What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

An unelected billionaire is running the state through a shadow government without formal checks – the constitutional order, now, is largely window dressing

A Taliban official mocked Americans' reluctance to elect a female leader after Donald Trump's 2024 presidential victory.

Elon Musk has turned X into a political weapon.

A new book sorts the myths from the facts in a comprehensive account of how the former president became the United States’ most powerful businessmen.

A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy “grassroots” group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm — and each other.

It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military operations, it’s a nonstop military operation that happens …

CyberWell has pushed to censor accurate social media posts about IDF and Hamas conduct in the Gaza war by claiming such speech is tantamount to Holocaust denial

What can the philosophy of games tell us about our odd impulse to scare ourselves? By Elisa Gabbert

At this year’s National Conservatism Conference, a right-wing army prepares to rise. By Hamilton Nolan

Labour administration says ‘globally pioneering’ legislation will be brought in before next Senedd elections in 2026

Dems turn on Biden’s inner sanctum

Joe Biden "has prioritized politics over just and fair policymaking" on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, former government officials argued in their first joint statement since quitting. By Akbar Shahid Ahmed

The conduct on display in Gaza is part psychological warfare, part colonial theatre, part occupation soldiers having fun, and none of it is new. By Mary Turfah

“Jack Welch’s damage to the corporate world and society is more like that of a war criminal. He showed corporate America how unprofitable a soul was.”

Neoliberalism isn’t just a set of economic precepts—it’s also an architecture of laws passed to reinforce those precepts. Those laws must be changed.

And probably alot of other countries also. Cartoon made by @ahoy-universe