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How These Buildings Made Turkey-Syria’s Earthquake So Deadly

February 17, 2023

And can the buildings be fixed?

Revealed: the Hacking and Disinformation Team Meddling in Elections

February 17, 2023

A covert team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media have been exposed in a new Guardian investigation.

Inside Disney World's Worker Uprising

February 17, 2023

Cast members at Disney World in Orlando are living out of their cars while Disney made $28 billion from theme parks and gave its ex-CEO a $20 million golden parachute.

February 17, 2023

Trump Claims ‘Total Exoneration’ As Georgia Grand Jury Hints at Future Prosecutions

Liz Dye Above the Law

The excerpt released hints at “recommendations on indictments and relevant statutes.” In fact, the jurors offer an explicit endorsement of any further crimes the District Attorney might wish to charge.

February 17, 2023

Roberto Clemente Book Removed From Florida Public Schools

Nicole Acevedo NBC

“His story is his story. He went through racism. It’s something that can’t be changed,” Clemente's son, Roberto Clemente Jr., told NBC News.

February 17, 2023

A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled

Kevin Roose The New York Times

A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft’s search engine led to it declaring its love for me.

February 17, 2023

Rail Worker Alliance Urges Labor To Back Railroad Nationalization

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

"The railroads, their CEOs, and the hedge fund robber barons will not listen, but railroad workers have the solution to managing and operating critical railroad infrastructure."

February 17, 2023

First Step Towards the Recognition of Breast Cancer as an Occupational Disease in France

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This decision was the result of a large-scale union campaign which made good use of a worker's survey to raise public awareness but also to mobilize around the issue of occupational cancers.

February 17, 2023

I’m No Martian

William J Harris HEY FELLA WOULD YOU MIND HOLDING THIS PIANO A MOMENT

The Brooklyn poet William J. Harris has something to say about guilt by association as so many of your own best friends have been accused.

February 16, 2023

‘American Democratic Socialism’ Has a Proud, Diverse, and Inspiring History

Matt McManus Current Affairs

Gary Dorrien’s sweeping history of American democratic socialism weaves personal, intellectual, and spiritual narratives together in a book that reminds us of the great potential of the socialist movement.