Daniel Warner

The glaciers are rapidly diminishing, even high in the Swiss Alps. AI executives and experts are warning that artificial intelligence could be the downfall of humanity as exemplified by the Hugging Face hack. Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, while horrific deaths and destruction continue in Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East. The situation of hundreds of thousands of people starving in Sudan stretches our comprehension. Economic uncertainty is contributing to the rise of fascist and far-right movements. Can the old solutions cope when our world is turning upside down?

Glacial retreat on Mount Thielsen, where the southernmost glacier in Oregon was declared extinct in 2020. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The glaciers are rapidly diminishing, even high in the Swiss Alps. AI executives and experts are warning that...

The traditional gathering of state leaders at the United Nations was a non-event. The meeting of the world’s largest multilateral organization was

The eminent theologian Reinhold Niebuhr wrote about Moral Man and Immoral Society almost a century ago. But what happens when an immoral man leads the United States? And what happens when our society has computers and algorithms questioning whether machines can be moral? In our politically polarized world, we are used to hearing the Evangelical Right use religious language. So we should take notice when public intellectuals like Fintan O’Toole and Susan Neiman use moral language to describe the Trump era. Even Tom Friedman in the New York Times refers to Trump as “morally warped.” And when questions about AI’s overwhelming humanity become questions about morality itself, traditional secular language seems inadequate to describe the AI revolution.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, October 12, 2026 / micro1 , a data lab that trains frontier AI models and evaluates agents, announced today that

Noam Chomsky, Richard Falk, and Edward Said were born in 1928, 1930, and 1935, respectively. Each in his own way dominated a different academic field, while at the same time becoming influential global political critics. Whether through opposition to the Vietnam War, warnings about the dangers of nuclear proliferation, or challenges to the West’s understanding of the Arab world, each left a prominent legacy in academia and beyond.

So many crises are happening all over the world at the same time. The old ways of solving world problems won't work. Can we begin afresh with new solutions?

Donald Trump has divorced twice and has been known to change partners, if not allies, frequently. So if Trump, as a person and political leader, is not

Donald Trump has divorced twice and has been known to change partners, if not allies, frequently. So if Trump, as a person and political leader, is not faithful, why should other countries believe that being faithful to him is sound policy? While some countries are moving further and further away from Trump and the United States, why shouldn't more countries declare a divorce and begin looking for other, more reliable partners?

Amid the recent street demonstrations throughout France, French President Emmanuel Macron met with high school representatives on October 23 to try to