Ami Fields-Meyer
@fieldsmeyer.com
Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School | Fmr: White House Senior Policy Advisor | Work on civil rights, democracy, tech, and power. Nothing is inevitable.
Writing: amifieldsmeyer.substack.com
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Writing: amifieldsmeyer.substack.com
Get in touch: fieldsmeyer.com
There have always been signs that tech companies were overpromising on AI, and that investors were blindly and dramatically over-indexing on its potential.
I want to reshare the essay Janet Haven and I wrote for Foreign Policy in October 2024.
A few quotes from that piece:
I want to reshare the essay Janet Haven and I wrote for Foreign Policy in October 2024.
A few quotes from that piece:
AI’s Alarming Trend Toward Illiberalism
Left ungoverned, the technology opens pathways to undermine democracy.
foreignpolicy.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
There have always been signs that tech companies were overpromising on AI, and that investors were blindly and dramatically over-indexing on its potential.
I want to reshare the essay Janet Haven and I wrote for Foreign Policy in October 2024.
A few quotes from that piece:
I want to reshare the essay Janet Haven and I wrote for Foreign Policy in October 2024.
A few quotes from that piece:
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After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
“We have daily crises, and the same shortages and deficiencies in supplies, and we are still exhausted as we are still receiving lots of casualties.
“There isn’t much difference from period before the ceasefire. Unfortunately, the bombing is still going on...We don’t feel there is a big change.”
“There isn’t much difference from period before the ceasefire. Unfortunately, the bombing is still going on...We don’t feel there is a big change.”
Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as Israeli airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“We have daily crises, and the same shortages and deficiencies in supplies, and we are still exhausted as we are still receiving lots of casualties.
“There isn’t much difference from period before the ceasefire. Unfortunately, the bombing is still going on...We don’t feel there is a big change.”
“There isn’t much difference from period before the ceasefire. Unfortunately, the bombing is still going on...We don’t feel there is a big change.”
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This is not a plan for peace. It is a plan for Russian victory and Ukrainian capitulation, argues Christian Caryl.
Don’t Call This a ‘Peace Plan’
If the U.S.-Russia plan for Ukraine goes forward, Donald Trump will be remembered as the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.
foreignpolicy.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is not a plan for peace. It is a plan for Russian victory and Ukrainian capitulation, argues Christian Caryl.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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This year we celebrate the 17th annual Golden Duke Awards. Are you ready?
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
This year we celebrate the 17th annual Golden Duke Awards. Are you ready?
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we're going to win
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
we're going to win
In Darfur, RSF forces have attacked hospitals, clinics, patients, and aid workers – clear war crimes under international law. Sudan’s medical system has become a battlefield. The U.S. government must use all leverage to end the slaughter immediately.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In Darfur, RSF forces have attacked hospitals, clinics, patients, and aid workers – clear war crimes under international law. Sudan’s medical system has become a battlefield. The U.S. government must use all leverage to end the slaughter immediately.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The confluence of the Comey/James dismissals one hour and the DoD probe into Kelly the next is the perfect illustration of this regime's "strategy" for punishing political enemies: throw spaghetti, fusilli, and a bunch of random household object at wall to see what sticks. They are not good at this.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The confluence of the Comey/James dismissals one hour and the DoD probe into Kelly the next is the perfect illustration of this regime's "strategy" for punishing political enemies: throw spaghetti, fusilli, and a bunch of random household object at wall to see what sticks. They are not good at this.
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Rest in power, Ma'am.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111
Fletcher spent years pushing for justice after deadly racial attack on thriving Black Oklahoma community in 1921
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Rest in power, Ma'am.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Lest we forget that we are still living in the shadow centuries of racial subjugation:
"Since 2000, in addition to Reed, at least eight Black men have been found hanging from trees in Mississippi, according to a review of past news stories. All of the deaths were ruled suicides."
bit.ly/3MgVldK
"Since 2000, in addition to Reed, at least eight Black men have been found hanging from trees in Mississippi, according to a review of past news stories. All of the deaths were ruled suicides."
bit.ly/3MgVldK
Tree Hanging at Delta State in Mississippi Raises Dread of Past Lynchings
A Black freshman’s apparent suicide on campus is one of at least nine Black men who have been found hanging from trees since 2000.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Lest we forget that we are still living in the shadow centuries of racial subjugation:
"Since 2000, in addition to Reed, at least eight Black men have been found hanging from trees in Mississippi, according to a review of past news stories. All of the deaths were ruled suicides."
bit.ly/3MgVldK
"Since 2000, in addition to Reed, at least eight Black men have been found hanging from trees in Mississippi, according to a review of past news stories. All of the deaths were ruled suicides."
bit.ly/3MgVldK
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I’m guilty too but god this place would be better if we could all agree not to dunk on accounts with less than a hundred followers
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’m guilty too but god this place would be better if we could all agree not to dunk on accounts with less than a hundred followers
Another American leader turning to the great Alondra Nelson for counsel on building a more just future. A wise choice!
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Another American leader turning to the great Alondra Nelson for counsel on building a more just future. A wise choice!
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One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
Jacob is so talented -- I'm lookin forward to this and know it will be both cathartic for those of us who've called LA home and constructive for the rest.
experiencing my hometown burn as a native Angeleno and covering it as a journalist was not possible to process in real time. that’s why I wrote FIRESTORM. I cannot wait to share the book with you on January 6. available for preorder now: www.harpercollins.com/products/fir...
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Jacob is so talented -- I'm lookin forward to this and know it will be both cathartic for those of us who've called LA home and constructive for the rest.
"The sanctions place Dagalo under an EU-wide travel ban, freezes certain assets and prohibits him from indirect or direct profits or other resources within the 27-nation bloc, according to the European Commission."
www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/e...
www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/e...
EU sanctions Sudan's RSF leader after atrocities committed in Darfur
The war began in 2023, when tensions erupted between the army and the RSF that were meant to oversee a democratic transition after a 2019 coup unseated former President Omar al-Bashir.
www.euronews.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"The sanctions place Dagalo under an EU-wide travel ban, freezes certain assets and prohibits him from indirect or direct profits or other resources within the 27-nation bloc, according to the European Commission."
www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/e...
www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/e...
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Medicare Part B 2026 increase is the second largest ever in dollar terms. It'll likely eat a big chunk of the Social Security COLA and hurt seniors.
It's official. Medicare Part B 2026 premium will eat a big chunk of Social Security COLA
Medicare Part B 2026 increase is the second largest ever in dollar terms. It'll likely eat a big chunk of the Social Security COLA and hurt seniors.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Medicare Part B 2026 increase is the second largest ever in dollar terms. It'll likely eat a big chunk of the Social Security COLA and hurt seniors.
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At this point X is like 1950s Vienna, a whole place made up entirely of spies, running ops against other spies, with no non-spy people. Or maybe like a 1971 Black Panthers convention where 3/4 of the attendees are conintelrpo.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
At this point X is like 1950s Vienna, a whole place made up entirely of spies, running ops against other spies, with no non-spy people. Or maybe like a 1971 Black Panthers convention where 3/4 of the attendees are conintelrpo.
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“Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, members of at least five formerly separated families have been removed from the U.S. against their will.” www.thecut.com/article/fami...
Separated, Reunited, Now Deported
The Biden administration tried to undo the damage of Trump’s border policies. Now the government is coming for the same families again.
www.thecut.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, members of at least five formerly separated families have been removed from the U.S. against their will.” www.thecut.com/article/fami...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.