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Can We Build Ethical A.I?
A.I. will solve some of our biggest problems. How do we stop it from creating new ones?
Raised By Youtube!
A boisterous new age of global childrens entertainment has arrivedand it's not at all what we adults were expecting.
Alexa, How Will You Change Us?”
The voice revolution has only just begun. Today, Alexa is a humble servant. Very soon, she will be much more a teacher, a therapist, a confidant, an informant.
The Electric Surge of Miles Davis
The Electric Surge of Miles Davis How his highest-wattage phase secured his legacy—and ultimately burned him out.
Donald Trump Builds His Autocracy!
Will American democracy survive Trump? And will the midterms matter?
A Warning From Europe
Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.
Losing The Democratic Habit
Americans once learned self-governance by practicing it constantlyin lodge halls, neighborhood associations, and labor unions. As participation in these institutions has dwindled, so has public faith in democracy. To restore it, we must return democratic practices to everyday life.
The Next Populist Revolution
Establishment Democrats believe that poor immigrants and their children will be part of an emerging majority. They could be very wrong.
How Ice Went Rogue
A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy.
The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans
Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.
Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think
The luckiest people overlook their good fortune. This is bad news for us all.
Is Grit Overrated? The Downside of Persistence
The psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that dogged, single-minded persistence is a key to career success—but it carries downsides, too.
How to Reverse Citizens United
What campaign-finance reformers can learn from the NRA.
What's Wrong With The Democrats?
Barack Obama's victories obscured failure at every level. The Party's choices have been about disastrous. If Democrats care about winning, they need to learn how to appeal to the white working class.
What Happens When Robots Take Our Jobs?
For centuries, experts have predicated that machines would soon make workers obsolete. What if they weren't wrong, but only premature? An exploration of what society without jobs look like - and how we can prepare.
What Becomes Of Babies Born To Mothers Behind Bars?
What becomes of babies born to mothers behind bars? Research suggests that having nurseries in prisons leads to lower recidivism rates among incarcerated mothers and better outcomes for their children.
Hunted By The Mob
The Italian investigative journalist Roberto Saviano, in exile in New York City.
Havana On The Brink
City officials are striking a difficult balance between preserving the historic district as a residential neighborhood and reviving its tourist industry. What happens when the Americans arrive?
The Mayor of New Orleans Takes On The City's Murder Problem
Since 1980, more than 260,000 black men have been killed in America - nearly five times more Americans than died in the Vietnam War. Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, is on a crusade to stop the killing and break the cycle of violence.
The Test-Tube Chef
Herv This, the father of molecular gastronomy, thinks the meals of the future should be constructed from chemical compounds.
Why I Put My Wife's Career First
Most mothers cannot do more. Greater numbers of fathers must take on primary parenting roles - as I have. The well-being of children, the status of women, and the happiness of men all depend on it.
Our Fragile Constitution
Misreading history, the Founders established a fundamentally flawed system of government. America's best hope may be to have less faith in it.
The Anti-Redskin
In the fight over the team's name, Ray Halbritter is an adversary unlike any the NFL has faced before.
Why Some Doctors Are Prescribing More Time Outdoors
Why some doctors are writing prescriptions for time outdoors.
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration: Part I-II
After decades of mass incarceration that have left the United States with the largest incarcerated population in the world, politicians of all stripes are suddenly declaring the policy a mistake. But their pronouncements have failed to reckon with the phenomenon's deep historical roots, or with the damage it has done to black families. Fifty years after Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report on "The Negro Family"tragically helped launch this assault, it's time to reclaim his original intent.
Bill Gates - "We Need An Energy Miracle"
Bill Gates has committed his intellect, his influence, and his personal fortune to propelling the world beyond fossil fuels fast enough to outrace potentially cataclysmic climate change.
The Investment Secrets Of Al Gore
Al Gore has in mind nothing less than a new version of capitalism - one that reduces environmental and social damage, while still rewarding investors. The record of his 10-year-old firm, Generation Investment Management, suggests he may be onto something.
Black Gotham
Memorializing Manhattan’s earliest African residents.
Power Causes Brain Damage
Over time, leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise.
The Plan to End Europe
Why does Donald Trump want to undo the post–World War II order?