A new common sense has emerged regarding the perils of predictive algorithms. As the groundbreaking work of scholars like Safiya Noble, Cathy O’Neil, Virginia Eubanks, and Ruha Benjamin has shown, big ...

This is a perilous moment for independent media. As a small nonprofit—with no sponsor or endowment—we rely on the generosity of readers to support our work. Will you please consider making a ...

In an interview in May, the head of the Israeli military intelligence’s targeting division responded to outrage over the civilian death toll in Gaza by boasting that algorithmic surveillance systems ...

This is a perilous moment for independent media. As a small nonprofit—with no sponsor or endowment—we rely on the generosity of readers to support our work. Will you please consider making a ...

This is a perilous moment for independent media. As a small nonprofit—with no sponsor or endowment—we rely on the generosity of readers to support our work. Will you please consider making a ...

This is a perilous moment for independent media. As a small nonprofit—with no sponsor or endowment—we rely on the generosity of readers to support our work. Will you please consider making a ...

A political and literary forum, independent and nonprofit since 1975. Registered 501(c)(3) organization.

This is a perilous moment for independent media. As a small nonprofit—with no sponsor or endowment—we rely on the generosity of readers to support our work. Will you please consider making a ...

The essays, reviews, forums, and interviews that readers turned to the most.

This is a perilous moment for independent media. As a small nonprofit—with no sponsor or endowment—we rely on the generosity of readers to support our work. Will you please consider making a ...

"Church planting" uses public schools to reduce rent and retake secular Boston.

Keeping Markets in Their Place I am grateful to the discussants for their thoughtful responses. The two libertarians, Matt Welch and John Tomasi, worry that keeping markets in their place violates ...