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Family Budget Calculator

Economic Policy Institute EPI
An interactive tool that shows the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living, for every County in the United States.

AI Learning Through a Baby’s Eyes

Elizabeth Gibney Nature
A neural network that taught itself to recognize objects using the filmed experiences of a single infant could offer new insights into how humans learn.

West Bank Settler Extremists Widen Campaign Against Palestinians

Taylor Luck and Fatima AbdulKarim Christian Science Monitor
Having driven most of the nomadic Bedouin from their land, the extremist settlers are increasingly targeting Palestinian towns and villages, encroaching on densely populated areas and inciting larger-scale brawls.

Why a Faction of BDS Is Attacking Standing Together

Etan Nechin Haaretz
Standing Together is a fast-growing grassroots movement in Israel bringing Jews and Arabs together, confronting the occupation and protesting the Gaza war. Now a key BDS group is calling for it to be boycotted.

Black History Is Also America’s History: A Reading List

AFL-CIO Staff AFL-CIO
And it’s America’s labor history, too. It’s coming together to fight for freedom and justice. Our Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Department has put together a list of recommended reading for the month.

Friday Nite Videos | February 2, 2024

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We Grown Now | Movie. The Story of a Global Favorite: El Condor Pasa. Legal Weed Is Being Ruined by Corporate Greed. As SCOTUS Hearing Looms, an Update on Trump Disqualification. Why I Stay: Living Inside the Ruins of my Gaza Home.

Tidbits – Feb. 1, 2024 – Reader Comments: Chicago Now Largest City To Call for Ceasefire; Hawks Demand War With Iran; Texas Gov Abbott Encouraging Criminal White Extremists; New – Family Budget Calculator; Help UE Preserve the Solidarity Mural; More

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Reader Comments: Chicago Now Largest City to Call for Ceasefire; Hawks Demand War With Iran; Texas Gov Abbott Encouraging Criminal White Extremists; New - Family Budget Calculator; Help UE Preserve the Solidarity Mural; Cartoons; more....

The Doomsday Clock Was Reset at 90 Seconds

Robert C. Koehler Common Dreams
For the second year in a row, the Doomsday Clock has been set—by scientists analyzing the dangers faced by Planet Earth due to human exploitation and nuclear-armed geopolitics—at 90 seconds to midnight. In other words, be afraid. Be very afraid.