In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried to weaponize.
Ethics & Values
How Environmental Destruction Is Built Into Corporate Design
How do decent people live with the catastrophic results of their collective labor?
How do decent people live with the catastrophic results of their collective labor?
Don’t Mistake Nice People for Good People
We may need to face the reality that some very nice people around us may not be very good.
We may need to face the reality that some very nice people around us may not be very good.
You Paid for Trump’s Tariffs. Corporations Get the Refund.
Trump’s tariff refunds are going to corporations — not the consumers who got stuck with the higher prices.
Trump’s tariff refunds are going to corporations — not the consumers who got stuck with the higher prices.
Lawmakers Press to Eliminate Private Jet Travel Subsidies
The Stop Subsidizing Private Jets Act of 2026 would close loopholes in Trump's tax codes that allow billionaires to write off planes as business expenses.
The Stop Subsidizing Private Jets Act of 2026 would close loopholes in Trump’s tax codes that allow billionaires to write off planes as business expenses.
AI Is Creating the First Generation of Cognitively Outsourced Humans
For years, we have been outsourcing pieces of cognition so gradually that the shift barely registered.
For years, we have been outsourcing pieces of cognition so gradually that the shift barely registered.
The Way Home Exists — We’re Living Proof
Cities across the country are considering permanent affordable housing. That’s good — but we’ll keep more people off the streets if we also invest in supportive services.
Cities across the country are considering permanently affordable housing. That’s good — but we’ll keep more people off the streets if we also invest in supportive services.
Pavlo Horiachev on Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Revolution
How are Ukrainian drones, AI targeting, and anti-drone systems changing modern warfare?
“Automation is about repeating things. If your enemy observes your behaviour repeated many times, he can create effective countermeasures.”
Book Review: The Case for Making Data-Driven Decisions
Helen Pearson’s “Beyond Belief” profiles figures who propelled medicine and other fields toward evidence-based thinking.
Helen Pearson’s “Beyond Belief” profiles figures who propelled medicine and other fields toward evidence-based thinking.
I Fled the USSR. That’s Why I Support Taxing Billionaires.
Taxing extreme wealth in order to reduce the influence of a tiny, ultra-rich elite isn’t how democracies fall. It’s how they survive.
Taxing extreme wealth in order to reduce the influence of a tiny, ultra-rich elite isn’t how democracies fall. It’s how they survive.
Wealth and Power Addicts: Our Overlords Are Heartless Hoarders
Worse, we admire these ghouls and are letting them dominate our society and our lives.
Worse, we admire these ghouls and are letting them dominate our society and our lives.
Partnerism, Gender, AI, and Domination
How does Riane Eisler’s partnerism challenge domination systems through gender, history, economics, and AI?
“Everything changes as we move from a lack of consciousness—which enables domination—to the kind of consciousness required for partnership.”
Pledging to an Unknown God
What do we mean when we use the word God?
What do we mean when we use the word God?
Everywhere Insiders 49: China, Iran, ICC Justice, and X Free Speech Controversies
How do China–Iran relations, ICC prosecutions, and X’s free speech policies reveal weaknesses in global governance and enforcement?
Irina Tsukerman: “A vague observation is not the same as a commitment to enforce international law—without speed and consistency, justice loses both credibility and deterrent value.”
How to Turn the Boomer Retirement Wave Into a Generational Opportunity
As a result, Kentucky deaths now exceed births for the first time in recorded history. A declining fertility rate is also contributing to this reversal.
As a result, Kentucky deaths now exceed births for the first time in recorded history. A declining fertility rate is also contributing to this reversal.
Stephen Colbert and The Late Show’s ‘Joy Machine’ Won. Donald Trump and MAGA’s Misery Movement Lost Again.
We will continue to traffic in laughter and beauty and connection.
We will continue to traffic in laughter and beauty and connection.