When AI and Robotics Combine When AI and Robotics Combine
The coming advent of “killer robots.”
Aug 9, 2023 / Michael T. Klare
The Ron-mentum Continues… Circling the Drain The Ron-mentum Continues… Circling the Drain
After firing almost half his staff, DeSantis just replaced his campaign manager. But who’s got authority to handle the real problem: the candidate?
Aug 9, 2023 / Joan Walsh
The Uses of Affirmative Action The Uses of Affirmative Action
The right denounced it as "reverse racism," while the liberal center hailed it as the endpoint of egalitarianism. But as a limited measure in the fight against discrimination, it ...
Aug 9, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
Inside the Cynical Campaign to Claim That Affirmative Action Hurts Asian Americans Inside the Cynical Campaign to Claim That Affirmative Action Hurts Asian Americans
The architect of the attacks on affirmative action has pitted Asian Americans and Black Americans against each other—letting white folks off the hook.
Aug 9, 2023 / Feature / Kali Holloway
I Scream I Scream
The increased attacks on the LGBTQ community.
Aug 8, 2023 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein
Let Trump Run Let Trump Run
Barring the former President from the ballot—or offering him a plea deal in exchange for dropping out of the race—are both very bad ideas.
Aug 8, 2023 / Bill Lueders
What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share? What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share?
Trump, too, may campaign from a prison cell.
Aug 8, 2023 / Richard Lingeman
NIH Scientists Want a Union NIH Scientists Want a Union
Faced with an organizing campaign by the United Auto Workers, the Biden administration is claiming that fellows at the National Institutes of Health—the people who do most of the a...
Aug 8, 2023 / Peter Lucas
Oppenheimer Opened a Door. We Can Close It. Oppenheimer Opened a Door. We Can Close It.
A world beyond the bomb is not a utopian fantasy.
Aug 8, 2023 / Derek Johnson
Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue
Suburban blight… Predatory financing… Dancing to AIPAC’s tune (web only)… A commitment to liberation (web only)…
Aug 8, 2023 / Our Readers