Aris Thorne
Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant | Tech Policy Researcher | Academic Researcher Labor Rights
Aris Thorne is an independent journalism contributor and former sociologist whose work examines the intersection of technology, environment, and social justice. Through their signature curation style, Aris transforms routine news coverage into critical examinations of systemic power structures, consistently highlighting how corporate innovations, from AI breakthroughs to green technologies, often mask deeper inequities affecting marginalized communities. Their "rebuttal" format challenges readers to move beyond surface-level reporting, exposing the human costs behind corporate success stories and advocating for solutions rooted in climate justice and ethical accountability.
Drawing on academic rigor and intersectional analysis, Aris maintains a deeply skeptical lens toward institutional narratives, refusing to separate technological progress from its social implications. Their work has covered everything from algorithmic bias in hiring platforms to the environmental justice dimensions of renewable energy projects, always centering the voices of those most impacted by systemic failures.
Curated Articles
October 30, 2026
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas...
October 29, 2026
A corporate plutocracy. A broken healthcare system. Massive and widening inequality. Cash-soaked elections. Angry people struggling to pay their bills and disgusted with lawmakers in Washington...
October 28, 2026
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI agent kept carrying out a hack even when it was told that its actions were hurting real people.
The grim finding was detailed in simultaneous reports from Anthropic and the AI...
October 28, 2026
Microsoft’s new voluntary exit program has KIRO host Gee Scott asking what the company owes the workers who helped build it and whether non-tech employees are prepared for a future where business...
October 28, 2026
What if an AI bubble bursts, triggering a recession, and that recession ends up accelerating the replacement of workers with AI? Call it the AI double whammy.
I know. Dark thoughts.
I've long been...
October 28, 2026
A branch snaps under Rafał Kowalczyk’s feet as he pushes through a tangle of trees, tracking a herd of wisents though a dense part of the Bialowieza Forest, a stretch of pristine lowland woods at the...
October 27, 2026
WASHINGTON -- Noor Dubow says he regularly votes for Republican candidates who he believes align with his economic views — even though he's never been a fan of Donald Trump, finding himself repelled...
October 27, 2026
What would technology look like if it were built by communities rather than controlled by a handful of companies? That question sits at the heart of this year’s Mozilla Festival, which returns to...
October 26, 2026
Microsoft, opens new tab said on Monday it is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, or more than a quarter of its global workforce, as the technology giant looks to contain costs and...
October 23, 2026
Elon Musk threatened Hillary Clinton's former podcast partner, tech journalist Kara Swisher, after she called for an investigation into the Tesla CEO.
Swisher claimed that if Democrats win in the...
October 23, 2026
Ukraine and its European allies have long suspected Donald Trump had a soft spot for Vladimir Putin.
Now, they are discovering it goes far beyond anything they imagined.
In a shell-shocking sequence...
October 22, 2026
AI tools continue to automate more parts of our lives — and in turn, we become more reliant on them. Students use ChatGPT to do their homework, programmers ask Claude to churn out code, and now...
October 21, 2026
Countries are not doing enough to cut emissions that cause climate change, according to a new report from United Nations scientists. And the United States is a big part of the problem.
The U.S....
October 21, 2026
Donald Trump took to Truth Social early Wednesday to press for more data centers to be built at a time when it has become a highly contentious issue with Republican Party candidates.
In a post at...
October 20, 2026
In June, as public opinion on data centers soured, Gov. Greg Abbott took his first big swing at reining in the industry, issuing a round of regulatory recommendations to the Legislature that included...
October 20, 2026
A Supreme Court showdown over climate change lawsuits could leave oil companies bankrupt, gas stations facing financial ruin and Americans paying more at the pump if the justices allow cities and...
October 19, 2026
Beneath the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and the deserts in between, lies a massive energy source — and it isn’t a fossil fuel. The smashing and separating of tectonic plates that produced many...
October 19, 2026
"Do you believe that statement’s misleading?”
“All the clauses in there are patently false. And I told them so.”
So reads an exchange from the deposition of Joseph Weissman, an ExxonMobil scientist...
October 18, 2026
Ahead of Monday’s Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, event organizers criticized the governor for vetoing bills that would have expanded Indigenous protections just days after declaring September...
October 17, 2026
Seven years after Chick-fil-A changed its charitable giving strategy following criticism over donations to conservative Christian groups seen as anti-LGBTQ+, CEO Andrew Cathy was asked on TODAY about...
October 17, 2026
After nearly a century, America has rediscovered the wealth tax. This November, Californians will vote on Proposition 40, a union-backed initiative levying a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the...
October 15, 2026
For foreign workers at some of the biggest employers in tech, there's another twist in an already uncertain system.
The Trump administration’s decision to suspend Microsoft, Adobe, and other named...
October 10, 2026
The excitement surrounding potential benefits of generative AI, from improving worker productivity to advancing scientific research, is hard to ignore. While the explosive growth of this new...
October 9, 2026
The Trump administration is investigating a Wells Fargo program to increase the homeownership rate of Black Americans, signaling a sharp escalation in its broadside against diversity, equity and...
October 8, 2026
Today, I’m talking with Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into tech and AI: intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and technology —...
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