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Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled “Transforming Business through AI” in Tokyo, Japan, 2025.

The True Threat of OpenAI The True Threat of OpenAI

Karen Hao’s recent book on the company argues that its ambitions are not merely about scale or the market but the creation of a global force that rivals a colonial power of old.

Sep 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Deck

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to reporters alongside other House and Senate Appropriation Democratic committee members including Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the US Capitol in July 2025 in Washington, DC.

Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In

With most New York Democrats endorsing their party's candidate for mayor, the two minority leaders in Congress remain holdouts.

Sep 16, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

People celebrate and take pictures after occupying Nepal’s Parliament building in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025.

Did Nepal Just Have a Revolution? Did Nepal Just Have a Revolution?

Kunda Dixit, one of Nepal’s top journalists, talks about the stunning turn of events in the South Asian nation and how its society reached the boiling point.

Sep 16, 2025 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson

Judith Butler in Berlin.

Kafka-land at UC Berkeley Kafka-land at UC Berkeley

The 160 members of the university notified that their names were forwarded to the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights were not informed of any specific allegations against them.

Sep 16, 2025 / Judith Butler

Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover

Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover

The man who threw his sandwich at a National Guardsman became a symbol of resistance.

Sep 16, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Elderly woman arrested at protest against the proscription of Palestine Action in the United Kingdom.

Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party

Starmer’s rightward turn and austerity agenda fracture Labour, as Corbyn and Sultana rally disillusioned voters behind a new left alternative.

Sep 16, 2025 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

A protester holds portrait of Macron upside-down

Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs

The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the divided left-wing opposition is struggling to capitaliz...

Sep 16, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

Smoke billows during Israeli strikes on the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City on September 5, 2025.

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

Sep 16, 2025 / Column / David Klion

A screenshot from Liam Elkind's campaign launch video.

Beware the Centrist Dweebs Trying to Ape Zohran Mamdani Beware the Centrist Dweebs Trying to Ape Zohran Mamdani

All over the country, young Democratic candidates are running seemingly Mamdani-style campaigns. But check the fine print.

Sep 16, 2025 / Aaron Narraph Fernando

Kirkland Discounts

Kirkland Discounts Kirkland Discounts

Freedom sells out cheap.

Sep 15, 2025 / Steve Brodner

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