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A.I.

A.I. has its own social network. Should we be concerned?

Feb 8 • Jason Steinhauer

Democracy inaction

Debate and exchange are critical to democracy, even when they don't produce immediate results.

Jan 18 • Jason Steinhauer

A.I. does not know Napoleon

A case study in A.I. literacy

Oct 19, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

How A.I. is changing history

History.AI has arrived

Sep 7, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

Social Media

A.I. has its own social network. Should we be concerned?

Feb 8 • Jason Steinhauer

Nostalgia on demand

#2026isthenew2016 was the first viral social media trend of the year. But its recipe for success is old news.

Feb 1 • Jason Steinhauer

Memes win elections

Zohran Mamdani, social media and the pursuit of political power

Jun 29, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

The TikTok ban in historical perspective

America has a long history of debates over speech

Jan 19, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

Politics

Democracy inaction

Debate and exchange are critical to democracy, even when they don't produce immediate results.

Jan 18 • Jason Steinhauer

Antisemitism goes mainstream

In America, Jew hatred is fashionable, popular and increasingly acceptable

Nov 16, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

Assassination nation

Violence is a long-held American idea—as is the hope that violence will, one day, be eradicated.

Sep 28, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

Memes win elections

Zohran Mamdani, social media and the pursuit of political power

Jun 29, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

History

The missing one million

More than one million Americans died during the Covid-19 pandemic. Five years later, they remain largely invisible.

Mar 16, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

Walking among the Redwoods

Standing amid America's natural wonders, one appreciates the century-long struggle to preserve them.

Sep 8, 2024 • Jason Steinhauer

How should America celebrate its 250th anniversary?

A recent meeting in D.C. built on five years of planning, but a unifying vision for 2026 remains elusive.

Jul 21, 2024 • Jason Steinhauer

South Dakota on my mind

Re-visiting a beautiful state with complex histories

Apr 29, 2024 • Jason Steinhauer

Media

Introducing Ukraine's new literary journal

In the face of Russian aggression, re/visions examines the concepts we thought we were familiar with.

Nov 2, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

Building media literacy in Belgium

A week with the U.S. Embassy in Brussels

May 12, 2024 • Jason Steinhauer

My appearance on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

Last Sunday, I was invited to C-SPAN’s studios in Washington, D.C. to appear on the Sunday morning edition of Washington Journal.

Nov 12, 2023 • Jason Steinhauer

48 hours at Sundance

Scenes from a snowy Park City

Jan 29, 2023 • Jason Steinhauer

State of the World

The state of the world in 2025

The battle for energy, A.I. & outer space

Dec 28, 2025 • Jason Steinhauer

The state of the world in 2024

A crisis of government

Dec 22, 2024 • Jason Steinhauer

The state of the world in 2023

Where we are, where we've been and where we're headed

Dec 17, 2023 • Jason Steinhauer

Jason Steinhauer

Jason Steinhauer

Writing about history, tech, media and politics.

Obituaries

In memory of Marc Pachter

The iconic museum director passed away recently at the age of 80

Apr 7, 2024 • Jason Steinhauer

The remarkable life of Benjamin Ferencz

The Nuremberg prosecutor died this week at the age of 103

Apr 9, 2023 • Jason Steinhauer

Lonn Taylor, "The Rambling Boy"

Remembering "The Rambling Boy"

Apr 7, 2021 • Jason Steinhauer

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