The battle for rights of nature heats up in the Great Lakes
“All the studies say we need drastic action. If we think the courts are going to save the plants or the animals they aren’t.”
Artificial intelligence wants you (and your job)
We’d better control machines before they control us.
The government is expanding its social media surveillance capabilities
But social media monitoring programs and the algorithms that power them aren’t effective — and may be discriminatory.
Meet Crystal Mason, the black Texas mother facing 5+ years in prison for voting...
Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting.
Change and decay: A time of transition
Ancient divisions are being strengthened, new divisions fermented, injustices highlighted; under the action of cleavage all are being drawn to the polluted surface of human affairs.
Earth dinner
Most of us don't realize that our dinner tells many stories, embodying our personal histories, family memories, music, art, and other connections... besides our tummies.
Burning books (or rather book companies)
Think of this as the modern capitalist version of burning books, though as with those fossil-fuel companies, it is, in reality, more like burning the future.
Employees and grassroots groups demand tech companies to cut ties with ICE and CBP
"We will hold any corporation accountable for their role in advancing Trump's violence against our communities..."
Who will speak up for my child, the drag queen?
I will be equally proud of my country when enough of us stand up strongly for the right to, and value of, gender fluidity.
How do we cover Iran better in the news? Include more Iranians
“Without an Iranian to parse out information—who truly understands that identity—the American consumer is not getting the story. And their opinions and voting habits will be swayed in a direction that is misinformed.”