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America now has a witches’ brew of government and corporate surveillance. None of it was necessary.
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New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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Organized Money: A Conversation With Abdul El-Sayed
The Michigan Democrat wants money out of politics and back in your pocket. Could he also be the leader of a new populist movement?
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The business of raising and processing beef in America has been ground to dust in service of profit for publicly traded behemoths like Walmart.
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