America’s barbarian turn
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Internal revolt and external pressure collide in Iran. Plus, Cory Doctorow on the AI hype machine....
The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...
Iran's communication blackout is "more serious" than ever before and restrictions may last beyond the current protests, according to one expert....
US President Donald Trump said on January 13 he’s cancelled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.” Trump did not offer any details about ...
Paige Chenault Lohoefer founded The Birthday Project in 2012 Courtesy of This be Grace Paige Chenault Lohoefer is the founder of the nonprofit The Birthday Party Project. The organization celebrates k...
Working fewer days might help create buy-in among workers for adopting AI, authors of a book on the four-day workweek suggest. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adopting a four-day workweek could boost employ...
The author struggled to adjust to civilian life after the Marines. jacoblund/Getty Images I planned to be in the Marines for my entire career, but I left early to pursue entrepreneurship. Some of the ...
The author left San Francisco over a decade ago. Courtesy of the author I crave going home to the Bay Area, but long visits remind me why Spain feels right. The Bay Area feels car-bound, expensive, ru...
Tobias Osborne, a Leibniz Universität Hannover physics professor, says AI apocalypse fears distract regulators and let companies evade accountability for real harms happening today. Yuichiro Chino/Get...
Turkey is no longer just a transit country for one branch of the extremist "Islamic State" group. Experts say the group has become more professional in Turkey and could pose a danger domestically, and...
Sen. Mark Kelly said his lawsuit is about fighting back on the Pentagon's crackdown on speech. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's spe...
Some 20,000 Ukrainian civilians are in Russian prisons and rights activists say more than 2,000 are female. Some of the women who have managed to get out jail are now speaking out about what they expe...
Aman Goyal Aman Goyal After being laid off last year, Aman Goyal faced pressure during his job search due to his visa status. Within two months of searching, he landed his dream role as an associate p...
Barbara Ford, 83, works in the medical field. Laura Thompson for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Ford, an 83-year-old registered nurse and patient advocate for a healt...
Stars and Stripes newspaper Ullstein bild via Getty Images The military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, is facing new pressure from the Pentagon. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the o...
Middle managers are taking on more direct reports after the "Great Flattening." dowell/Getty Images The average number of reports for managers is increasing as the "Great Flattening" p...
Billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides that threaten democratic stability, anti-poverty gr...
Despite an increase in the number of women of childbearing age in France, the number giving birth is at a low. In 2025 there were more deaths than births which has some towns concerned that they are l...
Iran's judiciary chief on Wednesday called for fast-track trials for detained protesters, despite US President Donald Trump's threat of "very strong action" if the Islamic republic goes ahead with exe...