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Gary Mayor Says City Felt “Left Behind and Overlooked” After Weeks Without Power
Eddie Melton, the mayor of the majority-Black city, says infrastructure must be hardened ahead of future severe storms.
Dilley ICE Jail Is “Commodification of Child Imprisonment,” says Joaquin Castro
Calls to shut down the facility grow following the detention and deportation of a 5-year-old and his father.
Exploited Data Workers Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Workers in the Global South are deliberately invisibilized by the companies that produce AI, says a sociologist.
Trump Is Once Again Weaponing the Postal Service to Try to Undermine Mail Voting
Millions could be disenfranchised with less than 70 days left before the midterms, says journalist Ari Berman.
Prairieland Protester: I’m Absolutely Being Imprisoned for a Political Agenda
Autumn Hill says the Trump administration is making an example out of cases like hers to chill any resistance.
Workers Stand to Lose the Most in Trump’s New Tariff War on Canada
The US put 50 percent tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada, which announced retaliatory tariffs.
Israeli Settlers Have Surrounded Home of Palestinian American Visiting West Bank
"They’re not allowing us to leave the house. They’re not allowing anyone to come to my house freely,” says Loui Ridi.
AI Is Only Possible Because of Global South Workers in “Digital Sweatshops”
James Muldoon discusses the global supply chains of AI and how people are forming emotional attachments with chatbots.
Protest Camp Attempts to Block Border Wall Construction in Arizona
Activists have staged tree-sits on both sides of the US-Mexico border to prevent the destruction of ancient cottonwoods.
Kushner Backs Up Netanyahu’s “Poison Pill” After Meetings With Hamas, Israel
Netanyahu is “including conditions that can never be met” in Israel’s deal with Hamas, analyst Mouin Rabbani says.