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Month: May 2026
‘Stop killing us’: New York’s home care providers near hunger strike over wage injustice‘Stop killing us’: New York’s home care providers near hunger strike over wage injustice
Home care workers want the city council to end policy of 24-hour shifts for which they are paid for only 13 hours Last month, 15 home health workers camped outside New York’s city hall for six days. They refused to eat, only ending their hunger strike after securing a promise ...
‘Capitalism has to become more humane’: a Stanford economist on big tech, power hoarding and democracy‘Capitalism has to become more humane’: a Stanford economist on big tech, power hoarding and democracy
Mordecai Kurz argues tech oligarchs erode democracy through monopolies – and predicts how the trend may end The billionaires of today are unusually aggressive in their hoarding of cultural and technological influence, according to Mordecai Kurz, a Stanford economist whose research connects monopoly power with political and economic inequality. In ...
The Iran war reminds us: we’ll never be energy-independent with fossil fuels | Lloyd Doggett and Michael ShankThe Iran war reminds us: we’ll never be energy-independent with fossil fuels | Lloyd Doggett and Michael Shank
Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing Donald Trump’s unjustified war on Iran and the resulting global fuel crisis is a continuing reminder that true energy security and independence will continue to elude us so long as we remain ...
Podcast: The Physical Politics of the Internet with Britt ParisPodcast: The Physical Politics of the Internet with Britt Paris
As you scroll around the web, how often to you think about the physical infrastructure—the miles of cables, acres of land—that makes up the internet? This is where real power lies, and there are ways to imagine it differently, as serving the people who use these utilities instead of big ...
Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AIResearchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI
University of Washington researchers planned to have preschool teachers wear cameras that would record everything they saw from a first-person perspective, including the children they were teaching, then use that footage to develop AI models. Crucially, the program was presented as opt-out, rather than opt-in, meaning that parents had to ...
At least 100 deaths reported in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo as six Americans exposedAt least 100 deaths reported in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo as six Americans exposed
One of the six Americans is experiencing symptoms, according to media reports. One province in Congo reports 390 cases. ...
Married at First Sight UK brides tell BBC they were raped by on-screen husbandsMarried at First Sight UK brides tell BBC they were raped by on-screen husbands
Channel 4 was aware of one of the rape claims before broadcast, but the woman involved still featured in the show. ...
Burnham pledges not to ‘re-run’ Brexit argumentsBurnham pledges not to ‘re-run’ Brexit arguments
The potential leadership challenger says he is not proposing the UK considers rejoining the EU. ...
Jury tosses Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam AltmanJury tosses Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman
Jurors spent nearly a month hearing and viewing evidence in the high-profile trial, where Musk had accused Altman of “stealing a charity”. ...