AI Will Only Intensify Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don’t Care. AI Will Only Intensify Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don’t Care.
The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.
Dec 4, 2025 / Juan Cole
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
Nov 26, 2025 / Rebecca Cokley
Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable
An interview with the author of a new book documenting the brutalities of childbirth in the post-Dobbs era.
Nov 25, 2025 / Regina Mahone
Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened. Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened.
Through executive orders, Congress, and a loyalist cabinet, the Trump administration has delivered big for enclaves of coal country like Colstrip, Montana. But how long can it las...
Nov 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Ezra Graham
Sports Media Has Forgotten About CTE Even After Player Deaths Sports Media Has Forgotten About CTE Even After Player Deaths
The NFL season has been rife with tragedy—not that the league or its media partners have noticed.
Nov 18, 2025 / Dave Zirin
Aging in Trump’s America Is an Obstacle Course of Indignities Aging in Trump’s America Is an Obstacle Course of Indignities
As strand by strand of the safety net is plucked away until it’s shredded, aging in America is a fearful and destructive business. And Donald Trump doesn’t care.
Nov 13, 2025 / Beverly Gologorsky
The Price of Health The Price of Health
Inflation is soaring, and healthcare costs are skyrocketing.
Nov 11, 2025 / OppArt / Martha Lewis
Your Dream House Might Be a Fantasy Your Dream House Might Be a Fantasy
AI has has invaded the real estate industry, dissolving the boundaries between image enhancement and false advertising.
Nov 6, 2025 / Kate Wagner
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again. Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
Nov 6, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves