China’s state-run social credit system has drawn global attention for years, but other versions are actively spreading. These systems increasingly shape the behavior and outcomes of citizens’ lives, often without their knowledge.
What Will Tech Moguls Do With Their Wealth?
Tech billionaires are embedding themselves in U.S. economic systems while experimenting with new ways to manage their fortunes. Lacking traditional family dynasties, they must also contend with an unpredictable alliance with Trump.
Why Wikis Are a Useful Tool to Protect Online Information From Being ‘Disappeared’
The beginning of Trump’s second presidency in January 2025 marked an upsurge in the suppression of online information. On February 2, the New York Times reported that more than 8,000 webpages had been erased from the sites of U.S. government agencies like the Department of Justice, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and […]
How Community Solar Can Liberate You From Fossil Fuels
Local and rural cooperative utilities can use community solar to meet unique place-based clean energy needs.
Digging Up the Roots of Human Culture
What led humans on the unique path of cultural development? And can we do anything useful with newly reconstructed histories of this process?
The U.S. Southwest Offers Blueprints for the Future of Wastewater Reuse
Our existing water supplies could go further by turning wastewater into drinking water.
Mapping the Solidarity Economy
The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations.
What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
The seven steps that could help build a social movement and ensure a sustainable future.
Software Developers in Oakland Are Putting People Over Profit
How coders are working on creating community participation and democratic design.
Why Celebrities, Actors, Writers, and Artists Fear AI
Artificial intelligence can steal your likeness, mannerisms, voice, and creative work. Can anything be done about it?