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The case against Biden remains as strong as ever
If a candidate cannot do their job, then pick another one.
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Zeeshan Aleem
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September 2023

Eugene Debs ran for U.S. president from prison. Here's how that went.
A century-old socialist presidential campaign set a strange precedent for 2024.
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Zeeshan Aleem
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August 2023

The A.I.-generated journalism abomination
G/O Media’s disastrous use of AI is an affront to journalism — and society.
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Zeeshan Aleem
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April 2023

How to think about blowing up a pipeline
A Q&A with the director of the provocative new eco-thriller.
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Zeeshan Aleem

March 2023

How the U.S. ensured Iraq had no chance at real democracy
An expert explains how the U.S. built a corrupt new petrostate in Iraq through the war.
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Zeeshan Aleem
'Top Gun: Maverick' is the most insidious movie at the Oscars
Against canonizing literal military propaganda.
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Zeeshan Aleem
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January 2023

How the populist left has become vulnerable to the populist right
On the formation of a pipeline that drives leftists toward the authoritarian right.
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Zeeshan Aleem
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December 2022

Why effective altruism is a dangerous philosophy
Two ways of reading Sam Bankman-Fried — both are damning.
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Zeeshan Aleem
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August 2022

The case for a new kind of atheism
An energetic atheism can tackle the twin crises of creeping theocracy and the death of conventional religion.
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Zeeshan Aleem
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June 2022

Why did a Google engineer say that their AI was sentient?
And what would sentient AI actually look like?
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Zeeshan Aleem
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April 2022

How a left-wing activist outwitted Tucker Carlson
Reducing everything to the optics of problematic affiliation is short-sighted.
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Zeeshan Aleem

March 2022

How admitting double standards can help us avoid World War III
Self-sanitizing propaganda distorts reality and makes war more likely.
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