California, Colorado and Illinois have passed laws that make age classification part of your phone and computer. Privacy advocates warn that once this system is in place, it could make more invasive forms of identity verification much easier to expand.
Police agencies in at least 10 states have spent more than $920,000 in opioid settlement money on automated license-plate readers, including Flock cameras.
Anthropic is building out a corporate intelligence operation that monitors activists, tracks protests near company executives and facilities, and in some cases alerts law enforcement before a crime has occurred.
The public is paying to build private computing power, and it is paying in electricity, water and money.
The pursuit of ‘high-quality training data’ at any cost is a window into the psychoses that drive modern tech oligarchs who view all as subservient to profit and ‘progress.’
The public is paying to build private computing power, and it is paying in electricity, in water and in money.
This first installment of The Trillion Dollar Man examines SpaceX’s public listing as a case study in how retirement defaults, index rules and founder-controlled governance can place ordinary workers’ savings inside companies they may never choose or meaningfully influence
Trillions in corporate commitments, complex guarantees and long-term power agreements are financing an enormous expansion. The terms being negotiated now will determine who pays if demand falls short.
Trump’s stock portfolio logged nearly 28,700 stock trades in his first 17 months back in office, more than all 535 members of Congress combined. While working class people live with the real world consequences of his economic decisions, the president holds investments that could directly profit from them.
Police agencies in at least 10 states have spent more than $920,000 in opioid settlement money on automated license-plate readers, including Flock cameras.
New York City just created the nation’s first Office of Worker Power, offering a new model for how local government can help workers organize, understand their rights and rebuild collective power.
The public is paying to build private computing power, and it is paying in electricity, water and money.
The pursuit of ‘high-quality training data’ at any cost is a window into the psychoses that drive modern tech oligarchs who view all as subservient to profit and ‘progress.’
New Trump rules place political appointees between researchers and federal grant money. They’re forbidden from appealing to peer review, which is to say ‘science.’
The public is paying to build private computing power, and it is paying in electricity, in water and in money.
We spoke with Pamela Zimba about the housing gap facing formerly incarcerated women, what reentry actually requires after years spent inside and how The Lilac House is building a place for women to navigate what comes next.
Two young Black men died in Mississippi within a year. Their families sought independent autopsies, federal scrutiny and answers beyond the initial public accounts. In both cases, important parts of the record remain unresolved.
Why True Inclusive Advertising Should Be Less About the Message and More About the Invoice.
Inside the Coalitions, Revenue Models and Shared Technologies Redefining Power in Media.
At a time of deep concern over children’s reading, Missouri is preparing to cut a low-cost program that sends books directly to preschoolers’ homes.
As protections under the Voting Rights Act are stripped back, voter dilution has become one of the clearest threats to Black political power.
After Miles Hall Was Killed By Police During a Mental Health Crisis, His Family Built a Movement.
Investing time, money, labor and attention to create healthier local systems
The real pathways, structures and steps required to move from interested citizen to active participant in local government.
When our systems feel unstable, the most immediate form of power is local participation, showing up in the places where you live, work and share responsibility.
Different ways to build and engage in community.
A love letter to the builders, neighbors and quiet revolutionaries who are stitching a new world into being, right where they stand.
How media literacy helps us recognize propaganda, personal bias and misinformation.
How we can build better communities by working through our differences.
How communities can build agency beyond consumer choice.
How sustainable local systems can reduce dependence and strengthen communities.
Trillions in corporate commitments, complex guarantees and long-term power agreements are financing an enormous expansion. The terms being negotiated now will determine who pays if demand falls short.