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Communities Pay the Price for ‘Free’ AI Tools
AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water, and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.
Employers Want to Trap You in Dead-End Jobs. Will Trump’s FTC Help Them?
I worked for the Federal Trade Commission when we banned employers from trapping workers with “noncompete clauses.” Now that victory is in danger.
With Gerrymandering, Your Local Rep. Isn’t Local — And Isn’t Yours
This GOP ploy is stripping away America’s fundamental principle of representative democracy.
The Country of My Birth Is Losing Its Democracy. It Can Happen Here Too.
Without a community, we look to “strongmen” to save us. What we really need is each other.
Let’s Fund Real Public Safety, Not ICE
We should be funding schools, health care, and education, not $50,000 signing bonuses for ICE agents.
CEOs Are Getting Richer. Everyone Else Is Falling Behind.
At the 100 largest low-wage corporations, the average CEO now makes 632 times more than a typical worker. And Americans are fed up.
Trump’s Invasion of D.C. Costs Over $1 Million a Day. What Could That Fund Instead?
Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s true across the country.
I Did My Dissertation on Housing Displacement. Then I Experienced It Myself.
If someone like me can get trapped in the cycle of housing instability, anyone can. But the solutions are out there.
Trump Wants You Talking About Nonexistent Crime, Not His Medicaid Cuts
The president is sucking up oxygen with bogus crime stories because he doesn’t want you talking about his Medicaid cuts — or Jeffrey Epstein.
The Deadliest Conflict for Journalists in History
Israel has killed more journalists in Gaza than have died in essentially all other modern conflicts combined. But their work is still reaching the world.
