People say having their possessions — from birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes — taken in “sweeps” traumatizes them, exacerbates health issues and undermines efforts to find housing and get or kee...

We can push it over the line!

OR: fantastic niches and where to find them

Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bn over next decade

At a rally on Saturday, the former president announced he would tell the Russians “to do whatever the hell they want” to states delinquent in their bills.

"Today, Hungary is in the gray zone between a dictatorship and a democracy," says activist Tessza Udvarhelyi. "This did not happen overnight." In a rousing t...

The Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks are behind neoliberal policies around the world, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Listen to this episode from Your Undivided Attention on Spotify. 2024 will be the biggest election year in world history. Forty countries will hold national elections, with over two billion voters hea...

In this talk, Dr. Peter Gray compellingly brings attention to the reality that over the past 60 years in the United States there has been a gradual but, over...

Social media was humanity’s ‘first contact’ moment with AI. If we’re going to create laws that are strong enough to prevent AI from destroying our societies, we could benefit from taking a loo...

Last semester (S23) I taught a class titled CS-0232: Hampshire College Butchers the Psychology Classics.

Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices