Wednesday, September 16, 2026

ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying all along

This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.

5 ways new movement leaders are effecting change

Today, new movements are working with more established organizations to capitalize on their wide-reaching networks.

Do protests matter? What the Tea Party Movement can teach the Trump resistance

This is how rallies grow into movements and create social change.
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WATCH: Report Back on Militarized Police Raid of DAPL Resistance Camp

"Yesterday was a really shameful moment for this country and where we stand."

Male voices dominate the news. Here’s how journalists and female experts can turn this...

You might expect the gender ratio of people quoted in the news would mirror the gender split of our society. But that's not the case.

Net neutrality is dead, but not if these senators get one more vote

"We need to be paying attention, educating ourselves and others, and speaking out. This is the moment to fight!"

American billionaires’ net worth up $931 billion since start of COVID-19 pandemic

The total collective wealth of American billionaires is "nearly double the $2.1 trillion in total wealth held by the bottom half of the population, or 165 million Americans."

To working stiff Trump supporters

Perhaps we need some of that now. That is not insurrection or revolution. Let us call it EVOLUTION.

Corporate media are focusing on race — and dodging class

U.S. news outlets doing decent coverage of police violence can rarely supply clarity about the “free enterprise” economic violence that is taking countless lives.

The GOP tax cuts are bad champagne for small business

But maybe, with our help, the next Congress will be up to the task of supporting small business, the real engine of growth in our economy.