When Will My Pornographic Shrek Christmas Ornament Arrive?
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
Billion-Dollar Data Centers Are Taking Over the World
The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive.
‘You Have a Double Standard About Which Populations Are Considered Roulette Chips’: CounterSpin...
If you're a wealthy supporter of JD Vance, you now have an easy way to create a story on CNN, simply by placing a bet for your favorite candidate.
Capitalism and the Commodification of Nature
Last Friday, I spoke on a panel at NYU on political theorist Alyssa Battistoni’s new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. The room was packed, somewhat unusual for an academic book of political theory.
Pots that go bang in the night: Noise and rhythm as enacting popular security amidst political...
Introduction The pots and pans that were banged at night in Mozambique in late 2024 and early 2025 are now silent.
Q&A: Founder of the Middle East Vegan Society on the power of logic
Seb Alex is an animal rights activist, lecturer, photojournalist and author who runs the Middle East Vegan Society and has given animal rights advocacy workshops to over 1300+ activists across Europe, the Middle East and Australia.
Transparency Didn’t Delay Justice for R. Kelly or Jeffrey Epstein. Prosecutors Did.
From Epstein’s inoculating friendships with the rich and powerful to lax law enforcement and a politicized Justice Department, the systems that should have protected his victims failed time and again.
The True Infinite and the Republic of Virtue
Marxists have no trouble speaking about what they love. But they do need to learn how to listen: to themselves, and, more importantly, to the reply of their beloved.
Q&A: Pressuring the World Bank to cut off factory farms
Sinergia Animal is an international animal protection organization working in countries of the Global South to reduce the suffering of farmed animals.
Inside California’s Wild Christmas Tree Harvest
Each winter, crews climb into the Cascades to cut wild silvertip firs, a fragile tradition now imperiled by wildfire, climate change and tightening immigration …
Russia’s Smuggled Grain Finds New Market in Saudi Arabia
A joint investigation by Bellingcat and Lloyd’s List has identified Saudi Arabia as the newest country to import grain directly from a Western-sanctioned port in occupied Crimea, as Russia attempts to secure recognition of the Ukrainian …
Dan Goldman Supported Warrantless Spying on Americans. Now His Primary Opponent Is Hitting Him...
Goldman was among a clutch of Democrats who voted for an NSA spy program, despite warnings about Trump’s return to power.
Sniffing Out Trouble? What and how the ‘Police Nose’ Smells
Suspicion appears to sit largely in the nose: we might say that something ‘stinks,’ ‘smells off,’ that we ‘smell a rat,’ or perhaps ‘something fishy.
Medical License Revoked for Montana Doctor Linked to Suspicious Deaths
Oncologist Thomas C. Weiner will never practice medicine in Montana again after a decision by the state medical board. A 2024 ProPublica investigation detailed how Weiner had long been suspected of hurting patients.
