Black Twitter’s Homegoing Black Twitter’s Homegoing
A new Hulu docuseries about Black Twitter wants to be a tribute piece to Black millennial intellectual and creative output. But what it becomes is something else entirely.
May 17, 2024 / Hanna Phifer
Google Fired Us for Protesting Its Complicity in the War on Gaza. But We Won’t Be Silenced. Google Fired Us for Protesting Its Complicity in the War on Gaza. But We Won’t Be Silenced.
We have been demanding that Google cut its ties to Israel’s apartheid government for years, and we’re not stopping now.
Apr 29, 2024 / Mohammad Khatami, Zelda Montes, and Kate Sim
Data, Desire, and Where Fiction Goes Next Data, Desire, and Where Fiction Goes Next
The Nation speaks to Jessi Jezewska Stevens about her new short-story collection, which dramatizes late-capitalist living.
Apr 24, 2024 / Q&A / Rose D’Amora
The Use of “Attention Capture” Technologies in Our Classrooms Has Created a Crisis The Use of “Attention Capture” Technologies in Our Classrooms Has Created a Crisis
We have a choice: We can allow Big Tech to solve the problem with invasive brain technology. Or we can let educators teach students how to pay attention.
Apr 22, 2024 / Jac Mullen
How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza
Because it isn’t so much the bombs that kill but the list that puts civilians in the way of the bombs.
Apr 12, 2024 / James Bamford
Social Media Companies Are Having a Bad Moment Social Media Companies Are Having a Bad Moment
What if it were the start of a movement?
Apr 11, 2024 / Nick H. Penniman
Scapegoating TikTok Is Not the Answer Scapegoating TikTok Is Not the Answer
Banning the app in the US would destroy a hub for progressive organizing and cultural influence.
Apr 10, 2024 / Column / Kali Holloway
The Toxic Culture at Tesla The Toxic Culture at Tesla
The factory floors at America’s top seller of electric vehicles are rife with racial harassment, sexual abuse, and injuries on the job.
Apr 9, 2024 / Feature / Bryce Covert
“In Techno Parentis”: Who Should Regulate the Online Lives of Teenagers? “In Techno Parentis”: Who Should Regulate the Online Lives of Teenagers?
With TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms using algorithms to send teen viewers addictive, dangerous content—and reaping immense profits—self-regulation has clearly failed.
Apr 2, 2024 / Zephyr Teachout
Why Silicon Valley Reactionaries Love RFK Jr. Why Silicon Valley Reactionaries Love RFK Jr.
Kennedy’s newly picked running mate, Nicole Shanahan, reflects the necro-futurism of Big Tech.
Apr 1, 2024 / Jeet Heer