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Executives at ICE’s biggest contractors donated over $1.7M to 168 members of Congress during the 2022, 2024 & 2026 election cycles, according to an investigation by @elizabethweill & @EthanSCorey copublished w/@theappeal. Search the database: inthesetimes.com/article/immigr…

Hope is generated through action.” Abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba offers a letter to young organizers living through crisis, despair and uncertainty — and argues for hope as a daily discipline. inthesetimes.com/article/mariam…

Large language models aren’t thinking machines, Bender and Hanna argue. They’re “souped-up autocomplete” built on massive data extraction, hidden labor and huge energy demands. inthesetimes.com/article/big-te…

“American belligerence as we know it at home is precisely how it’s known abroad.” Three poems from Cortney Lamar Charleston’s "It’s Important I Remember" move through Hiroshima, Mandela, Palestine, Ferguson and the shared machinery of state violence. inthesetimes.com/article/connec…

The U.S. remains the world’s largest oil and gas producer and a major exporter @BasavIPS reports that more than 50 countries recently met in Colombia for the first diplomatic conference expressly dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels. inthesetimes.com/article/santa-…

Teens work. Teens drive. Teens pay taxes. So why can’t they vote? Lowering the voting age to 16 could help build lifelong civic participation—and give young people a say in the policies shaping their future. inthesetimes.com/article/young-…

The top-performing policies in a new Rust Belt survey shared three traits: easy to understand, focused on fairness and accountability, and tied to practical improvements in people’s lives—from prescription drug costs to job security. inthesetimes.com/article/econom…

Where are the thinkpieces on C-Suite automation with AI? inthesetimes.com/article/comics…

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California has identified at least 536 cases of silicosis among stoneworkers, and 29 deaths. The illness is linked to engineered stone, a popular countertop material that can contain more than 90% silica. @KelaYub reports. inthesetimes.com/article/decade…

Parents challenging anti-LGBTQ school policies in Pennsylvania face a strategic dilemma: fight local secrecy and discrimination without helping create a test case that could reach the conservative Supreme Court. @kathrynajoyce reports. inthesetimes.com/article/anti-l…

“With no one stepping in to create some guardrails, [AI tools] will become harder and harder to regulate.” How union shareholders are pressuring Thomson Reuters over AI, data brokering and ICE. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-de…

“It feels like an impossible time to celebrate anything,” writes @YasminZacaria. “But there are Persian traditions thousands of years old that demand we honor our changing seasons and recognize our perseverance as a community.” inthesetimes.com/article/irania…

“Nowhere in the world are crusades for liberation disconnected from one another.” @bardsbesidebars introduces three poems from "It’s Important I Remember" tracing links between U.S. militarism, Black resistance, Palestine, policing & empire. inthesetimes.com/article/connec…

Billionaire wealth doesn’t move through the tax code the way ordinary income does. Two proposals—one in California and one in Congress—are designed to change that. inthesetimes.com/article/income…

From BP’s green energy cuts to Exxon’s narrow net-zero pledge, @bradswansonjbs breaks down how Big Oil frames climate responsibility while continuing to expand fossil fuel production. inthesetimes.com/article/is-eth…

For every $1 million spent on the military, 6.1 jobs are created. The same amount spent on healthcare creates 11.6 jobs. Education creates 17.1. @sarahlazare looks at the trade-offs of America’s permanent war state. Copublished with @workdaymagazine inthesetimes.com/article/perman…

With oil above $125 a barrel and gas prices up to $4.45 a gallon, U.S. consumers are footing the bill for Trump’s war with Iran. @profwolff explains why “Economic Fury” may be a warning sign for the whole world economy. inthesetimes.com/article/econom…

"The flaming Waymos express something else: a targeted defiance of tech-enabled Trumpism with material consequences." As new technologies (not immigrants) replace human labor, “machine breaking” as a tactic of rebellion is taking on a renewed vitality. inthesetimes.com/article/capita…

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