It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Republican Government Shutdown

The solution? Reverse course on a party maxim to oust Trump from the public consciousness, according to Democratic leadership, who no longer feel that ignoring the real estate mogul is an effective tactic and instead are quietly hoping for live Continue reading It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Republican Government Shutdown

NYC Is Totally Unprepared for Climate Disaster (but Has a Lot of Cops)

New York’s governor and Democratic supermajority can’t seem to agree on taxing the rich a little bit more to help deal with climate change. In 2021, when Hurricane Ida hit the city and the streets flooded like they did on Continue reading NYC Is Totally Unprepared for Climate Disaster (but Has a Lot of Cops)

This Forgotten American Orwell Had a Lot to Tell Us

As we honor labor today, the upsurge in union organizing at Amazon, Starbucks, Hollywood studios, and hotels seems distant from controversies about affirmative action and legacy admissions at elite colleges. News stories and commentary on unions and universities have missed a Continue reading This Forgotten American Orwell Had a Lot to Tell Us

“There’s a Lot We Don’t Know”: Rep. Ted Lieu on Our A.I. Future

California Democrat Ted Lieu is something unusual in Congress: He was a computer science major at Stanford, a course of study that led him logically to his interest in the issue of artificial intelligence, where he’s sponsored a number of Continue reading “There’s a Lot We Don’t Know”: Rep. Ted Lieu on Our A.I. Future