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The upcoming SpaceX IPO will make investing in index funds for retirement worse, while Musk and friends rake in millions.
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Tracking the Flood of AI Political Spending
A new tool from Demand Progress will show you which pols are on the AI take.
The ICE Occupation of Minneapolis Is Still Wreaking Economic Carnage
Many immigrants forced into hiding are still unable to work and facing rent hikes. Aid money is drying up.
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ICE Raids at World Cup Games? A Los Angeles Union Says, No Way!
The L.A. local of hotel and restaurant workers settles a contract dispute, but reserves the right to strike if ICE appears at Friday’s kickoff.
Why That Next Hamburger Is Going to Cost You
The domestic return of the New World screwworm, a parasite that can devastate cattle herds, happened while the Trump administration was focused on dismantling government.
A Market Bubble Led by AI
Artificial intelligence may not be intelligent enough to accurately value AI companies.
Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication
A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.
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Organized Money: Why Farmers and Filmmakers Both Face Monopoly
Monopoly power has penetrated nearly every sector of commerce.
Left Anchor: AOC for President?
Alas, it is already time to start thinking about the 2028 election.
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Take This Data Center and Shove It
Americans ain’t puttin’ up with these things no more. Welcome to Virginia, ground zero for data center defiance.
Corporations and the Crisis of Care
The U.S. suffers from a mass exodus of primary care doctors, as medical practice is dictated by corporate masters at the expense of physicians and patients.
Archiving Joy
At the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, the past is alive and fighting.
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ICE Profiteer Claims It Cannot Be Sued
Delaney Hall operator GEO Group believes it has qualified immunity.
Canada Built a New Bridge From Ontario to Detroit. Trump Refuses to Open It.
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Encircling the Royalists
Democrats finally show up to the class war.
A California Democrat Is Trying to Gut the State’s Broadband Watchdog
The state’s Public Utilities Commission has been a national leader in making broadband affordable for low-income families. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner wants to end that.
Debbie Downer
The sleazy fintech bro Republican running in her home district is as beatable as they come. So why is former DNC chair Wasserman Schultz carpetbagging in a historically Black district?
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ICE Raids at World Cup Games? A Los Angeles Union Says, No Way!
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At the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, the past is alive and fighting.
