling media ecosystem, I am living it.

Mar 21, 2026 / Feature / Steve Scherer

Russ Feingold’s New Mission: Preserving Nature to Save the Planet

Russ Feingold’s New Mission: Preserving Nature to Save the Planet Russ Feingold’s New Mission: Preserving Nature to Save the Planet

The former senator has given up campaigning for office to campaign for the natural world.

Mar 17, 2026 / Feature / John Nichols

The Man Who Would Be the Face of the Anti-Trump West

The Man Who Would Be the Face of the Anti-Trump West The Man Who Would Be the Face of the Anti-Trump West

Mark Carney has put himself forward as one of the sharpest Western critics of Trump’s neo-imperial order. What’s less clear is what he’s offering in its stead.

Mar 11, 2026 / Feature / Jeet Heer

The “Rules-Based Order” Is Gone. Let’s Not Bring It Back.

The “Rules-Based Order” Is Gone. Let’s Not Bring It Back. The “Rules-Based Order” Is Gone. Let’s Not Bring It Back.

Trump has destroyed a global system that mostly benefited the rich and powerful. We need to create something completely different in its wake.

Mar 11, 2026 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

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