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AI Will Never Be Your Friend AI Will Never Be Your Friend

The Friend necklace promises constant companionship and understanding. But this isn’t friendship—it’s a soulless, cynical way to prey on our loneliness and fear.

Oct 20, 2025 / Zito Madu

Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment

Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment

He has chosen to unleash a powerful and potentially cataclysmic new technology on the world with no regard for consequences.

Oct 20, 2025 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

What Was the Cybertruck?

What Was the Cybertruck? What Was the Cybertruck?

Elon Musk’s car from space offered a vision for a sustainable and autonomous future. All along, it was as awkward, easily bruised, and volatile as the entrepreneur himself.

Oct 16, 2025 / Feature / Maya Vinokour

RFK Jr. Dismantles Our Health System

RFK Jr. Dismantles Our Health System RFK Jr. Dismantles Our Health System

Spreading lies and spreading disease.

Oct 10, 2025 / OppArt / 3 Chord Politics

Bot-Eat-Bot-World

Bot-Eat-Bot-World Bot-Eat-Bot-World

Artificial indigestion.

Oct 8, 2025 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

The artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT.

What Happens When Universities Offer a “Critical Embrace” of AI? What Happens When Universities Offer a “Critical Embrace” of AI?

With platforms like Boston University’s “TerrierGPT,” the pressure for students to use AI is coming from colleges themselves, even as researchers warn of long-term consequences.

Oct 6, 2025 / StudentNation / Julie Huynh

Fat Elvis Flies Again

Fat Elvis Flies Again Fat Elvis Flies Again

And Lincoln too.

Oct 3, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Targeting Tylenol Is Just Another Excuse to Blame Women for Everything

Targeting Tylenol Is Just Another Excuse to Blame Women for Everything Targeting Tylenol Is Just Another Excuse to Blame Women for Everything

It’s a long-standing tradition to blame all manner of social ills on women, without any basis in fact.

Sep 30, 2025 / Katha Pollitt

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime? How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

In light of new data showing over 400 people have been prosecuted for pregnancy-related crimes, we should be wary of how Trump’s directives may be used against women.

Sep 30, 2025 / Aziza Ahmed

An activist holds a sign that read “Free DC” during a rally at Dupont Circle on August 28, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Resisting Federal Overreach in the Exam Room and on the Streets of DC Resisting Federal Overreach in the Exam Room and on the Streets of DC

This Hyde anniversary, Dr. Jamila Perritt reflects on the culture of fear and self-determination in the nation’s capital.

Sep 30, 2025 / Dr. Jamila Perritt

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