How Everything Became Data How Everything Became Data
Starting with the birth of statistics in the 19th century and concluding with algorithms and AI systems, a new book examines how humans became studied as a set of ones and zeroes....
Oct 16, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Ben Tarnoff
Naomi Klein Explains the Problems With Left-Wing Silence Naomi Klein Explains the Problems With Left-Wing Silence
The author of Doppelganger wants us to find stories that can “replace the socialism of fools with the socialism of facts.”
Oct 6, 2023 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New
Tolerance, rigor, open-mindedness, and a willingness to countenance doubt and contradiction apparently are all values the magazine champions in theory but tends to ignore in pract...
Oct 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game
Announcing his exit, the right-wing baron mixes public populism and private elitism.
Sep 25, 2023 / Jeet Heer
How Anti–Sex Work Legislation Is About to Get Worse How Anti–Sex Work Legislation Is About to Get Worse
FOSTA-SESTA made sex workers less safe and the Internet less free. A spate of new laws is deepening the damage.
Sep 25, 2023 / Feature / Sascha Cohen
“Stats Bros” Are Sucking the Life Out of Politics “Stats Bros” Are Sucking the Life Out of Politics
In their attempt to serve as objective purveyors of fact and reason, Steve Kornacki, Nate Silver, and other data nerds are misleading the left-liberal electorate.
Sep 12, 2023 / Leif Weatherby
Elon Musk Is a Threat to Democracy Elon Musk Is a Threat to Democracy
How the owner of Tesla and Space X became a state within a state.
Sep 8, 2023 / Jeet Heer
A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book
But corporate mega-publishers want purchasing a book to be like renting a movie or streaming an album.
Aug 30, 2023 / Maria Bustillos
What Was Digital Media? What Was Digital Media?
Ben Smith’s Traffic charts the boom and bust of a new age of online journalism.
Aug 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
Exclusive: James O’Keefe Is Now Under Investigation for Looting Project Veritas Exclusive: James O’Keefe Is Now Under Investigation for Looting Project Veritas
Prosecutors in Westchester County, N.Y., are pursuing charges against the right’s premiere “gotcha video” scammer, for scamming his own donors.
Aug 18, 2023 / Liz Farkas and Matthew Phelan