Silicon Valley’s Quest to Build God and Control Humanity Silicon Valley’s Quest to Build God and Control Humanity
The world we have is ugly enough, but tech capitalists desire an even uglier one.
Jul 13, 2023 / Edward Ongweso Jr.
In the Shadow of Sappho In the Shadow of Sappho
Selby Wynn Schwartz’s After Sappho is a unique work of fiction that resembles a group biography on the travails of 20th-century queer feminist artists.
Jul 13, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lily Houston Smith
Amid Partisan Politicking, Revelations on a Covid Origins Article Amid Partisan Politicking, Revelations on a Covid Origins Article
Given the ongoing uncertainty over the origins of the pandemic, little was expected from Tuesday's hearing. But thanks to a new release of public records, we now know more about wh...
Jul 12, 2023 / Jimmy Tobias
All Sides in the Ukraine War Have Been Using Cluster Bombs Since 2014 All Sides in the Ukraine War Have Been Using Cluster Bombs Since 2014
The nihilism of the battlefield is reflected in hypocritical statements churned out by Kyiv and Moscow.
Jul 12, 2023 / Lev Golinkin
The White Media Has Missed a Key Part of the Affirmative Action Ruling The White Media Has Missed a Key Part of the Affirmative Action Ruling
The upshot isn’t just that colleges must end affirmative action but that they’ll have to cut Black enrollment to avoid lawsuits questioning their compliance with the decision.
Jul 12, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Activist Lives: Angela Davis Activist Lives: Angela Davis
Born in 1944, she is an American political activist, philosopher, academic, scholar, and author of more than ten books on class, gender, race, and the U.S. prison system.
Jul 12, 2023 / OppArt / Jos Sances
Immediate Help for Developing Countries Is Available Immediate Help for Developing Countries Is Available
But the US Treasury Department is blocking it.
Jul 12, 2023 / Mark Weisbrot
What the Failed Wagner Mutiny Means for Africa What the Failed Wagner Mutiny Means for Africa
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary army might have been disbanded in Russia, but in Africa—where the group props up dictators, extracts mineral wealth, and siphons off billions from leg...
Jul 12, 2023 / Nicolas Niarchos
Police Are Spreading Authoritarianism Under the Guise of Counterterrorism Police Are Spreading Authoritarianism Under the Guise of Counterterrorism
Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has doubled down on an inquisitorial strategy of counterinsurgency in the name of counterterrorism.
Jul 12, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
The Strange Legacy of “Francisco,” a Novel of Black Bohemianism The Strange Legacy of “Francisco,” a Novel of Black Bohemianism
Over the years, Alison Mills Newman has become disillusioned with her work of experimental fiction. Its story is now caught between radical aesthetics and conservative politics.
Jul 12, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse