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Arizona Futurism August 17, 2023

I spent many years around and inside New York City. It was the beating heart of not just the state, region, or country, but the entire global financial system. New York City is home to 8 million people but its wider tri-state urban sprawl totals 20 m...

Transcending Technopessimism August 15, 2023

In the world today, technopessimism is reaching a fever pitch. Everywhere you look there are headlines like, “Meta’s AI internet chatbot starts spewing fake news,” “Self-driving Uber Car Kills Pedestrian in Arizona,” and “Artificial Intelligence Has ...

"The Border Simulator" by Gabriel Dozal August 14, 2023

A world-bending, lyrically rich poetry collection that reimagines the U.S.-Mexico border as both a real place and a living simulation—and tells the story of a pair of siblings trapped between the two“Word coyote Gabriel Dozal is crossing borders with...

Chelsea Hodson Wants to Publish Weird Writers August 11, 2023

It’s high noon on a Saturday when I meet Chelsea Hodson in New York City’s restless Washington Square Park. Hodson is the author of the alt-lit essay collection Tonight I’m Someone Else—though lately, you’d more likely know her as the founder of Rose...

The Making of a Senator November 07, 2022

When Blake Masters released an online video announcing his candidacy for U.S. Senate in Arizona, I sat up and took notice. It was not the kind of video that we would normally see from a Republican candidate. It was actually good. The aesthetics were ...

Audits Restore Faith in Elections November 01, 2021

Election audits of the 2020 election are under attack in the media.It’s easy to see why some calls for audits have drawn criticism.But audits can serve a very useful purpose. Glenn Youngkin, the Virginia Republican nominee for governor, is calling fo...