Saturday, November 7, 2026

How young workers are unionizing Starbucks

Starbucks Workers United is racking up victorious union votes in one branch after another of the iconic American coffee chain. A young California-based worker-organizer explains why this organizing campaign is different.

Corporate media have second thoughts about exiling Julian Assange from journalism

Corporate media dutifully laid the groundwork for the U.S. Department of Justice’s escalating political persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, and set the stage for a renewed assault on a free and independent press by the Trump administration.

There’s nothing more powerful than people taking back democracy

“They might outspend us, but there’s nothing more powerful than people deciding it’s time to take back democracy – and they know it.”

Can the Brit’s Baby Trump blimp come play at Trump’s DC military parade?

In these grim times, we could use a good dose of British humor.

A new bill could help protect the sacred seeds of indigenous people

Clayton Brascoupé has farmed in the red-brown foothills of New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains for more than 45 years. A Mohawk-Anishnaabe originally...

India legalizes gay sex, ruling discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation a human...

"Criminalizing carnal intercourse is irrational, arbitrary and manifestly unconstitutional."

Too little, too late: Weeks after election, media see Trump’s conflicts, potential self-dealings, and...

The media mostly missed this pressing story once during the campaign. They can’t afford to overlook it a second time.
Racks of servers in a server room

Claude disobeyed Anthropic CEO in simulations

In testing, Claude went against boss’s orders and helped an employee blow the whistle about a safety concern
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Academic freedom at risk after decades of attacks and underfunding from right wing

We look at one of the consequences of this crisis: the growing threat to academic freedom with academic and author Henry Reichman.

Artificial intelligence wants you (and your job)

We’d better control machines before they control us.