Luke Savage / TruthdigFrance’s most famous economist says its youth are revolting against a model that has destroyed shared goods while funneling unprecedented wealth upward to a small few.Race
Natalia Cintra, Tosin Durodola / Africa Is A CountryTwo centuries after the American Colonization Society shipped free Black Americans to Liberia, Washington is again using the country as a deposit for its undesirables.Business & Economy
Cate Brown, Aaron C. Davis, Sebastian Rotella / ProPublicaThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view.Global Voices
Diane de Vignemont / TruthdigWhile media have fixated on the violence, French students achieved something rare on the weekend: Sectors that usually fight alone marched together.
Jamil Chade / Panamerican DispatchReports suggest Meta is using its moderation, recommendation and AI systems to disproportionately restrict the accounts of one side.Americas
Sahasranshu Dash, Ana Tereza Duarte Lima de Barros / FPIFA movement built on reactionary cultural issues has no plan for making Lula’s social transformation economically durable.
Thomas Fazi / Responsible StatecraftWhile nearly all cases fall apart under scrutiny, the narrative of a gray-zone conflict with Moscow conditions citizens of Europe to believe they are under attack.
Technology
Veronica Riccobene / The LeverDraft artificial intelligence legislation circulated by Anthropic would permit dozens of projected deaths before triggering government intervention.Film
Phineas Rueckert / TruthdigVeteran activist William Lawrence is channeling outrage over data centers to try to win one of the country’s most expensive races.
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Robert Reich / SubstackWe’re two weeks from deciding the future of our democracy, but what does The New York Times do? Bury what’s really at stake.Ear to the Ground
Meredith Clark / TruthdigI was one of nearly a million Americans who received a $500 rebate check from the government, just in time for the midterms.
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Opinion
France’s most famous economist says its youth are revolting against a model that has destroyed shared goods while funneling unprecedented wealth upward to a small few.
Race
Two centuries after the American Colonization Society shipped free Black Americans to Liberia, Washington is again using the country as a deposit for its undesirables.
Business & Economy
The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view.
Global Voices
While media have fixated on the violence, French students achieved something rare on the weekend: Sectors that usually fight alone marched together.
Technology
Reports suggest Meta is using its moderation, recommendation and AI systems to disproportionately restrict the accounts of one side.
Americas
A movement built on reactionary cultural issues has no plan for making Lula’s social transformation economically durable.
Europe
While nearly all cases fall apart under scrutiny, the narrative of a gray-zone conflict with Moscow conditions citizens of Europe to believe they are under attack.
Technology
Draft artificial intelligence legislation circulated by Anthropic would permit dozens of projected deaths before triggering government intervention.
Film
A decade-spanning documentary makes a plea for imperfect victims of war.
TD Original
Veteran activist William Lawrence is channeling outrage over data centers to try to win one of the country’s most expensive races.
TD Original
Remembering the columnist, memoirist and novelist.
Opinion
We’re two weeks from deciding the future of our democracy, but what does The New York Times do? Bury what’s really at stake.
Ear to the Ground
I was one of nearly a million Americans who received a $500 rebate check from the government, just in time for the midterms.