AI, Antitrust & Privacy: When More Competition Makes Things Worse
Increased AI competition worsens surveillance, manipulation, and disinformation—threatening privacy, autonomy, and democracy.
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Cow Most Sacred
Why military spending remains untouchable.
Read more...Believe It or Not, There Was a Time When the US Government Built Beautiful Homes for Working-Class Americans to Deal With a Housing Crisis
For a short time, the U.S. government not only built houses, it constructed entire communities.
Read more...Your Smartphone Is a Parasite, According To Evolution
Is having a smartphone worse than having head lice?
Read more...Senator Demands Tyson Child Labor Probe. Trump’s Cuts to DOL Could Make That Difficult.
Whistleblower allegations fuel new pressure on labor officials, but the agency tasked with investigating illegal child labor is operating with one of its smallest teams in decades.
Read more...Bobby Kennedy Jr. Makes Eugenics Great Again at Health and Human Services
RFK Jr. embrace pseudoscience and embarks on eugenicist policies that seek to identify and disempower the underprivileged.
Read more...Meet the People Profiting from US Military Aid to Israel
A genocide backed by economic interests is a big problem involving powerful actors. However, many people are taking action to affect the status quo.
Read more...Underage Workers, Millions of Dollars and Trucks Full of Dead Chickens — Inside the Business of Killing in Response to Bird Flu
The federal government has a single contractor to assist with killing infected flocks, leading to delays and the use of controversial culling methods.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 1: Economic & Financial Furies
Why the Trump-induced economic and financial train wrecks will be more severe than most pundits seem to anticipate.
Read more...Company Accused of Organizing National Rental Housing Cartel Goes on Offense as Trump DOJ Mothballs Price-Fixing Case
In a lawsuit against Berkeley, RealPage contends that using pricing algorithms to coordinate residential rents among mega landlords is “free speech.”
Read more...Will the EU Join the Economic War Against China?
Should Brussels join in, the economic fallout from Project Ukraine could seem quaint, and it could contribute to shortages in the US.
Read more...Several Hundred Workers Who Keep Invasive Pests Out of the US Accept Trump’s Buyouts
As many as 700 USDA workers on the frontlines of pest detection and crop protection have accepted deferred resignation offers. Their departure could slow inspections, delay outbreak response and leave the nation’s crops exposed to invasive species — which could harm the agricultural economy.
Read more...How Trump Deportations Fit Into War Against American Workers
Rather than cracking down on employers exploiting immigrant labor, we’re getting an assault on unions and rendition of immigrant activist students. And an increase in H1 and H2s to further drive down wages and worker protections is likely coming.
Read more...USDA Cuts Hit Small Farms as Trump Showers Billions on Big Farms
The dollars helped schools and food banks buy from small farmers, boosting the local food system.
Read more...The Price of Monopoly and Oligopoly Power: Why Rising Markups Hurt Innovation and Widen Inequality
More evidence of the cost of monopoly and oligopoly power.
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