Erotica, Gore and Racism: How America’s War on ‘Ideological Bias’ is Letting...
Badly behaved artificial intelligence (AI) systems have a long history in science fiction. Way back in 1961, in the famous Astro Boy comics by Osamu Tezuka, a clone of a popular robot magician was...
View ArticleHow to Stop Trump’s Plan for the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
For now, the cease-fire deal between Hamas and the Israeli government appears to be holding, but Donald Trump’s proposal for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza has been the main focus of discussion for the...
View ArticleGiorgia Meloni’s Geopolitics Start to Unravel
The year began with a bang: racist immigration policies, economic upheaval, government attacks on the judiciary, and a crackdown on activists. But this isn’t Donald Trump’s America — it’s Giorgia...
View ArticleJavier Milei’s Meme Coin Boondoggle
Last Friday, Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, posted a link on X/Twitter to promote $Libra, a new cryptocurrency that, in his words, would “promote economic growth in Argentina and fund...
View ArticleThe Purge of the Deep State and the Road to Dictatorship
This article is read by Eunice Wong, a Juilliard-trained actor, featured on Audible’s list of Best Women Narrators. Her work is on the annual Best Audiobooks lists of the New York Times, Audible,...
View ArticleBlack History Testifies to the Impossible Creative Power of Black Resistance
There is a powerful traditional saying within Black cultural spaces, one that speaks of “making a way out of no way.” This saying captures the resilience, agency and creativity that Black people have...
View ArticleNeocon Platform “The Bulwark” Offers Up Ecomodernist Climate Propaganda
The Democratic Party and their satellite media-sphere have an abysmal record on climate with all time fossil fuel champion Joe Biden – the Mike Tyson of carbon emissions – and Kamala “I love to frack...
View Article1884 Berlin Conference: The Rise of Military Intervention and the Birth of...
In November 1884, diplomats from Europe and America gathered in Berlin to divide the African continent amongst themselves. These outcomes infantilized Africa and treated its people as lacking in...
View ArticleRepublicans Once Embraced ‘Green Banks.’ Trump is Trying to Raid Them.
Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced last week that he had uncovered evidence of a massive fraud perpetrated by the Biden administration. In a video posted to social...
View ArticleDemocrats Irritated by Voters Who Elected Them Need an Attitude Adjustment
The Capitol’s phone lines have been overwhelmed this month, and some Democrats are complaining about the deluge of calls from voters who implore them to fight the Trump administration. Too often the...
View ArticleProtest Rights Are at Stake as Pipeline Company Brings Greenpeace to Trial
A civil trial commences on February 24 that will determine whether Greenpeace must pay $300 million in damages to Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The...
View ArticleThe “Flood the Zone” Strategy
The Trump-Musk administration is moving fast—flooding the zone with crises, cruelty, and chaos. Their goal? To overwhelm, disorient, and exhaust opposition before it can mobilize a coordinated...
View ArticleWith Only 70 Months Left to End AIDS, Why Is the Urgency Missing?
The global AIDS response is not only off-the-target but also slipping by leaps and bounds in some countries or for some communities. All governments promised to end AIDS by 2030 by committing to the UN...
View ArticleThe Gig Economy’s False Promise
In a small corner of Lagos, Peter, a 29-year-old ride-hailing driver, checks his app for new fares. The ping comes through. Another trip. But after commissions, fuel costs, and maintenance, how much...
View ArticleGerman Election Solidifies Europe’s Sharp Rightward Turn as Far Right Surges
The results of Germany’s February 23 election have cemented a chilling trend that has increasingly characterized European politics in the 21st century: the collapse of social democracy and the...
View ArticleInternational Solidarity Is the Union Answer to Tariffs and Deportations
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has recently expressed the UAW’s readiness to “work with Trump on trade.” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien spoke on a podcast against “illegal immigrants that...
View ArticleWhat Trump Is Really Trying to Do
What is occurring now in the United States has very little to do with making the government more “efficient,” or rooting out “incompetence,” or “depoliticizing” parts of government that should be...
View ArticleAre We All Soon to Be ‘Fugitive Slaves’ If Birthright Citizenship Is Killed?”
Soon unelected co-President Musk may “own” us all as he buys elections with his “free speech” (money is speech per Citizens United). After his “investment” in the Presidency in 2024, Musk now moves...
View ArticleRwandan Genocide Survivor: ‘Rwanda Behaves Like Israel’ in the DR Congo
Claude Gatebuke, Rwandan genocide survivor, co-author of Survivors Uncensored, and Executive Director of the African Great Lakes Action Network (AGLAN), joins the show to discuss Rwanda’s backing of...
View ArticleNegate the Nazi Then Free the Future
Is today’s moment that different from all prior moments? Haven’t we endured extreme subterfuge forever? “Defense Department”? “Serve the people”? “Health and human services”? “Workers rights”? “High...
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