Robert Barsky examines the profound impact of Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" on Noam Chomsky's early embrace of left-libertarian and anarchist ideologies.
Robert F. Barsky | Jul 3
Left unchecked, the technique, which weaponizes emotional data for political gain, could erode the foundations of a fair and informed society.
Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert | Jun 13
Giovanni Aloi maps the ideological currents that led right-wing political exponents to protest and burn palm and banana trees in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo.
Giovanni Aloi | May 24
Twenty-five years before our era of fake news and celebrity pseudoscience, the star actor teamed up with Montel Williams to promote an unfounded conspiracy.
Robert P. Crease | May 15, 2023
A track record of successful progressive investments has been refracted through decades of bad data, bad statistics, bad analysis, and propaganda.
Nate G. Hilger | May 8, 2023
“Blockchain technology is a tiny crack, a tiny shifting of the ass cheeks of capital, it’s a moment of potential for a temporary autonomous zone.”
Maya B. Kronic | Apr 11, 2023
By throwing petrol on the political flames, populism makes cooperation on climate change nearly impossible.
Andrew Leigh | Nov 5, 2021
Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy, based on the belief that science is purified of politics, may be damaging democracy.
Taylor Dotson | Sep 29, 2021
Traditional environmentalism has lacked a meaningful, practical democratic vision, rendering it largely marginal to the day-to-day lives of most Americans.
William Shutkin | Aug 31, 2021
Modern authoritarian regimes don’t attempt total, absolute control. Their censorship is more selective and calibrated — and thus more resilient.
Cherian George and Sonny Liew | Aug 26, 2021
