Nuclear Winter Is a Climate Issue Nuclear Winter Is a Climate Issue
It would be the most severe and abrupt disruption to global ecological systems. Yet in many mainstream climate narratives, it’s rarely discussed.
Jun 19, 2025 / Norman Solomon
When It Comes to Understanding the Dangers Posed by Big Tech, We’re Lost in the Cloud When It Comes to Understanding the Dangers Posed by Big Tech, We’re Lost in the Cloud
By treating IT and AI as neutral tools, we obscure our ability to see—and resist—power. If just one of the big three tech giants collapses, societal mayhem could follow.
Jun 16, 2025 / Column / Zephyr Teachout
We’re Trying to Fight the Human Nightmare of Climate Change With Guns We’re Trying to Fight the Human Nightmare of Climate Change With Guns
For the United States the only answer to the climate crisis and its mass displacement of people is yet more border enforcement.
Jun 10, 2025 / Todd Miller
The Human Workforce Behind AI Wants a Union The Human Workforce Behind AI Wants a Union
Contractors who work on Google’s AI products are trying to organize, but new obstacles keep appearing in their path.
May 28, 2025 / Emmet Fraizer
Palantir’s Idea of Peace Palantir’s Idea of Peace
Alex Karp uses his company and his platform to advocate for a world in which big tech is the defense industry's most willing collaborator.
May 27, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Michael Eby
Democrats Are Greenlighting Trump’s Crypto Corruption Democrats Are Greenlighting Trump’s Crypto Corruption
Sixteen senators backed a disastrous bill that enshrines the crypto industry's flagrant abuses into law.
May 20, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech
And how we get it back.
May 16, 2025 / Eric Reinhart
DOGE Is Wreaking Havoc on Everything—Except the War Machine DOGE Is Wreaking Havoc on Everything—Except the War Machine
Activities that funnel revenue to weapons contractors have barely been touched—hardly surprising given that Musk himself presides over a significant Pentagon contractor.
May 6, 2025 / William D. Hartung
Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket
Public officials are propping up a Texas Bitcoin boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.
May 5, 2025 / Candice Bernd
The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed
Marc Andreessen, Tucker Carlson, and a Winklevoss walk into a bar… and the rest of us run out of it screaming.
Apr 29, 2025 / Chris Lehmann