A forgotten 1939 experiment reveals why strongmen and leaderless drift fail—and why democracy survives only with disciplined, ...

OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman talked a lot about his desire for more compute while onstage with AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su. As I noted a moment ago, he really wants more compute. And ...

Most Americans like to believe that this is a nation of laws, where justice is blind to power and status. But that is a bit of self-flattery. The truth is that as a country, we have often found one ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. At the close of 2025, many progressive ...

President Donald Trump ’s super political action committee raised $102 million in the second half of 2025, fueled by eight-figure donations from artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and finance ...

Looking at how the Trump administration fits into a pattern of authoritarian governance can empower people to think about how to best resist the country’s slide to autocracy. Demonstrators rally ...

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers braved freezing temperatures and police barricades to be part of Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor on New Year’s Day. Democracy Now! spoke with many Mamdani ...