Mother Jones

Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel has argued that people should be less judgmental about a deadly strike that hit a school in Iran, according to Mother Jones. The comments have drawn criticism, with commentators framing them as a callous dismissal of civilian casualties and a window into how Silicon Valley defense figures talk about military action in the Middle East.

A Mother Jones piece argues that racial segregation-era discrimination, long consigned to history, is being revived through decisions by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. The article frames recent rulings as unwinding civil rights protections, placing the Roberts court's record on voting rights and race at the centre of debate over the state of American democracy.