Society

Ryan Busse once worked for a major gun-maker. He now warns about the danger of growing radicalization in the industry.

When Willem Arondeus said, “Let it be known, homosexuals aren’t cowards’’, on the eve of his execution in 1943, he was speaking for himself and countless others who gave and risked their lives to end the tyranny and oppression that the LGBTQ community faced under Nazi rule. It is only in recent years that their…

Most rights are based in statute, but dozens — such as rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings — are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn and that current justices have questioned some aspect of.

New tools make it possible to detect hidden manipulation of maps.

In today’s rapidly advancing technological landscape, one topic has emerged as a pressing concern for humanity: the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As a former Google executive, we recognize the magnitude of this issue and the urgent need to address it. In this article, we delve into the profound implications of AI and its potential […]

On the myth of wilderness

World without faith by John Beevers, 1935, H. Hamilton edition, in English

Beevers, John; World Without Faith

Instead of writing about the need to electrify everything, Nate Johnson is now doing that work himself as an apprentice electrician.

From a November discussion on the Eyes Left podcast, between Mike Prysner, an Iraq War veteran, and Mansoor Adayfi, a former detainee at Guantánamo Bay. mansoor adayfi: As you know, Guantánamo was created out of the legal zone, out of the legal system. Torture was the mechanism of Guantánamo. Torture, abuse, and experimenting on prisoners. […]

The candidacy of Ron DeSantis represents the ugliest stage of the War on Terror's veterans entering the American political area.

CNN reports that federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording from a 2021 meeting revealing that former President Donald Trump retained a classified Pentagon document about a potential atta…

But don't get it twisted, there's no such thing as a safe one, either

A journey into the Republican soul in 2023.

Part one of two: Westward expansion and the American System’s unexpected triumph.

This is part three of an ongoing, five-part series. Part one, the introduction, is here. Part two, about breaking up ad-tech companies, is here.The ad-tech industry is incredibly profitable, raking in hundreds of billions of dollars every year by spying on us. These companies have tendrils that...

Though “discrimination” is a central theme of our modern world, it is closely connected to many other powerful related concepts. So we might wonder: what is the essential motive or passion driving attitudes and behaviors here?

In a Memorial Day reflection, historian Heather Cox Richardson highlights a pamphlet distributed by the US War Department to Army

Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better-informed men and women and therefore better soldiers.”

This graphic visualizes the world’s aging population, showing data for every country and territory around the world.

There are 118 Republicans and 100 Democrats in the House willing to vote for the right deal. Will they have the courage to push it through over partisan objections? And what could such an alliance …

Twitter has withdrawn from the EU's Code of Practice on online disinformation -- setting it on a collision course with the bloc's regulators.

Wrestling explains it.

Digital payments have become a ubiquitous part of our lives, and with this increased usage comes an ..

You've probably seen these terms on social media recently — but do you know what they actually mean?

Loss of taste/smell and post-exertional malaise were the top two symptoms.