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Chat GPT Gets Real

Chat GPT Gets Real Chat GPT Gets Real

Go outside and take a walk.

Feb 28, 2023 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.)

Do Voters Really Want More CIA Analysts in Congress? Do Voters Really Want More CIA Analysts in Congress?

Michigan Representative Elissa Slotkin is vying for a Senate seat in 2024, touting her national security experience. But, in spite of conventional wisdom, her background doesn't gu...

Feb 28, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Sara Nelson addresses demonstrators

Sara Nelson Could Be the Greatest Labor Secretary Since the New Deal Sara Nelson Could Be the Greatest Labor Secretary Since the New Deal

The demand for a fearless labor secretary is as great now as it was in the 1930s, and Nelson is more than ready to meet the moment.

Feb 28, 2023 / John Nichols

Protesters blocking traffic

Predatory Policing Has Become a National Crisis Predatory Policing Has Become a National Crisis

Welcome to America’s emerging predator state.

Feb 28, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Image of a pipeline crossing tundra

Why More Alaskans Aren’t Fighting a Huge Potential Oil Project on the North Slope Why More Alaskans Aren’t Fighting a Huge Potential Oil Project on the North Slope

Alaska residents are living in an impossible situation: The state depends on oil to sustain itself—and that economy is simultaneously wreaking permanent damage on both the Arctic a...

Feb 28, 2023 / Madeline Ostrander

Charles Koch during an interview with the Washington Post at the Freedom Partners Summit on August 3, 2015.

Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family

The political uses of the “poor little rich girl” narrative.

Feb 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Two boys with crew cuts raise an American flag

The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools

The top educational priorities in the Sunshine State were apparently reading, writing, and anti-communism.

Feb 27, 2023 / Tera W. Hunter

America Is a Gun

America Is a Gun America Is a Gun

Shot up.

Feb 27, 2023 / OppArt / Laurie Lipton

Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination

Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination

Many South Asians who have immigrated to the United States have been unable to leave caste-based discrimination behind. A new local law aims to change that reality.

Feb 27, 2023 / Kshama Sawant

Cast of Argentina, 1985

“Argentina, 1985” Is a Political Tale for Our Time “Argentina, 1985” Is a Political Tale for Our Time

Argentina’s nominee for Best Foreign Film offers an urgent warning to democracies in Latin America and across the West.

Feb 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jacob Sugarman

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