To Preserve Our Humanity, We Must Ban Killer Robots To Preserve Our Humanity, We Must Ban Killer Robots
Algorithms could create a perfect killing machine, stripped of the empathy and conscience that might hold a human back.
Oct 1, 2018 / Ray Acheson
The Mystery Deepens on Those ‘Immaculate Concussion’ Illnesses in Cuba The Mystery Deepens on Those ‘Immaculate Concussion’ Illnesses in Cuba
One thing is certain—the downsized US embassy has made it harder for diplomats to cover new developments there.
Sep 28, 2018 / Peter Kornbluh
The Eco-Disastrous Salmon The Eco-Disastrous Salmon
Farmed salmon is Chile’s second-biggest export. Twice, it’s proved an environmental hazard.
Sep 28, 2018 / Cédric Gouverneur
America Was in Decline Long Before Trump Stepped Into Office America Was in Decline Long Before Trump Stepped Into Office
The president is just the figurehead.
Sep 27, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
Centrist House Democrats Join the Progressive Movement to Stop the War on Yemen Centrist House Democrats Join the Progressive Movement to Stop the War on Yemen
The congressional push to end US support for the Saudi and UAE-led war is gaining strength.
Sep 27, 2018 / James Carden
A Small Nation That Thinks It’s a World Power A Small Nation That Thinks It’s a World Power
Brexit emerged from its supporters’ nostalgia for a supposedly glorious past.
Sep 27, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge
Is the World Bank Group Above the Law? Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?
A fishing community in India challenges the bank’s private-lending arm in the US Supreme Court.
Sep 27, 2018 / Feature / Barry Yeoman
For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine
A quarter-century after Oslo, Israel is consolidating its domination—but the global resistance movement is growing.
Sep 27, 2018 / The Editors
Soccer and Domestic Violence: When the Beautiful Game Turns Ugly Soccer and Domestic Violence: When the Beautiful Game Turns Ugly
In Colombia, cases of intimate-partner violence against women rose by 33 percent during the past two World Cups.
Sep 26, 2018 / Miguel Salazar
Trump’s Space Force Is Putting Us All in Danger Trump’s Space Force Is Putting Us All in Danger
Putting weapons in space is a phenomenal money waster and a threat to global security.
Sep 25, 2018 / William D. Hartung