Midwest midterms hold keys to victory in 2020
“Democrats in these states ran on health care, education, and other bread-and-butter issues."
Federal court rules against FDA’s approval of genetically engineered salmon
"Today’s victory will stop FDA from green-lighting such dangerous technologies without fully considering their environmental risks.”
ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying all along
This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.
Ocasio-Cortez and Markey introduce anticipated joint resolutions on Green New Deal
"We are going to transition this country into the future and we are not going to be dragged behind by our past.”
Cubans more excited about school reopening than regime change
“The U.S. government misread Cuba when it decided to invest so heavily in trying to instigate insurrection. We Cubans want to improve our country & move forward, not back to the times when we were the friendly playground of U.S. capital, corruption & ambition.”
Here’s Where the Real Debate About the Struggles We Face Took Place
In Iowa, grassroots leaders asked tough questions of Democratic presidential candidates Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders about actual solutions to poverty and the other struggles facing real Americans.
How major southeast utilities paid local media for favorable coverage
This is an example of how big money can interact with the decline in local journalism to spread false or misleading information, including about the climate crisis and appropriate solutions.
Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in ruins for decades,’ as airstrike kills children seeking...
Keeping millions of Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children, living in ruins for decades is not the sort of goal announced by sane, civilized, ordinary European politicians.
So much for ‘the squad’—much-hyped new U.S. progressive bloc has caved to corporate power
People who want structural change in the U.S. will have to develop new channels and networks to overcome the established power system.
Democrat moves to impeach RFK Jr. over HHS turmoil
Michigan congresswoman cites disinformation, research cuts, and advisory shifts at HHS as grounds for impeachment.









