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Could the Iran War Accelerate the Energy Transition?
What’s In Your Wallet? If You’re a Parent, It Should Be a Library Card.
Looking Back at 9/11: Peter Bergen and David Sterman on 25 Years of the War on Terror
Beyond Nation-States: A New Reading List for Understanding Global Politics Today
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The SAVE Act Is the Wrong Way to ‘Nationalize’ Elections. There’s a Better One.
Four Ways to Protect Yourself from the Deepfakes Taking over the Internet
Is Trump Really a Fascist? Examining the Controversial Claim
The Cost of Beauty: Inside the Broken Promise of Cosmetology School
How Netflix’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ Might Change Our Thinking on Nuclear War
On-Screen Representation Means More Than Just Identity. It’s About Context.
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Transforming New America for the new America
A conversation between Paul Butler and Joe Wilkes about our ideals for a new America, and New America’s strategic transformation.
Open Season for Anti-Black Vigilantism
What the Rittenhouse trial says about the established norms and rise of anti-Black vigilantism in America.
Colin Powell’s Greatest Fear—The White Man with a Pen
Colin Powell’s obituaries reveal the glaring inequities of white male supremacy within foreign policy and national security journalism.
The U.S.’s New Controls on Israel’s Notorious Spyware Company
Israel needs to rein in NSO Group—but even with the Biden administration’s help, it’s unclear if they ever will.
The Sports Binary: The Restrictive Practice of Sex Verification Testing
Women have been scrutinized and regulated by sport governing bodies through gender testing practices that violate fundamental ethics.
What’s the Point of Off-year Elections?
In this Q&A, political experts Lee Drutman and Maresa Strano examine the weird world of odd-year elections.
Tracking Your Every Move, For Your Protection—A Surveillance State Appropriating Self-Defense Technologies
The need to track every Mexican for their own protection is as real as Mexicans’ mistrust of the trackers.
California Shows Us What a National Guaranteed Income Could Be
California turned UBI into what could be our best hope for helping people support themselves and their families.
The Building Blocks of Meaningful AI Regulation
“Regulation” is the new buzzword in the AI policy space, and we need to establish solid frameworks if we want it to actually work.
Dystopian Sci-Fi and the Fear of Today and Tomorrow’s Technology
Stories of dystopian sci-fi are making us scared of technology, but our fear shouldn’t blind us to the potential to create something better.<…