Author: Brad Rourke
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US, Russia: Let AI Pick Targets
Two nations, each in their own war of choice, agree that humans do not have to be in the loop when a machine identifies a target. Why should be obvious.
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Armed Agents at the Polls
The upcoming midterm elections, who gets to vote in them, and how they are conducted, are shaping up to be one of the most important battles for the future of our democracy.
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Press Banned From the White House
We may well look back on these press attacks as yet another step in our vanishing democracy.
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Kennedy Center 30-Day Demolition Warning
“If we don’t do that,” he said, “it’s going to close. It’ll end up being ripped down.”
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The Trump Loyalty Question
More than 140 years after the Pendleton Act began dismantling the spoils system, nurses and firefighters applying for federal jobs are facing “loyalty tests,” being asked how they will help advance the president’ priorities.
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Armed Man Rushes Candidate
Political violence does not have to succeed to erode a democracy. It needs only become ever more ordinary.
