NATO’s European members have agreed to massively hike defense spending. The move conforms to Donald Trump’s demands — but also reflects a German-led bid to revive its economy through massive investment in the military. A soldier stands next to a Panther KF51 main...
Across the US, Amazon delivery stations are being outfitted with robots, allowing the company to hire fewer workers and speed up work for those that remain. An Amazon employee works to fulfill orders at an Amazon fulfillment center on December 2, 2024, in Orlando,...
Brad Pitt’s F1 is the big, dumb racing movie America’s been waiting for. If you can stomach the sports movie clichés, you’ll probably have a good time. Brad Pitt and Damson Idris in F1. (Apple Original Films / Warner Bros. Pictures) Released under the dignified...
For 32 years, the same faction has held leadership in the Victorian branch of Australia’s public service union. The rank-and-file reform group A Voice for Members is now mounting a challenge, saying it wants a more democratic and militant union. A Voice for Members is...
AFSCME District Council 33 represents the blue-collar city workers who make Philadelphia run. After sacrificing through the pandemic and years of bruising inflation, they say they’re on strike so they can afford to live in the city they serve. Blue-collar workers in...
To build Colossus, Elon Musk’s pollution-spewing AI data center in Memphis, Musk used gag orders to silence city officials and bypass input from residents, whose asthma rates have since soared. Now Musk wants to take this strategy national. To build his new AI data...
Zohran Mamdani’s win wasn’t the only race last week or even in the past few years where pro-Israel money and arguments failed. The Israel lobby’s power rests on appearing more fearsome than it actually is. Michael Bloomberg speaking during the American Israel Public...
Donald Trump recently commandeered California’s National Guard to repress anti-ICE protests in LA. The National Guard has a long history of being deployed to break up protests and strikes, including violent repression of strikes by immigrant workers. National Guard...
As Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest in 1956, a wave of refugees spread across the continent seeking safety. One of those was Suzanna, who arrived in Britain in 1956 “after she had lied to the Austrian police about her age and name.” She later becomes Susanna —...
We asked our editors and contributions what you should read this summer. They answered with everything from romances set in the former East Germany to thrillers about Russian mercenaries. Our beach reading recommendations have often been at odds with most people’s...
Assembling a successful electoral coalition is difficult, but forging a governing coalition to run the city is even harder. Longtime social movements scholar Peter Dreier offers some advice for the potential next mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani. Zohran Mamdani...
Iran has long held that conflict with Israel can be managed by limiting its retaliation within clearly defined parameters. But through its preemptive attack, Israel has revealed that it is not a rational actor and upended the rules of war. Search-and-rescue teams...