Alex Shams is a writer and anthropologist with a PhD from the University of Chicago. His work has appeared in New York Magazine, The New Republic, and elsewhere. A political and literary forum, ...

Critics are right: the algorithms that increasingly run the world can be dangerous. Are human systems always better?

As much as the past year has been defined by what has changed—the tragic reascent of Donald Trump, a shifting geopolitical order, a climate crisis intensifying by the day—it has also, in many ways, ...

In an interview in May, the head of the Israeli military intelligence’s targeting division responded to outrage over the civilian death toll in Gaza by boasting that algorithmic surveillance systems ...

This is a perilous moment for independent media. As a small nonprofit—with no sponsor or endowment—we rely on the generosity of readers to support our work. Will you please consider making a ...

This is a perilous moment for independent media. As a small nonprofit—with no sponsor or endowment—we rely on the generosity of readers to support our work. Will you please consider making a ...

“You can’t go to Mass like that.” A woman’s mother wakes up dramatically transformed, leading to a reappraisal of their relationships.

Harsha Walia is an activist and writer based in Vancouver. Her latest book is Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism.

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R. Nicholas Burns is the U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs. He has previously served as the U.S. permanent representative to NATO.

A political and literary forum, independent and nonprofit since 1975. Registered 501(c)(3) organization.