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Archives for June 2025

Advice
My students think it’s fine to cheat with AI. Maybe they’re onto something.My students think it’s fine to cheat with AI. Maybe they’re onto something.
Advice

To save the humanities, we need to rethink our assumptions about AI — and education.

By Sigal Samuel
Future Perfect
The bizarre pancreas loophole that’s undermining America’s organ donation systemThe bizarre pancreas loophole that’s undermining America’s organ donation system
Future Perfect

The problem with pancreata.

By Dylan Matthews
World Politics
Three ways Trump’s attack on Iran could spin out of controlThree ways Trump’s attack on Iran could spin out of control
World Politics

How does this war end?

By Zack Beauchamp
The Gray Area
The economic theory behind TrumpismThe economic theory behind Trumpism
Podcast
The Gray Area

A leading conservative thinker on populism’s rise on the right.

By Sean Illing
World Politics
This time, it’s Trump’s warThis time, it’s Trump’s war
World Politics

Donald Trump brings America into Israel’s war on Iran.

By Joshua Keating
Future Perfect
5 reasons to be grateful for air conditioning5 reasons to be grateful for air conditioning
Future Perfect

A completely necessary climate villain.

By Bryan Walsh
Future Perfect
AI doesn’t have to reason to take your jobAI doesn’t have to reason to take your job
Future Perfect

Academia has gotten philosophical about AI. But they should focus more on what it can do.

By Kelsey Piper
Politics
The top priority of progressive politics may be slipping out of reach foreverThe top priority of progressive politics may be slipping out of reach forever
Politics

Democrats can no longer paper over their party’s core contradiction.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
He’s the godfather of AI. Now, he has a bold new plan to keep us safe from it.He’s the godfather of AI. Now, he has a bold new plan to keep us safe from it.
Future Perfect

“I should have thought of this 10 years ago,” Yoshua Bengio says.

By Sigal Samuel
Technology
How smart do toys need to be, really?How smart do toys need to be, really?
Technology

There’s no need to panic about AI Barbie yet.

By Adam Clark Estes
Culture
The baffling case of Karen ReadThe baffling case of Karen Read
Culture

How the mysterious death of a Boston cop led to an intense trial, a media circus, and a referendum on policing.

By Aja Romano
True crime
Why the Karen Read retrial ended differently this timeWhy the Karen Read retrial ended differently this time
True crime

Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of drunk driving. New legal counsel and evidence might explain why.

By Aja Romano
Climate
How climate change will worsen hungerHow climate change will worsen hunger
Climate

Even America’s richest farmlands can’t outrun climate collapse. That’s everyone’s problem.

By Umair Irfan
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explainedThe Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained
Supreme Court

What the hell did the Court just do to equal protection law?

By Ian Millhiser
Even Better
Why are so many straight guys so bad at gossiping? Why are so many straight guys so bad at gossiping? 
Even Better

Learning to yap could solve the male loneliness epidemic

By Alex Abad-Santos