The dangers posed by AI were starkly illustrated in February, when thousands of New Hampshire voters received a robocall with an AI-generated voice impersonating President Joe Biden, urging them not to vote.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Increasingly, Americans are realizing the cancer eating our democracy is the power of great wealth and Supreme Court-legalized political bribery.
Republicans hoping to be Trump's VP pick took turns violating Trump's gag order on his behalf, ignoring the GOP's long-term effort to call itself the "law and order party."
A Republican activist convinced two Democrats, both named Bob Ferguson, to join the contest. Backers of AG Bob Ferguson, the leading Democrat, are crying foul.
The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower.
Anti-abortion forces, white evangelicals and others have made it clear that political ideology is much more important than women’s lives and that women have little value in their world.
Dissatisfaction with government performance and concerns about socioeconomic well-being can lead citizens to support someone who is willing to flout constitutional rules to restore what they consider to be a broken democracy.
Trump vowed that on his first day in office, he plans to roll out a massive deportation effort. And he plans to give police immunity from prosecution to prevent them from having answer for any "mistakes" they make.
Several people who have spoken with Trump about the Fed said he appears to want someone in charge who will, in effect, treat the him as an ex officio member of the central bank's rate-setting committee.
Trump's vision of fascism—supported by the neofascist ideologues behind Project 2025 and Project 47—is claiming the Democratic Party is so extreme it’s a threat and needs to done away with.
The Wonderful Company in California is celebrated for "sustainable" practices. But it is also one of the top sprayers of paraquat—a toxic weedkiller—that is banned in 60 other countries.
In the conservative media sphere, Trump is using the trial as a campaign strategy to stoke his base’s fears and quoting pundits and hosts from Fox News, Newsmax and OAN who echo his messages.
Reagan believed that his religious vision would promote freedom and democracy worldwide. But Trump’s religious vision—that hawks Bibles and disparages democracy—isn’t one that Reagan would recognize.
This weekend’s attack appears to be a grave miscalculation by the leadership in Tehran. The US and other countries in the West swiftly rallied to support Israel.
This case will be a monumental drama not only inside the courtroom, but outside the courtroom. Whether the trial can go off the way trials have normally gone off is a real test of our country and our legal system.
The debate about how humans should govern themselves is the real battle of our time, both metaphorically and literally, both internationally and right here at home.