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A Victory for Abolitionists: ICE-Run Immigration Prison Shuts Down Today
It took nearly a decade of exposing the patterns of abuse and neglect at the facility in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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BuzzFeed’s AI-Produced Content Experiment Is a Glimpse Into a Bleak Future
We can expect a media universe where a shrinking labor force is exploited to feed ChatGPT so it can churn out clickbait.

Miami’s Mayor Went All In on Cryptocurrency. His Constituents Suffered.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez made outlandish claims about the boon of MiamiCoin, but it's lost 99 percent of its value.

1,300 Social Justice Groups Demand Atlanta Mayor Resign Over Tortuguita’s Death
His “lack of intervention in protecting Atlanta protestors and residents led directly to the fatal raid,” they said.

GOP Oversight Chair Plans to Investigate Biden’s Docs Case But Not Trump’s
A majority of voters believe Trump's hoarding of documents was illegal, but don't believe Biden committed a crime.

We Must Refuse “Normal Life” After Police Violence Like Killing of Tyre Nichols
We do not have to throw ourselves back into capitalist normalcy after acts of state violence are inflicted on us.
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78 Percent of George Santos’s Constituents Want Him to Resign, Poll Finds
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Miami’s Mayor Went All In on Cryptocurrency. His Constituents Suffered.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez made outlandish claims about the boon of MiamiCoin, but it's lost 99 percent of its value.

Bitcoin ATM Companies Are Preying on the Poor
Bitcoin Depot has admitted to its investors that it relies on demographic data to strategically place its machines.

New York Climate Groups Sue Over New Energy-Guzzling Crypto Mining Operation
The crypto mine could increase a Buffalo area power plant’s greenhouse gas emissions by up to 3,500 percent.

Crypto Industry Ally Joins House GOP Leadership, Nixing Hopes for Reform
Future House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has interfered with investigations of crypto firms such as FTX.