Workers will benefit from technology when they control how it’s used.

Two recent books force us to rethink what knowledge is, where it is located, and how it moves.

Martha Nussbaum on her new book—and why a full development of our humanity requires developing our capacities to care for animals.

Yawning gaps in the law empower police to collect and store massive amounts of data, all on the grounds that it might one day turn out useful.

Rare earth mining will disrupt local climate resilience. Who should pay the price?

Despite debates about scientific certainty, we do not need 100 percent consensus on a scientific claim to accept it as true. 

In place of public-private partnerships, we should revive the Pan-African ambitions of the green developmental state.

Both regulators and employers have embraced new technologies for on-the-job monitoring, turning a blind eye to unjust working conditions.