The Truth About Silicon Valley’s Radical Vision for AI
They're not trying to cure cancer, or save America. These companies want to make $100 billion overnight, and they're willing to sponsor dangerous laws to make it happen.
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Gaza | Along the Green Line: Episode 3
In the third and final episode of Along the Green Line, reporter Matthew Cassel heads to the south of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
How Trump Is Keeping Americans From Celebrating the Fourth of July
The American Prospect
As ICE agents run amok, Latino cities and communities have been compelled to cancel their celebrations.
It’s Settled: How Adult Brains Make New Neurons
Scientific American
Adult brains grow new neurons, and scientists have finally pinpointed where they come from. These new findings settle a major dispute that neuroscientists have been arguing about for more than 60 years.
The Radical Past and Future of Christian Zionism
New York Magazine
Christian Zionism is again salient as Donald Trump surrounds himself with Evangelicals who profess the ideology and he pays lip service to it, as he does to other popular Evangelical convictions. Many Christian Zionists believe end-times are nigh.
A Tribunal in Waiting That Cannot Touch Vladimir Putin — for Now
The Insider
The tribunal will focus on the crime of aggression against Ukraine, but Putin is immune while in office. Even with its limitations, it is a significant step towards the first court to prosecute the crime of aggression since Nuremberg and Tokyo.
PSC, Higher-Ed Unions Slam Federal Research Funding Cuts
The Chief
In addition to the grants already defunded, the Trump administration has proposed setting a 15-percent cap on indirect cost reimbursements, leaving a gap many public colleges and universities would be unable to cover, the advocates said.
Teaching Poetry in the Prisons
Poet Susan Kelly Dewitt takes us inside the mind and heart of the lockhouse.
What Zohran Mamdani Needs To Do To Succeed As New York City’s Mayor
Portside
Mamdani has one more big hurdle to overcome–a general election in November. Pulling together a successful electoral coalition is difficult, but forging a governing coalition to run the city is even harder. As mayor, Mamdani will face major challenges
The Republicans’ Draconian Budget Bill Is Now a Reality
Economic Policy Institute
The Republican budget will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, and shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax breaks that will go overwhelmingly to the wealthy. It is a staggering upward redistribution of income.
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