Will America’s first ‘right to sleep outside’ actually help unhoused people?
It leaves out the one right that would actually solve homelessness: housing.
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I asked ChatGPT to contest my parking ticket. What followed was a thing of beauty
The judge called its defense ‘persuasive.’
‘It’s a failure of the system’: before Jordan Neely was killed, he was discarded
How did Jordan Neely fall through New York City's sprawling safety net?
Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control them
The Signal president on why labor organizing still matters.
Ex-Googlers blast ‘AI godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton’s silence on fired AI experts
Where was Hinton when Google fired experts for warning AI could harm marginalized people?
‘I thought they’d kill us’: how the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island
For 60+ years, the US Navy fired explosives on Vieques. Today, the islanders still suffer the devastating consequences.
Can existing laws regulate AI? The federal government and experts say yes
Agencies aren’t going to give AI special treatment just because it's new.
A California bill would regulate automated decisions. But is its definition of AI too narrow?
Assembly Bill 331 would create rules for machines that make 'consequential decisions.'
Forty-three druggings, seven deaths: New York clubgoers face wave of violent robberies
How do you stay vigilant in venues meant to let you drop your defenses?
Goodbye Silicon Valley, hello . . . Arlington?
For the Pentagon, layoffs are a once-in-a-generation chance to snap up tech talent.
NYC is about to regulate AI in hiring. Critics say the new law doesn’t do much
Why Local Law 144 isn't just a missed opportunity, but dangerous.
What if we made It easier for renters to buy their buildings?
A new bill in Albany would give tenants the right to purchase their buildings — and the funding to do it.
‘It’s legal, there’s just no precedent’: the first US town to demand a rent decrease
When housing prices soared in Kingston, it tried something no other city had ever done.
Starbucks fired a union organizer. New York City got him rehired
Austin Locke was sacked days after he helped unionize workers. A monumental new labor law means he’s back on the job.
Does New York’s Chinatown Really Need an Arch?
New York has approved funding for the city's first Chinatown gate. Not everyone is happy.
‘The worst it’s ever been’: mysterious US Adderall shortage puts ADHD patients at risk
What's really behind the historic stimulant shortage.
Amazon was cited for ‘serious’ worker safety violations. Why was the fine only $60,000?
How Amazon gets off with a slap on the wrist for systematically endangering its workers.
Hong Kong and neoliberalism
My chapter in Verso's 'The China Question: Toward Left Perspectives' (2022)
The crumbling building where no one claims to be the landlord
The strange case of a Crown Heights building that no landlord claims to own.
‘Freedom in China is precious’: Tiananmen Square protest veteran salutes new generation
For Chinese former democracy leaders, it’s been emotional to watch mass protests erupt anew.
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