Month: April 2024

To Fight Climate Change, We Need New ‘Political Technologies’

Our institutions are bad at solving “long problems,” but they don’t need to be.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/opinion/climate-change-long-problems.html?smid=em-share

‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza

Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.

https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/

The Atmosphere of the ‘Manosphere’ Is Toxic

Struggling men need to leave the gurus behind.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opinion/men-virtue-tate-peterson-rogan.html?smid=em-share

Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Wear a MAGA Hat. I’m Not Fooled.

The Senate minority leader may not like the former president, but he has done more for him than many other Republican leaders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-trump-senate.html?smid=em-share

Liberal politicians and economists don’t seem to recognize the everyday harms of rising costs.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/inflation-democrats-biden-interest-rates/678047/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

The case for making journalism free—at least during the 2024 election

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/paywall-problems-media-trust-democracy/678032/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social