Category: Technology

How (And Why) AI is Eroding Democracy in the US

June 24, 2026 Tom Valovic

In the first few weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump announced a massive AI infrastructure project dubbed Stargate. It was an unexpected and rather odd event for a new administration’s first major initiative. It now seems obvious that the project was a highly coordinated initiative between the federal government […]

ShotSpotter Surveillance To End in Cambridge

June 11, 2026 Spencer Piston

MAPA’s Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity Working Group collaborates with The Black Response Cambridge (TBR Cambridge) and recently heard their analysis of the effects of the use of ShotSpotter technology in Cambridge. Interestingly, we learned that the neighborhoods in Cambridge where this surveillance technology has […]

Can Prospects for Nuclear War Get Any Worse? Sure, We Can Put AI in Charge

April 14, 2026 Tom Valovic

How quickly is the Pentagon moving toward handing the nuclear keys over to AI systems and Big Tech? No one really knows. Can we possibly get away from AI’s ubiquitous presence in our lives? But as long as AI is now in our faces 24/7, […]

Stop the MAGA Tech Bro Takeover of Our Commonwealth!

March 31, 2026 Harris Gruman

With the support of wealthy investors and CEOs, the Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC) is attempting to qualify two questions for the November 2026 ballot. Together these questions, if voted on affirmatively, will strip billions in funding from classrooms, hospitals, and research centers, while locking the […]

Are We Waking Up Fast Enough to the Dangers of AI Militarism?

October 8, 2025 Tom Valovic

by Tom Valovic AI is everywhere these days. There’s no escape. And as geopolitical events appear to spiral out of control in the Ukraine and Gaza, it seems clear that AI, while theoretically a force for positive change, has become has become a worrisome accelerant to […]

Trump’s AI Action Plan: How Deregulating AI Can Threaten Our Community

September 17, 2025 Aidan Panotes-Bengzon

by Aidan Panotes-Bengzon In the global race to advance artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the Trump Administration has been determined to place America at the forefront by any means necessary, even if reaching this goal requires prioritizing rapid private-sector growth over community protections, ethics, and safety. […]

The Great Computer Outage is a Warning We Ignore at our Peril

July 30, 2024 Tom Valovic

Originally published in Common Dreams. by Tom Valovic July 18, 2024 will go down in history books as an event that shook up the world in a unique way. It gave the mass of humanity a pointed wake-up call about the inherent fragility of the technological systems […]