Artificial intelligence wants you (and your job)
We’d better control machines before they control us.
There’s nothing more powerful than people taking back democracy
“They might outspend us, but there’s nothing more powerful than people deciding it’s time to take back democracy – and they know it.”
Honoring the radical evolution of Martin Luther King, Jr.
He remained, to the end, the prophet of nonviolent resistance.
How Best to Train the Next Generation of Activists? Give Them Chores
Teaching kids to leave things better than they found them work not only on bedrooms and kitchens, but also on the world's bigger messes.
ALEC fails to denounce dangerous and racist views of its leaders and members
ALEC has remained conspicuously silent about the dangerous and racist statements and ties of its legislative leaders.
Media don’t factcheck right-wing migration myths
Right-wing media figures and Republican politicians get little pushback when they promote evidence-free, often absurd claims about incentives for unauthorized immigration.
As giants in my life fall, I toast a best friend & best partner
A tribute to David Fletcher, high end audio wizard...
The banality of evocation
Perhaps in 2020, the best monuments to the fight for women’s rights — for all our rights — may look nothing like what most of us would imagine.
Media that benefit from inequality prefer to talk about other things
As economic inequality surges in the US, major media outlets remain fixated on other economic issues, overshadowing a fundamental challenge to American society.
Retrospectives of the financial crisis are leaving out the most important part – its...
It seems the only people not consulted for their perspective were those most powerfully affected by the crisis’ impact – the millions of families who suffered foreclosure and eviction.