Scott B. Ritner argues that the antifascist philosopher and mystic Simone Weil's critical writings about the social crises of the mid-twentieth century, especially fascism, are particularly instructiv...

New data on France, Europe and China.

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Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.

Ed Sheeran's Victory for AI

Venice Film Festival honours NAZA, an expose on Israel's use of AI systems in Gaza.

A petition calling Ulta Beauty to end its contracts with surveillance companies has surpassed 15,000 signatures

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Dietram Scheufele resigned after investigators determined he had sexual relationships with two students and engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct with one.

Background of the Series and Production Team Amazon MGM Studios is preparing to launch a comic book crime drama titled Criminal. The series adapts a well known graphic novel collection and promises a gritty look at underworld investigations.

Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...

What do you call yourself if you're a part-time vegetarian? What petty linguistic things would you change? And what do you do if people gripe at you if you say that you are bi or pan? To answer these ...

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · August 20 · 42m

Did the American Historical Association ask a corporate lobbying firm for advice on how to silence its members?

We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...

When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”

The Sound Art of L’Rain

Two disquieting works of fiction I encountered this spring feature the same menacing figure: a young girl that refuses to eat. In Ben Lerner’s novel Transcription (2026), doctors inform a couple that ...

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Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday

Thank you for your interest in this project. This survey seeks to crowdsource examples of sounds that are meaningful to people from different parts of the world. The focus is on sounds (but not music)...