Discipline and Punish: How to Think About the AI Industry’s Extinction Pitch
The hyped-up threat of AI apocalypse is used to misdirect both opposition and regulation. Don’t fall for it.
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In India, Women Wrestlers Grapple With Sexual Harassment
Despite facing obstacles to hold a powerful official accountable, top athletes keep fighting to help the next generation.
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Displacement on the rise in Yemen as fighting continues
As hostilities worsen in Yemen, more people have been fleeing their homes, further intensifying the humanitarian crisis within the region, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)…
‘Ask us first’: Children demand a voice on AI’s future
The first generation to grow up with AI may also be the last one anyone thinks to ask about it – and that has to…
CODEPINK on 25 Years of Fighting the War Machine
In the aftermath of 9/11, as the Bush administration prepared to invade Iraq, activists Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin helped found CODEPINK: a feminist anti-war organization…
UN condemns attempted Houthi strike on Riyadh as Yemen displacement surges past 130,000
The UN has condemned continued cross‑border attacks by Houthi forces against Saudi Arabia, including an attempted strike on the capital Riyadh, as fighting inside Yemen…
S13 E23: UnitedHealthcare & UnitedHealth Group: 9/20/26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
With Luigi Mangione’s upcoming sentencing, John Oliver devotes the full episode to covering UnitedHealth Group: Why customers hate them, how they got so profitable, and…
“Coyote vs. Acme” Takes a Cartoon Mallet to Corporate Monopolies
Back in 2024, after Warner Bros. decided to can Coyote vs. Acme for a tax write-off, there were “funeral screenings” held for the cast and…
The right to development: Why equity, not charity, is a human right
Compare two children born in the same year: one in a country with functioning schools, social services, fair elections and a dynamic economy and the…
Christy Kinahan’s UAE Residence Visa Cancelled
This article is the result of a collaboration with The Sunday Times. You can find their corresponding piece here. Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s…