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A Warning From the Past About the Dangers of AI A Warning From the Past About the Dangers of AI

As far back as 1958, Nation writers were grappling with the prospect of ‘artificial brains,’ particularly when placed in the hands of the military.

Oct 20, 2025 / Column / Richard Kreitner

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AI Will Never Be Your Friend AI Will Never Be Your Friend

The Friend necklace promises constant companionship and understanding. But this isn’t friendship—it’s a soulless, cynical way to prey on our loneliness and fear.

Oct 20, 2025 / Zito Madu

Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment

Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment

He has chosen to unleash a powerful and potentially cataclysmic new technology on the world with no regard for consequences.

Oct 20, 2025 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

The Political Consequences of Gaza

The Political Consequences of Gaza The Political Consequences of Gaza

On this episode of The Time of Monsters: Yousef Munayyer on the need for accountability after a genocide.

Oct 19, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

The Water Remembers, With Amy Bowers Cordalis

The Water Remembers, With Amy Bowers Cordalis The Water Remembers, With Amy Bowers Cordalis

On A People's Climate: The largest dam removal in US history.

Oct 18, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray

Donald Trump smiles during an announcement in the Oval Office on October 16, 2025.

Another Banner Week for White Supremacists Another Banner Week for White Supremacists

In this week's Elie v. U.S., The Nation's justice correspondent connects the dots between the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Case and Trump’s whites-only refugee policy.

Oct 17, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Jeopardy

Jeopardy Jeopardy

The gaslight zone.

Oct 17, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Donald Trump speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (L) during a meeting with President of Argentina Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room at the White House on October 14, 2025

JD Vance Thinks That Tomorrow Belongs to Hitler-Loving Young Republicans JD Vance Thinks That Tomorrow Belongs to Hitler-Loving Young Republicans

In a post-shame era, racist slurs and Nazism can be shrugged off.

Oct 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Palestinian teams carry out excavation work with heavy machinery in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza, to recover the bodies of Israeli hostages killed during the attacks.

Gaza Ceasefire, CIA in Venezuela, Madagascar Coup Gaza Ceasefire, CIA in Venezuela, Madagascar Coup

The news from American Prestige.

Oct 17, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Voting-rights protesters outside the US Supreme Court as the justices heard the reargument of Louisiana v. Callais, which is poised to undo Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander

The chief justice has let partisan gerrymanders flourish, and created the conditions for near-permanent minority rule.

Oct 17, 2025 / David Daley

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