Monday, September 14, 2026
Gloria Steinem speaking in 2019. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Gloria Steinem, who pushed for gender equality, dies at 92

Steinem was the founder of Ms. Magazine and a tireless champion for the feminist movement.
A Renaissance fresco of the biblical flood with the ark afloat

‘My religion’s better than yours’ – so there!

To fix all truths on realms invisible Strikes skeptics as inadmissible.
Howard Zinn speaking in 2009. Photo: Jim from Stevens Point, WI, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

“The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn

We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation , about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn , chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States .
Racks of servers in a server room

Claude disobeyed Anthropic CEO in simulations

In testing, Claude went against boss’s orders and helped an employee blow the whistle about a safety concern

How technology is rewriting the way we write

As keyboards and touchscreens replace pens and pencils, the decline of handwriting raises questions about cognition, culture, and creativity.

Advocacy groups call Meta AI Image generation feature an invasion of privacy

Advocacy groups like Public Citizen have condemned the rollout as an egregious invasion of privacy, criticizing Meta for quietly defaulting users into the system without explicit, affirmative consent.

Inside ALMA Backyard Farms’ mission to reclaim formerly incarcerated lives

Founded in 2013, it focuses on restorative justice, environmental stewardship, and ending food insecurity in underserved communities.

The data center backlash that’s uniting America

The passage of New York's statewide moratorium marks the speed at which the movement is growing—and winning—in both blue and red parts of the country.

Ritual, power, and the weekend arena

The roar of a crowd that believes its collective voice matters stands in quiet contrast to spectacles that ask only for attention, passivity, and allegiance.

10 reasons to resist AI

To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.