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How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.
Resisting Trump’s Immigration Machine
It faces serious obstacles, but the uncertainty and terror it has already unleashed is real—indeed, part of the point.
The Lexicon of Empire
The long battle between liberals and Black intellectuals over the meaning of colonialism.
The “Terrorists” in My Grandmother’s Neighborhood
Not only a tool to justify U.S. and Israeli intervention, the label is increasingly dividing Iranian society from within.
Syria’s “Human Debris”
The new government’s greatest challenge may be rebuilding a just society in the aftermath of barbaric state violence.
Politics All the Way Down
Critics are right: the algorithms that increasingly run the world can be dangerous. Are human systems always better?
Our Most Loved Pieces of 2024
The essays, reviews, forums, and interviews that readers turned to the most.
The New Old Warfare
The self-serving myths of a new wave of defense tech, from Palantir’s Gotham to Israel’s Gospel.
“It’s Our Job to Be Popular”
A conversation with Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party, on the way forward after the Democrats’ loss.
The AI We Deserve
Critiques of artificial intelligence abound. Where’s the utopian vision for what it could be?
Becoming Lula
How a metalworker became perhaps the most voted-for person on the planet—and a model for the future of the left.
What AI Can’t Do for Democracy
Its potential to enhance civic engagement crucially depends on what policymakers want to learn from the public.
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