The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software

Stylized illustration of two young people facing one another, wearing masks over their mouths, with bright red skin, against a chaotic, colorful abstract background.

Mpendulo: The Answer

Illustration of a person wearing a virtual-reality headset, looking up at a distorted collection of nightmarish images in shades of red and pink.

Thoughts and Prayers

By Ken Liu

Illustration of a flying drone-style robot and a crow flying together over a neighborhood.

When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis

An illustration showing three identical human heads as piggy banks, with hands putting a coin in one and smashing another with a hammer.

Overvalued

The True Cost of Stain-Resistant Pants

Fueling the Fire

A person sitting in a chair, facing away, with a bunch of small helicopter-style drones flying around them against a black background

Burned-Over Territory

Illustration for the story "Lions and Gazelles," showing a runner's feet and lower legs, distorted against a purple and red background.

Lions and Gazelles

When We Were Patched