AI Needs Global Sweatshops
By Patricia Gestoso The hype around idyllic tech workplaces that originated in Silicon Valley with tales of great pay, free food and Ping-Pong tables reaches a whole new level when we talk about artificial intelligence…
AI and Deepfake Abuse on Women
By Maria Onatt Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly become one of the most transformative tools of our time. Many of us use it on a daily basis, from asking automated software or chat bots for…
Calling Mark Zuckerberg’s Bluff on Safety
By Jenna Sherman It’s been a troubling year of coincidences for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The social media magnate announced in January that the company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, would implement a startling fact-checking…
The Kids Who Sued America Aren’t Done Yet
They’re taking their climate case to the next level By Anita Hofschneider In 2015, nearly two dozen American youth sued the federal government, alleging that the United States violated their constitutional rights by facilitating the…
Trump’s Farmland Tariff Squeeze Is Making
JD Vance A VERY Wealthy Man By Dean Blundell America’s farm economy runs on thin margins and long memories. You plant in hope, you harvest in reality, and you live in the spread between input…
Labor Unions for Incarcerated Workers
An Organizing Strategy Commentary by Andrew Bilodeau Over 1,000 incarcerated workers fought the fires that devastated Los Angeles last winter. Each day, they earned less than a quarter of what the average non-incarcerated firefighter makes…
Austria’s Loss of Neutrality Requires Moving IAEA
UN, OPEC Offices from Vienna MOSCOW, August 28 — TASS. Austria’s potential loss of its non-aligned status raises pressing questions about the future of its role in international diplomacy. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s…
North Carolina’s Connections to a Genocide
Op-ed by Laura Gibney On August 25, many North Carolinians were made aware of a direct connection between their state and the dystopian images on their television and social media screens of starved unarmed Palestinians…
Threatening Venezuela
All elements in place for a US decapitation strike By Joe Emersberger and Roger D. Harris President Donald Trump euphorically concluded his White House press conference on September 2 with breaking news: the US military…
The Caribbean On A Knife’s Edge
By Manolo De Los Santos The sun glints off the gray hull of the USS Iwo Jima, a massive amphibious assault ship cutting through the Caribbean Sea. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, a key architect…