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Yang Doesn’t Add Up

Yang Doesn’t Add Up Yang Doesn’t Add Up

The presidential candidate is great at identifying problems, but his policy proposals need a lot of work.

Nov 18, 2019 / John Nichols

Where I Live You Can Break Your Neck Trying to Get Cell Service

Where I Live You Can Break Your Neck Trying to Get Cell Service Where I Live You Can Break Your Neck Trying to Get Cell Service

And other tales from the Internet wilderness.

Nov 4, 2019 / Karen Rothmyer

What It Feels Like to Be Watched

What It Feels Like to Be Watched What It Feels Like to Be Watched

From the streets to our smartphones, surveillance has taken on frightening proportions.

Oct 28, 2019 / Column / Laila Lalami

China Is Exporting Its Anti-Muslim Strategy to India

China Is Exporting Its Anti-Muslim Strategy to India China Is Exporting Its Anti-Muslim Strategy to India

Muslims in Kashmir may find themselves in a Xinjiang-style dystopia thanks to Chinese technology and Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalism.

Oct 16, 2019 / Nithin Coca

A Tool to Improve Baseball Performance Has Become a Weapon Against the Players

A Tool to Improve Baseball Performance Has Become a Weapon Against the Players A Tool to Improve Baseball Performance Has Become a Weapon Against the Players

How baseball’s numbers game threatens to strangle the sport.

Oct 8, 2019 / Feature / Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze

Epstein’s scientist “friends” should have known better than to associate with a crackpot transhumanist.

Aug 12, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Sunrise Movement Pelosi Office

The Green New Deal Is This Generation’s Moon Shot The Green New Deal Is This Generation’s Moon Shot

Sending humans to the moon was a choice. Saving the earth is a necessity.

Jul 29, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan

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Letters From the July 29-August 5, 2019, Issue Letters From the July 29-August 5, 2019, Issue

In defense of aesthetes… The imperfect vs. the irredeemable… Pigs in space…

Jul 16, 2019 / Our Readers

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Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans

When someone’s always watching, we lose our sense of self. 

Jul 16, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Elon Musk SpaceX

The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos

Why should we listen to zillionaires who want to abandon ship?

Jun 17, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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