Are Men OK?
Eamon Whalen According to Richard V. Reeves, American society is failing to address the needs of men and boys. Are his solutions the flip side of feminism—or just another form of backlash? The post Are Men OK? appeared first on The Nation.
Sean Dickens · 7 days ago · 3 minutes read

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MAGA Has Pittsburgh’s Progressive Mayor in Its Sights
Politics / March 26, 2025 MAGA Has Pittsburgh’s Progressive Mayor in Its Sights Mayor Ed Gainey has stood up to Trump. Now, the president’s allies are crossing party lines in an attempt to unseat him. John Nichols Share …
Sean Dickens · Created 7 days ago · 3 minutes read
Hey, Irish Catholic Trump Supporters: Your People Were the Original Alien Enemies
Joan Walsh Irish Catholics who back Trump would do well to remember the origins of the Alien Enemies Act. The post Hey, Irish Catholic Trump Supporters: Your People Were the Original Alien Enemies appeared first on The Nation.
Sean Dickens · Created 7 days ago · 2 minutes read
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #626
Quote of the Week:  I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty about different things, but I’m not absolutely sure of anything. — Richard Feynman (1981)…
Sean Dickens · Created 2 months ago · 4 minutes read
A Logic for the Future
International Relations in the Age of Turbulence
Sean Dickens · Created 24 days ago · 4 minutes read
DeepSeek: how China’s embrace of open-source AI caused a geopolitical earthquake
A big bet on open-source technology has enabled China to rapidly scale its AI innovation while Silicon Valley remains limited by corporate structures.
Sean Dickens · Created about 1 month ago · 4 minutes read
Outside the Box: Havana Syndrome and our Common Future with AI
In our latest conversation, I began by calling ChatGPT’s attention to an excellent piece of journalism from SpyTalk that summarizes the question of what we should believe concerning the authentically bizarre episode known as “The Havana Syndrome.” I drew the …
Sean Dickens · Created 2 months ago · 3 minutes read
EFF Transition Memo to Trump Administration 2025
Contents  1. Introduction 2. Surveillance Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702Facial Recognition TechnologyBorder Search and Immigration SurveillanceSurveillance Tech at the Border and the Virtual Wa…
Sean Dickens · Created 2 months ago · 2 minutes read
Brain-Dead Bipartisanship Is Getting Us Nowhere
Chris Lehmann Democrats are making a show of their willingness to cooperate with the incoming Trump administration. That’s not their job. The post Brain-Dead Bipartisanship Is Getting Us Nowhere appeared first on The Nation.
Sean Dickens · Created 2 months ago · 2 minutes read
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #630
Quote of the Week: “No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the f…
Sean Dickens · Created about 2 months ago · 1 minute read
Policy Pioneer Post
Welcome to Policy Pioneer Post by me, Sean Dickens.
Sean Dickens · Created 3 months ago · 1 minute read
The perils of trying to optimize your morality
This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, join the Vox Membership program today. I am a recovering optimizer.  Over the past several years, I’ve spent ag…
Sean Dickens · Created 2 months ago · 2 minutes read