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
Affirmative Action for Men? Affirmative Action for Men?
College admissions policies claiming to maintain a gender balance are giving male applicants yet another advantage.
Oct 14, 2023 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Jewish Grief Must Not Be Used as a Weapon of War Jewish Grief Must Not Be Used as a Weapon of War
We are in mourning this week—but we cannot sit back while Israel uses our trauma as a reason to destroy Gaza.
Oct 13, 2023 / Stefanie Fox
A Reminder to the Media: Palestinian Lives Matter Too A Reminder to the Media: Palestinian Lives Matter Too
Throughout the past week of horrors in Gaza and Israel, mainstream US news programs have made it painfully clear that, for them, Palestinians are expendable.
Oct 13, 2023 / Jack Mirkinson
Safe Staffing Is Front and Center in Another Huge Healthcare Strike Safe Staffing Is Front and Center in Another Huge Healthcare Strike
Seventy-five thousand healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente locations across five states and Washington, D.C., walked off the job to demand an end to staffing shortages.
Oct 13, 2023 / Bryce Covert
How Leonard Leo Weaponized the Courts Against Democracy How Leonard Leo Weaponized the Courts Against Democracy
The Federalist Society uses billionaire funds and right-wing ideology to remake the law.
Oct 13, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Silence Is Complicity Silence Is Complicity
Let’s speak out against white supremacy, human trafficking, bigotry, sexual abuse, gun violence, oppression, mass shootings, domestic violence…
Oct 13, 2023 / OppArt / Judy Polstra
The Supreme Court Is Going to Rubber-Stamp Racial Gerrymandering The Supreme Court Is Going to Rubber-Stamp Racial Gerrymandering
The court has found a loophole that could allow districts to exclude Black voters—and still call it constitutional.
Oct 12, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Aging in America Shouldn’t Be This Hard Aging in America Shouldn’t Be This Hard
Why should capital take any interest in people who are no longer a source of profit?
Oct 12, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon