You may have seen the recent media hype followed by swift backlash surrounding a CBS TV series “The Activist” originally expected to air in October. The show was set to feature Priyanka Chopra, Usher ...

For far too long, two specters have been haunting the world of artificial intelligence and warfare, and they both featured in ...

Last Friday, I spoke on a panel at NYU on political theorist Alyssa Battistoni’s new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the ...

Nature has always been a grounding force for me. Walking, hiking and spending time outside helps me escape the never-ending cycle of work and socialization that keeps my brain in a constant state of ...

On March 1, 2023, Hershey’s relaunched its SHE bars campaign to celebrate Women’s History Month. It ran an ad featuring Fae Johnstone, a trans activist and transgender individual. This, of course, ...

One of my favorite Father John Misty songs is “Holy Shit,” the penultimate track off his sophomore album “I Love You, Honeybear.” The song is really about the breakdown of modern society, a ...

In the hyper-capitalism that characterizes today’s economy, more and more of human life is becoming commodified, used primarily as arenas for corporate profit. In the face of these deeper trends, ...

We've lived in an age of big data for years now, but it's still growing at a rapid rate. The global volume of data created, consumed and stored is expected to increase from 149 zettabytes in 2024 to ...

Authors acknowledge funding from the EU project WaterLANDS: Water-based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness (Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme; Grant Agreement No.

Through the commodification of nature, the framing of the environment as a 'natural resource' or 'ecosystem service' has become increasingly prominent in international environmental governance. The ...

Maintaining psychological hygiene and is an act of existential agency, a rebellion against the commodification of our ...