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Yakama Nation Fights to Protect a Sacred Site From an Energy Storage Center
While the project will store clean energy, evidence is mounting that much of it will be used to power an AI data center.
Trump Admin Cuts to USAID, WHO, Likely Stalled Response to Ebola, Experts Warn
“Facilities in affected areas are operating without basic protective supplies” due to cuts to USAID, one expert said.
Israel Advances Plan to Displace Palestinian Bedouin Communities in West Bank
The forced resettlement plan seeks to advance an Israeli settlement project splitting the Palestinian territory.
Pope Leo Issues Encyclical Warning of AI’s Potential Dangers If Left Unregulated
“No algorithm can make war morally acceptable,” reads the first major theological document of Leo XIV's papacy.
This Tehran Music School Took Ages to Build Up. Airstrikes Turned It to Rubble.
The destruction of Honiak Music Academy shows the devastating impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran's creative spaces.
Tulsi Gabbard Exit Marks Fourth Woman to Leave Trump Cabinet
Resignations and firings have further narrowed diversity in Trump’s Cabinet.
Black Farmers Warn Pollution Is Changing The Food on Our Plates
Air pollution is stripping nutrients from staple crops central to Black diets.
The Trump Administration Is Shielding Prediction Markets
A recent report found CFTC staff were put on leave after questioning Trump-linked betting markets.
DOJ Just Shut Disabled People Out of Essential Online Services for Another Year
Disability rights advocates say everything from filing for unemployment to voting in the midterms just got much harder.
Cubans Rally in Havana Against the Trump Administration’s Threats to Attack
“Cuba is a people of peace and reaffirms its legitimate right to self-defense," Cuba’s CDR national coordinator said