Science and Health

The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All

The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All

What the Zizians, a trans vegan cult allegedly behind multiple murders, can teach us about radicalization and our tech-addled politics.

Mar 13, 2025 / Grace Byron

How Covid Sickened the National Psyche

How Covid Sickened the National Psyche How Covid Sickened the National Psyche

While the US was a troubled nation long before the coronavirus, our failure to treat the pandemic as an enduring emergency helped birth this nasty moment.

Mar 12, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order on halting federal funds for schools and universities that impose coronavirus vaccine mandates in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2025.

Universities Are Under Attack. Silence Is Not an Option. Universities Are Under Attack. Silence Is Not an Option.

University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won't work.

Mar 3, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Depraved Tyrant

Depraved Tyrant Depraved Tyrant

Your money and your life.

Feb 28, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Elon Musk holds a chain saw during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025. The chain saw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentine President Javier Milei.

DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research

The Trump administration’s efforts to reorient the country away from cutting-edge research will be felt by nearly every area of science.

Feb 28, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

People rally in Lansing, Michigan, to oppose President Trump, Elon Musk, and Project 2025.

How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks

As the Trump administration targets trans people, healthcare workers are mobilizing to support their patients’ ability to get the care they need.

Feb 25, 2025 / Sarah Lazare

CBP drone

Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Complex Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Complex

An assortment of new firms, born in Silicon Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, have begun to challenge the older ones for access to lucrative Pentagon awards.

Feb 24, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

Bryan Johnson, founder and chief executive officer of Kernel Holding SA.

How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit

It turns out that optimizing yourself like artificial intelligence not only won’t ensure that you live forever. It is also very expensive.

Feb 24, 2025 / Maya Vinokour

Supporters hold up “Save Medicaid” signs outside the Capitol during the Republicans’ attempt to cut Medicaid during Trump's first term in September 2017.

Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities

The president’s disdain for disabled people—and obsession with genetic superiority—harks back to a grim past.

Feb 18, 2025 / Sam Gustin

Some day all this will be mine: Trump swears in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services.

Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand

Does the Kennedy name stand for liberalism—or oligarchy?

Feb 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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