Molly Crabapple

Oct 22, 2024 | nytimes.com | Neil Makhija |Molly Crabapple |Kim Boekbinder |Jim Batt

The United States is closer than ever to achieving the dream it's been chasing since 1776: an inclusive democracy that lives up to the promise of one person, one vote. But since 2020, election deniers have sought to undermine America's collective voice with lies about the security of our elections. In the Opinion Video above, Neil Makhija - who will help oversee elections in his county in the battleground state of Pennsylvania - argues that our votes have never been safer or more secure.

Oct 8, 2024 | rsn.org | Maximillian Alvarez |Molly Crabapple

“I showed up for East Palestine because I realized we are not alone.”A sacrifice zone — an area permanently damaged by industrial impacts and societal disinvestment — can look just like any other ZIP code. You’ve probably stood in the middle of one without knowing it. You and your family might even be living in one right now. Your health may have already been forfeited by some suits in a boardroom, your lives written off as collateral damage. Time will tell; our bodies keep score.

Sep 30, 2024 | inthesetimes.com | Maximillian Alvarez |Molly Crabapple

A sacrifice zone — an area permanently damaged by industrial impacts and societal disinvestment — can look just like any other ZIP code. You’ve probably stood in the middle of one without knowing it. You and your family might even be living in one right now. Your health may have already been forfeited by some suits in a boardroom, your lives written off as collateral damage. Time will tell; our bodies keep score. Public policy bioaccumulates.

Jun 28, 2024 | bloodinthemachine.com | Nikhil Suresh |Erik P. Hoel |Molly Crabapple |Ali Alkhatib

Greetings, and welcome to another edition of BLOOD IN THE MACHINE, the newsletter about the humans caught in the gears of AI + big tech. I’m traveling this week—if any of my fellow machine breakers are in France this July, give me a shout—and under a deadline for a forthcoming project, so today’s post is something a bit different: A curated reading list of protests, critiques, and polemics by experts and workers who are watching generative AI tear at the fabric of their own fields.

Jul 6, 2023 | almendron.com | Molly Crabapple

I spent the end of May and the beginning of June in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, first as a guest of the Palestine Festival of Literature, and then documenting daily life in my sketchbook. It had been eight years since my last trip to Palestine, and on the face of it, everything had gotten worse.