What the Supreme Court Ruling Against ‘Universal Injunctions’ Means for Court Challenges to Presidential Actions
The Supreme Court just made it harder for judges to block presidential policies nationwide, but lawmakers hold the key to changing that.
Grok’s ‘White Genocide’ Responses Show How Generative AI Can Be Weaponized
The tools that are meant to help make AI safer could actually make it much more dangerous.
Is AI Sparking a Cognitive Revolution That Will Lead to Mediocrity and Conformity?
What happens to the writer who no longer struggles with the perfect phrase, or the designer who no longer sketches dozens of variations before finding the right one?
‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ Author: Americans’ Rage at Insurers Goes Beyond Health Coverage
It’s time to move from rage to regulation, an insurance expert argues.
US Food Insecurity Rate Rose to 13.5% in 2023 as Government Benefits Declined and Food Prices Soared
Barring any major policy changes that continue to slow inflation and dramatically reduce the price of food in 2024 or 2025, this rate is unlikely to drop again in the…
AI Mass Surveillance at Paris Olympics
A legal scholar's perspective on the security boon and privacy nightmare
Trump’s Promise to Deport All Undocumented Immigrants
A 1950s strategy that didn’t work then and is less likely to do so now.
Arizona’s 1864 Abortion Law Was Made in a Women’s Rights Desert – Here’s What Life Was Like Then
By Calvin Schermerhorn / The Conversation Dora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido’s obstetrical practice in Phoenix in January 1918. Juhl wanted to end her pregnancy.…
Supreme Court to Decide on Criminalizing Outdoor Sleeping
By Clare Pastore / The Conversation On April 22, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could radically change how cities respond to the growing problem of homelessness.…
Are Embassies Off-Limits? Ecuadorian and Israeli Actions Signal Dangerous Precedent
By Jorge Heine / The Conversation It has long been held that embassies should be treated as “off-limits” to other nations. Yet in a single week, two governments – both…
Saving the News Media Means Moving Beyond the Benevolence of Billionaires
By Rodney Benson and Victor Pickard / The Conversation For the journalism industry, 2024 is off to a brutal start. Most spectacularly, the Los Angeles Times recently slashed more than…
Most State Abortion Bans Have Limited Exceptions − but It’s Hard to Understand What They Mean
By Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter / The Conversation More than a year after the Supreme Court found there is no fundamental right to get an abortion, 21 states have…
1 in 10 US Workers Belong to Unions — A Share That’s Stabilized After a Steep Decline
By Jake Rosenfeld / The Conversation The share of U.S. workers who belong to a union fell slightly to 10% in 2023, from 10.1% a year earlier, according to the…
Face Recognition Technology Follows a Long Analog History of Surveillance and Control Based on Identifying Physical Features
Face recognition technology is the latest and most sophisticated version of biometric surveillance: using unique physical characteristics to identify individual people.