San Diego’s AI Battlefield Heats Up San Diego’s AI Battlefield Heats Up
The city is at the forefront of the fight against using big tech to surveill residents. But AI poses new threats.
Apr 8, 2026 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Great AI Grift The Great AI Grift
Tech leaders want you to believe that AI is the key to a new golden age. The reality looks more like a bold, government-backed heist.
Apr 8, 2026 / Feature / Susannah Glickman, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West
Diminished Lives: an Assault on the Humanities Diminished Lives: an Assault on the Humanities
More and more students are being indoctrinated into a cult of cold “efficiency,” where the training of workers for corporate employment are held to be the ultimate priorities.
Apr 8, 2026 / Jonathan Kozol
We All Hate AI, but if You’re Poor, It Can Really Ruin Your Life We All Hate AI, but if You’re Poor, It Can Really Ruin Your Life
Debt collection. Parole decisions. Oversight of public services. It’s all being outsourced to AI, with terrible consequences for poor people.
Apr 8, 2026 / Column / Kali Holloway
Pope Leo Is Speaking Truth to Donald Trump’s Power Pope Leo Is Speaking Truth to Donald Trump’s Power
The pontiff’s Easter address, like so many of his recent statements, countered Trump’s Iran bombast with a cry for peace—and sanity.
Apr 7, 2026 / John Nichols
Letters From the May 2026 Issue Letters From the May 2026 Issue
Voting for vets… The meaning of evangelical… Billionaire ball clubs…
Apr 7, 2026 / Our Readers
What We Need to Ask Ourselves About AI What We Need to Ask Ourselves About AI
Seven questions to resolve before we let this fast-moving technology run rampant.
Apr 7, 2026 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
“The Nation” Is Siding With Humanity “The Nation” Is Siding With Humanity
As unregulated, profit-driven AI threatens our economy, climate, and safety, we can’t let tech-bro profiteers define our future.
Apr 7, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation
Adventures With AI Adventures With AI
I used several AI chatbots to trace an unattributed quote—and learned just how fallible our robot replacements are.
Apr 7, 2026 / Jon Wiener
What Happened to Tucker Carlson? What Happened to Tucker Carlson?
The transformation of a once promising, if conservative, magazine journalist into a conspiracy-minded talking head.
Apr 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann