How Interfaces Shape Our Relationship to Tech How Interfaces Shape Our Relationship to Tech
On this episode of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, Zachary Kaiser explains why data isn’t an accurate reflection of the world.
Feb 15, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx
The Bad Politics of Good Taste The Bad Politics of Good Taste
Nathalie Olah’s exploration of the ethics of tastefulness dissects the class-bounded nature of most social and cultural mores.
Feb 15, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Kelly
I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors
At the Cleantech North America conference, the fates of climate-tech start-ups are tangled into the balance sheets of companies who caused the crisis in the first place.
Feb 15, 2024 / Molly Taft
The Mayorkas Impeachment Is Just the Latest GOP Stunt The Mayorkas Impeachment Is Just the Latest GOP Stunt
The inquisition of the secretary of Homeland Security, without any evidence to speak of, does little other than rile up the MAGA base—and its leader.
Feb 15, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Democrats Are Helping Make the US Border Look More and More Like Gaza Democrats Are Helping Make the US Border Look More and More Like Gaza
The party is embracing the idea of the border as a bulwark against a savage horde. As it happens, that’s exactly how Israel talks about Gaza.
Feb 15, 2024 / Dylan Saba
Tom Suozzi Takes Back the Seat He Never Should Have Given Up Tom Suozzi Takes Back the Seat He Never Should Have Given Up
A bad candidate and a bumbling GOP hand the Democrats another House seat. The biggest loser? House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Feb 14, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Stop Picking on Public Libraries Stop Picking on Public Libraries
You might think that an apparently harmless public good like a library would have no enemies. But in the age of Trump, they have many.
Feb 14, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon
Community, Action Community, Action
Youth mural, Vientiane, Laos.
Feb 14, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
From the Front Lines to the Corporate World: My DEI Journey From the Front Lines to the Corporate World: My DEI Journey
From intention to impact: a practical guide.
Feb 14, 2024 / Malia Lazu
Why Billionaires Are Obsessed With the Apocalypse Why Billionaires Are Obsessed With the Apocalypse
In Survival of the Richest, Douglas Rushkoff gets to the bottom of the tech oligarchy’s fixation on protecting themselves from the end times.
Feb 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jared Marcel Pollen