Listen to the Earliest Known Recordings of a Nearly Dead American Language

American Cities, Population >50K, Named After Foreign (Excluding British) Political Figures

Today in Supreme Court History: October 31, 1963

Music and the Body: Richard Powers on the Power of Song

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Open Thread

What the Economy Is Sacrificing to AI

The Last Clear Chance Slipping Away

The Racism Scam

How Prediction Markets Work

The Trickster That Led Us from Birth to Death

Washington Irving’s American Ghost

Making machines that can listen

Law Banning Employer Requirements That Employees Listen to Employer's Religious or Political Speech Likely Violates Employer's First Amendment Rights

Politeness Has Changed. Our Language Shows How

With or Without Netanyahu, Israel Will Want American Taxpayers To Keep Funding Its Wars

Dead Star Offers a Glimpse Into Our Solar System’s Future

What a US-China AI Safety Channel Needs

The Populism-to-Paperwork Pipeline

Truth, Fact, and the Patterning of Reality: Virginia Woolf on How We Come to Know the World

Massachusetts Voters Don't Seem Inclined To Repeal Marijuana Legalization Next Week