The Roots of Elon Musk’s War on Empathy The Roots of Elon Musk’s War on Empathy
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Julia Carrie Wong on Elon Musk, the Christian right, and longtermism.
May 8, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Is It Time for Unions to Rethink Everything? Is It Time for Unions to Rethink Everything?
As union membership declines and regulators turn against workers, maybe we need to start talking about some radical change to the way the labor movement works.
May 8, 2025 / Jacqui Germain
Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH
Sources say that a climate of fear has spread throughout the agency as the Trump administration takes a hatchet to its core functions.
May 8, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves
All Options Are Open in the Papal Conclave All Options Are Open in the Papal Conclave
The next leader of the Catholic Church is unlikely to be either a progressive reformer or a hard-line conservative.
May 7, 2025 / Pablo Castaño Tierno
The Book MLK Historians Are Learning From The Book MLK Historians Are Learning From
On this episode of Edge of Sports, noted historian Jeanne Theoharis joins the show, and Arya Shirazi talks Celtics.
May 7, 2025 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The Culture-War Furies Behind Trump’s Film-Tariff Plan The Culture-War Furies Behind Trump’s Film-Tariff Plan
The president doesn’t have the authority to impose tariffs on movies produced abroad, but he still wants to be the right’s designated culture commissar.
May 7, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
Voted for Poor Health Voted for Poor Health
Buyers’ remorse for MAGA?
May 7, 2025 / OppArt / Jesse Duquette
When It Comes to Building New Housing, “Abundance” Is More Like Avoidance When It Comes to Building New Housing, “Abundance” Is More Like Avoidance
Neither Klein and Thompson nor many of their critics on the left offer a robust strategy for actually building affordable homes. Here’s one that has been proven to work.
May 7, 2025 / Mike Gecan
The Fight for the Soul of Video Games The Fight for the Soul of Video Games
Marijam Did’s Everything to Play For makes a case for rebuilding the culture of gaming, which has become infected with rotten politics.
May 7, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lewis Gordon
Russophobia—an Epidemic Disease? Russophobia—an Epidemic Disease?
It is right to be suspicious of Putin’s intentions without falling for the idea that he will never stop.
May 7, 2025 / Robert Skidelsky