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AI Water Use Sucks Our Planet Dry

AI Water Use Sucks Our Planet Dry AI Water Use Sucks Our Planet Dry

Computer centers swallow billions of gallons a year.

Aug 13, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. stands behind Donald Trump in the Oval Office

In Trump’s America, Vaccination Rates are Declining and Measles Is Spreading In Trump’s America, Vaccination Rates are Declining and Measles Is Spreading

Trump and RFK Jr. have made every effort to undermine one of the major civilizing advances of the 20th century—our public health infrastructure

Aug 13, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ordinary Egyptians show their support for Palestinians, but their government leaves them in legal and political limbo.

We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us. We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us.

Palestinians who escaped the horrors of Gaza face a new trauma: the dislocation of exile from our homeland.

Aug 13, 2025 / Feature / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Why We Must Release the Epstein Files

Why We Must Release the Epstein Files Why We Must Release the Epstein Files

We need justice for the survivors of his predations, and we need to restore public trust in our institutions.

Aug 13, 2025 / Rep. Ro Khanna

Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die

Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die

Distorting the reality of the crisis in Gaza.

Aug 12, 2025 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

People participate in a rally against the Trump administration’s federal takeover of the District of Columbia on August 11, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Washington, DC, Is Under a State of Siege Washington, DC, Is Under a State of Siege

Trump has put the nation’s capital under federal occupation.

Aug 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Working in the New Scam Economy

Working in the New Scam Economy Working in the New Scam Economy

On The Time of Monsters: Alexander Sammon on toiling in the grift machine.

Aug 11, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Protesters chant in Los Angeles while a Trump balloon flies over crowd.

A Free Speech Shakedown—Trump’s Approach to American Civil Society  A Free Speech Shakedown—Trump’s Approach to American Civil Society 

Ending his extortion racket will demand not only courageous institutions—it will take the political opposition of us all.

Aug 11, 2025 / David Cole

Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG

Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG

The state’s attorney general, Letitia James, has emerged as a North Star in the chaos of the second Trump administration.

Aug 11, 2025 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Young People Are Using ChatGPT for Therapy, but the Conversations Lack Privacy and Protections

Young People Are Using ChatGPT for Therapy, but the Conversations Lack Privacy and Protections Young People Are Using ChatGPT for Therapy, but the Conversations Lack Privacy and Protections

Therapy is now one of the leading uses of AI. But unlike traditional therapy notes, which are privileged, transcripts with chatbots carry no such shield.

Aug 8, 2025 / StudentNation / Chelsea Lubbe and Ray Epstein

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