Japan's Design for Humans

A recent trip was a reminder of the US's missing care

MAGA Wants You to Stop Seeing Teenagers As Children

Erasing adolescence and treating (most of) them like adults serves its goals

We Reshaped the Landscape for Cars, Not People. Will We Do the Same for AI?

On a gobsmacking interview with Nvidia's CEO

MAGA Pronatalism is Anti-Freedom No Matter the Packaging

But its sanewashing is underway

What Does a “Learning Recession” Mean?

For one thing, that we need to beware of failed reforms cycling back

High Gas Prices Aren't Just About Affordability

US car overdependence means they restrict mobility, making us less free

Comfortably Numb

On the Correspondents' Dinner, Salad Guy, and what we can ignore

Americans Don't Want a Fascist Economy

Pushback on prison camps and data centers is growing

We Were Right About Trump and It Doesn’t Feel Good

It feels abysmal in part because some still aren't listening

Authoritarianism Feeds on a Bloated Military Budget

Our piece for Common Dreams

K-12 Indoctrination: Every Accusation is a Confession

MAGA spent years yelling about propaganda in schools — to get their own in

Accomplishing Project 2025: K-12 Edition

The year has been chaotic but a few themes emerge