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An AI Data Center in Abilene, Texas

Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages? Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages?

It’s a steep price to pay so that Mark Zuckerberg can sell AI-enabled spy glasses.

Oct 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Chicago

Chicago Chicago

Wide angle.

Oct 22, 2025 / OppArt / Michael de Adder

Nicolas Poussin’s “Landscape with a Calm,” 1650–51.

What T.J. Clark Sees  What T.J. Clark Sees 

His art criticism reaches rarified heights—combining style, rigor, and politics like almost no one else.

Oct 22, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Mumia Abu-Jamal, seen here in a December 13, 1995, photo from prison, was convicted in 1982 of murdering a Philadelphia policeman.

Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With the Clear Voice of a Free Man Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With the Clear Voice of a Free Man

Incarcerated for 44 years, the political prisoner remains unbowed in the face of medical neglect.

Oct 22, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Trump and Hegseth deliver an announcement at the Oval Office

Trump Is Waging War on His Own Country Trump Is Waging War on His Own Country

The president’s deployments continue to nudge this country ever closer to becoming a genuine police state.

Oct 21, 2025 / Nick Turse

Protesters turn out for Portland’s No Kings rally on October 18.

The Double-Edged Virality of Portland's Protests The Double-Edged Virality of Portland's Protests

The city’s anti-ICE actions and No Kings demonstration have commanded mass attention, but still are no match for the impunity of the MAGA deportation state.

Oct 21, 2025 / Nathaniel Friedman

Protesters at the coal miners' rally in Washington on October 14, 2025.

Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight. Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight.

After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice.

Oct 21, 2025 / Kim Kelly

Protestor holds American flag while confronting police

When Washington Shuts Down, California Steps Up  When Washington Shuts Down, California Steps Up 

The latest shutdown’s consequences are hitting California hard.

Oct 21, 2025 / Alex Lee and Sade Elhawary

Psycho 2

Psycho 2 Psycho 2

Give that boy a great big blanket.

Oct 21, 2025 / OppArt / Mark Kaplan

Smoke streams out of coal power plant in Kentucky.

The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal

What drives Trump’s politics is nostalgia for the age of coal, when dirty fuel and no environmental regulations created his version of a great America.

Oct 21, 2025 / Erik Loomis

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