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Governing by Algorithm: What Smart Cities Are Teaching Us About Power in Liberal Democracies
Across the world, city governments are adopting systems that promise to make urban life smarter. Sensors regulate traffic. Algorithms assign police patrols. Software flags welfare […]
VIDEO: Every teenager needs to watch this interview about jobs of the future
Tonight on Village Media’s ‘Closer Look’ podcast: Ontario has a severe shortage of skilled tradespeople, which is great news for tens of thousands of young […]
Mutual Aid Is a Lifeline for the Displaced in Lebanon
Before daybreak on March 2, in response to the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran and assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah launched rockets into […]
The Movement Begins To Impeach Pete Hegseth And Remove Trump
Democrats have been thinking about a different approach to holding the Trump administration accountable. House Democrats learned from Trump’s first administration that impeachment of this […]
Running from trans rights could cost Democrats
Policy over transgender Americans’ rights is poised to become a key wedge issue during the midterms, and Democratic politicians are already ducking and dodging clear […]
The nonprofit status of NCAA athletic departments is starting to raise questions
With all the talk of busted brackets, game-winning shots, point spreads and Cinderellas, it was easy to miss the eye-popping offer University of Michigan star […]
James Carville flags ‘justifiably harsh’ battle Democrats must win to escape their slump
Democrats remain stuck with weak favorability numbers despite winning a series of special elections and being poised in most polls to win the midterm elections […]
House Dem announces move to impeach Pete Hegseth over Trump’s ‘illegal war’
A House Democrat on Monday announced her intentions to introduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran. Rep. Yassamin […]
If This Is The Best Republicans Can Do, They Should Never Win The White House Again.
There are hundreds of photos, videos, and statements proving he is unfit to be a US president. Follow, subscribe The post If This Is The […]
The Editor’s Chat #12
Note: If you support us on Patreon you can find the episode on that platform. The Editors’ Chat is a monthly, freewheeling discussion among the […]
International Adoptees Living in Limbo
An opaque, ‘Kafkaesque’ citizenship process has led many foreign-born adopted children in the United States to fear deportation from the only country they’ve ever called […]
How Trump’s Easter Threat Enriches Iran
On Easter Sunday, God’s chosen in the White House issued a vulgar and unbalanced posting on Truth Social that epitomizes the insanity of his Iran […]
Absence of Accountability for Gaza Genocide Has Enabled Israel’s War on Lebanon
We go to Lebanon, where an Israeli invasion is in full swing along the southern border. Israel has announced the expansion of its so-called buffer […]
Red States Are Quietly Making Lists for Tracking Trans People
Kansas, Texas, Indiana, Tennessee, and other states are creating lists of trans people, moves that advocates say would make it nearly impossible to exist in […]
War, Revolt, and Iran’s Unfinished Struggle
The protests and repression that preceded the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign exposed both the fragility of the Iranian governing elite and the organizational weakness of Iranian […]
Trump Claims The Iranians Want To Be Bombed During Press Conference Fiasco
When the president announced that he would be holding a press conference on Monday to talk about the Iran war, he did so after the […]
Happy Easter, Anyway
Trump’s Easter message posted on Truth Social has caused a stir. Here is the unredacted version: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, […]
The problem with covering extremists
For nearly a decade, journalists have wrestled with a deceptively simple question: Does covering extremists expose them or empower them? The debate came to a […]
Iran is breaking Trump’s spirit
Donald Trump‘s address to the nation last week was supposed to be a big rah-rah moment, his chance to rally Americans behind his war on […]