The pandemic has only accelerated a decline in US birth rates, even as immigration has plummeted.

Sociologist Dr. Andrew Perrin argued that the threat of populist authoritarianism is another reason why democracies should seek to address climate change adequately. Conservatives replied in predictable ways without really grappling with the underlying implications of the paper: two forms of governance are necessary but conflict with one another. On the one side we have popular sovereignty/self-determination and on the other we have rights and protections for individuals and minorities. We need to find a way to bolster both to strengthen democracy.

When we look to 2024, it’s easy to focus on the doomsday scenario: an election where legitimate results get thrown out. But our democracy has been eroding for years — and we’ve never been an equal democracy for everyone in the first place.

Efforts to treat individual disinformation outbreaks, rather than the underlying systemic design flaws, are doomed to fail. Here’s what we need.

An extensive array of research reports, online employee debates and drafts of presentations to senior management, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, offer an unparalleled look inside the social-media giant’s failings—and its unwillingness or inability to address them.

“This is not normal. This is not healthy.”

There's been a lot of debate in the last few years about meritocracy, and it's become even more pressing in light of the pandemic. If essential workers are "essential", are they really less meritorious than a banker or accountant? On this episode, we'll be joined by Adrian Wooldridge, political editor at The Economist and author of the new book "The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World". He'll be making the nuanced case in favor of meritocracy, and we'll hear the other side on our next episode.

And that number is rising

One challenge is how little we know about the dangers.

When I worked at the social network, I saw how users in the Global South shared their accounts with shady middlemen. The practice erodes public trust and is corrupting civil discourse around the world.

Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is the "linchpin" of a sprawling disinformation network that pushes election and covid-19 falsehoods, researchers say

Three years ago, the company began building "responsible AI." This is the story of how it failed.

The Google-owned video site is blocking millions of videos featuring hate speech and disinformation, but researchers say there’s still more it could do

The move served as a warning to Republicans in other states who are trying to restrict voting, and is likely to put new pressure on other organizations and corporations to consider pulling business out of Georgia.