China Builds the Energy Future. The U.S. Is Selling Oil to Fund the Past.
While China manufactures the hardware of the global energy transition, the U.S. is doubling down on fossil fuels — and the geopolitical cost of that bet is already arriving.
Experienced AI Users Are 10% More Effective Than Newcomers. That Gap Is Already Sorting Workers Into New Economic Classes.
A new Anthropic study of over a million conversations finds that experienced AI users outperform newcomers by 10 percent — a gap that compounds over time and is already tracking existing class lines. No policy is designed to close it.
What Is Copaganda? How Media Shapes Public Perception of Policing
Copaganda is the systematic use of media to shape public perception of police in ways that obscure violence and preempt accountability. Here's how the system works — and why it matters.
Access Journalism Is Dying. What Replaces It Is Worse.
The Trump administration is not corrupting the press. It is replacing it. And the media criticism frameworks built over three decades cannot describe what comes next.
When an Algorithm Can Predict Your Vote, You're Not a Judge — You're a Variable
Justice Sotomayor called AI prediction of Supreme Court rulings 'a very bad thing.' She's right — but the real problem isn't that the court is predictable. It's what that predictability proves about whether law or ideology is driving the decisions.
AI Regulation Tracker: What Governments Are Doing About Artificial Intelligence
From the EU's AI Act to China's algorithmic controls, governments worldwide are racing to regulate artificial intelligence. Here's where AI regulation stands in 2025—and what's coming next.
Tech Platforms Fly the Pride Flag and Silence Queer Users. The Rainbow Is the Con.
Every June, the logos go rainbow. Every other month, queer creators are demonetized, trans users are harassed off platforms, and LGBTQ+ content is quietly buried. This is not a contradiction — it is a business model.
The White House Is Turning War Into a Video Game — And We're All Supposed to Watch
The White House is mixing real Iran war footage with video game and action movie clips in official social media videos — gamifying human suffering for engagement.
What Is Section 230 and Why Does Everyone Want to Change It?
Section 230 protects platforms from liability for user content — and both parties want it gone. Here's what the law actually does and why changing it could break the internet.
Major News Outlets Amplify Fake Government Account to Spread False Extradition Claim Against Ilhan Omar
Fox News, the New York Post, and other major outlets published false reports about Ilhan Omar based on an unverified X account, revealing how mainstream media launders disinformation into news.
Israeli Military Censors Approve Thousands of Stories Each Year. Some Journalists Call It 'a Source of Pride.'
Columbia Journalism Review documents how Israel's military censor unit controls thousands of news stories each year — and how some journalists have internalized state approval as professional validation rather than a threat to press freedom.
Federal Judge Blocks Pentagon Policy That Required Media to Pledge Loyalty Before Covering Defense Department
A federal judge struck down Pentagon restrictions requiring media organizations to pledge not to gather information without official authorization, ruling the policy violated the First Amendment.
The U.S. Just Sanctioned a UN Official for Documenting War Crimes. Free Speech Is the Real Target.
The Trump administration sanctioned UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for documenting Gaza war crimes, marking an unprecedented attack on international human rights mechanisms and free speech.
Tech Platforms Face New Legal Strategy That Bypasses Section 230 — Lawsuits Target Addictive Design, Not Content
A new wave of lawsuits targets tech platforms for addictive design features rather than harmful content — a legal strategy that bypasses Section 230 and could finally hold companies accountable for engineering products that harm children.
When War Reporting Becomes 'Treason,' Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight
Trump's shift from calling journalists 'enemies' to demanding treason prosecutions for war reporting follows the authoritarian playbook that destroyed press freedom in Russia, Turkey, and the Philippines.
Federal Cybersecurity Experts Called Microsoft's Cloud 'A Pile of Shit.' Then They Approved It for Government Use.
Federal auditors privately called Microsoft's cloud platform fundamentally insecure, then approved it for sensitive government use anyway — a ProPublica investigation reveals how political pressure overrode cybersecurity warnings.