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A.I. Is Now a Major Election Issue

As Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s newly elected Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, put it, “People really effing hate data centers.” By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

The Delusions of John Roberts

The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward. By Margaret Talbot

Are You a Human?

From branding irons to iris scans, the ancient business of proving who you are has never been stranger—or more lucrative. By Jill Lepore

Inside Russia’s New Gulag

Human-rights groups estimate that more than ten thousand Ukrainian civilians have disappeared into the Russian prison system. This is the story of one cell.