What Is Iran Building Now in the Zagros Mountains?

AI Industry Is Creating a New Age of Imperial Extraction and Labor Exploitation

Journalist Karen Hao discusses the impacts of AI from workers in Kenya to water grabs in Chile.

"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

In our July Fourth special broadcast, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI, which unveils the accruing political and economic power of artificial intelligence companies — especially Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Her reporting uncovered the exploitation of workers in Kenya, attempts to take massive amounts of freshwater from communities in Chile, along with numerous accounts of the technology’s detrimental impact on the environment. “This is an extraordinary type of AI development that is causing a lot of social, labor and environmental harms,” says Hao in an extended interview.

Alabama homeowner creates most patriotic front lawn celebrating America 250 with bald eagle mural

Armed with a weed whacker and the vision of a proud American, one Alabama resident transformed his front lawn into what may be the most patriotic yard in America.

Mamdani vowed city buildings would follow his 78-degrees rule, investigation finds otherwise

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promise that all NYC buildings would be set to 78 degrees appears to be yet another lie. In a post published […]

Trump won’t renew trade deal with Mexico and Canada. He would be foolish not to extend it

The United States, Mexico, and Canada approached the first review deadline for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement this week. Policymakers faced a straightforward choice. Either extend the agreement and preserve at least some semblance of stability in North American trade, or open the door to years of economic uncertainty and potentially higher tariffs. President Donald Trump has […]

‘Disgusting’: Alien flag flown in honor of ‘independence’ creates hailstorm of reaction

'City hall is not a foreign embassy. … I am repulsed by the anti-Americanism here'

Tucker Carlson, Who Broke With Trump, Plans to ‘Help Build a Third Party’

The influential conservative commentator’s relationship with the president and the G.O.P. fractured over the war with Iran. Now, he says he is charting a new course.