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Educational AI Risks Becoming an Authoritarian Vehicle for Thought Control
These systems are a dictator’s dream: the perfect infrastructure for the imposition of totalitarianism.
Appeals Court Blocks Contempt Proceedings in El Salvador Disappearances Case
“The rule of law depends on obedience to judicial orders,” DC Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard wrote in her dissent.
Activist Released Without Charges After Violent Arrest While Documenting ICE
Masked agents pinned Amanda Trebach on the pavement then forced her into an unmarked van.
Israel Kills Famous Gaza Reporter Anas Al-Sharif in Targeted Strike
Al-Sharif was hailed as the “voice” of Palestinians in Gaza, and was openly targeted by Israeli authorities.
Health Insurance Laws Have Led to a Grim Milestone for Young People: Turning 26
As the GOP erodes the ACA, people who reach the cutoff age hit an insurance cliff if their jobs don’t provide coverage.
Chris Smalls’s Gaza Mission Part of Long History of Black-Palestinian Solidarity
The Amazon Labor Union leader exemplifies how Black and Palestinian freedom struggles have converged throughout history.
11 Years After Invasion, Thousands of Yazidi Women and Kids Are Still Missing
As global attention shifts and international aid disappears, many survivors of the ISIS assault feel forgotten.
Gaza Isn’t the First Genocide the US Has Denied — and Abetted
From Guatemala to East Timor to Yemen, the US has a pattern of obfuscating and aiding crimes against humanity.
Texas Prison Guards Routinely Use Tear Gas on Incarcerated Women. It Must Stop.
I have been repeatedly subjected to chemical weapons. It’s torture by another name.
Trump’s War on Big Law Firms Is Hampering Efforts to Fight His Administration
Some of the nation's largest firms are refusing to work for groups that seek to hold the government to account.