The Nation

Our May issue is here! This one features an AI package as well as Spring Books. We have Jacob Silverman on the death of an AI whistleblower, @ElieNYC on the future of AI judges, @BenTarnoff in @BooksandtheArts on "The AI Paradox," and more.

Trump and Hegseth are winning the war—against their own military. bit.ly/41PdvYO

Mamdani is framing his still-fresh tenure not only as a measure of his ability to govern but as a sign that the ideology of democratic socialism can work in practice, not just in theory. bit.ly/4vAJyJx

If there were ever going to be a time that I’d test positive for tuberculosis, I assumed it would be that first test I took in July 2020. I’d spent time abroad in rural Morocco, Nicaragua, and China while an undergraduate student. bit.ly/4u8etvl

What will it mean for AI to infiltrate our justice system? AI boosters argue it will bring fairness & efficiency. @ElieNYC begs to differ. He argues AI cannot be programmed to be fair or just, because we can’t even agree on what “fair” and “just” are. bit.ly/4mNI3Uq

Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s bellicosity exceeds that of even the most extreme national security hawks. He explicitly disdains the idea of debating the value of technologies like the targeting-and-surveillance complexes marketed by Palantir. bit.ly/4t9cTZn

In total, it took three blood tests to confirm that I did have tuberculosis. Three separate needles puncturing three different veins, vacuuming a swirl of blood into three glass vials. bit.ly/4u8etvl

Democrats need to make it a top priority to investigate and challenge Hegseth’s ideological war. In that battle, all weapons should be used, including impeachment. bit.ly/41PdvYO

What happens when AI inevitably takes over big chunks of our legal system? Will it bring fairness and efficiency, as the AI boosters claim? Or, as @ElieNYC writes, will it just replace Justice Samuel Alito with Justice MechaHitler? Read his argument here. bit.ly/4mNI3Uq

Most Americans don’t know that tuberculosis still sickens and kills millions of people. When I told friends about my treatment, a number of them didn’t even know TB still existed. bit.ly/4u8etvl

Even as religious controversies swirl around him, Donald Trump is the political heir to America’s revivalist preaching style. He is the ultimate American televangelist. bit.ly/4vC2o3b

What will outlive ICE, regardless of what happens next, is a governing instinct that has become second nature to Democrats. bit.ly/4tpRRX8

Trump and Hegseth are winning the war—against their own military. bit.ly/41PdvYO

Establishment Democrats are so wedded to the logics of the criminal punishment system that they distort popular calls for common sense, evidence-backed public safety policies as a minority demand from the radical left. This costs them elections, and it costs millions their safety and liberty. bit.ly/4tpRRX8

A strongman often looks invincible right up until the moment his allies decide he isn’t. Sasha Abramsky wonders who in Trump world will launch the Thermidorian Reaction against the increasingly unpopular president. bit.ly/4sUHZ6S

In headlines, Democrats are described as standing firm and holding the line on ICE. But look closer at what that “line” is: they are not fighting to shrink the enforcement state. They are negotiating the terms under which it continues. bit.ly/4tpRRX8

Featuring Sasha Abramsky, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Daniel Bessner, Bill Gallegos, Christina Greer, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jason Johnson, Elie Mystal, John Nichols, Joan Walsh, and Dave Zirin. nationcruise.com/pricing.htm

This is America.

Fuck Palantir and their technocratic wet dream

Has Trump gone from cult leader to lame duck? Sasha Abramsky argues that Trump remains dangerous even as his coalition unravels. bit.ly/4sUHZ6S

Democrats need to make it a top priority to investigate and challenge Hegseth’s ideological war. In that battle, all weapons should be used, including impeachment. bit.ly/41PdvYO