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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

A Google data center in Henderson, Nevada, on July 24, 2025.

The AI Boom Is a Climate Bust The AI Boom Is a Climate Bust

It’s not just the massive amounts of water and energy data centers require—AI is also spreading climate misinformation across the Internet.

Apr 3, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

The Cost of the Iran War

The Cost of the Iran War The Cost of the Iran War

“It takes money to kill bad guys,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said as he sought $200 billion in funding for the Iran war in March. But the cost far exceeds money.

Apr 3, 2026 / The Nation

Men watch from a hillside as a plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.

The Iran War Is Built on Bush-Era Lies The Iran War Is Built on Bush-Era Lies

All this we heard in 2003, and all this we are hearing again now.

Apr 2, 2026 / Helen Benedict

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

How Washington’s Iran Groupthink Led to a Global War How Washington’s Iran Groupthink Led to a Global War

And why accountability matters.

Apr 2, 2026 / Sina Toossi

Donald Trump walks from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

Trump’s Iran Speech Showed the Desperation of a Loser Trump’s Iran Speech Showed the Desperation of a Loser

The president’s war is an ever-escalating disaster. He is increasingly reviled. And his speech won’t change either of those things.

Apr 2, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Ayatollahs

Ayatollahs Ayatollahs

In waiting.

Apr 2, 2026 / OppArt / Michel Kichka

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

Alejandro Cartagena, “Rivers of Power #71,” from the series “Rivers of Power,” 2010–16

Alejandro Cartagena’s Mexico in Flux Alejandro Cartagena’s Mexico in Flux

Reminiscent of the New Topographics, the photographs of Cartagena and others captures a country in the midst of a geographic transformation.

Apr 2, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Caroline Tracey

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