capitalism
Trump’s Latin America tariffs part of global battle against China and multipolar world
August 11, 2025The U.S.’s bullying conduct in what it considers its backyard is a bid to reassert imperial primacy over a rising China—but it faces huge resistance.
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Big data comes for Michigan
August 5, 2025Advocates call the project a $1.25 billion “investment,” but residents worry there will be few jobs created, high costs for the community, and environmental damage.
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Voice actors at Comic-Con warn of AI peril facing culture and the arts
July 30, 2025Although artificial intelligence is touted as the way of the future, it can only tell us where we’ve been, it can only consume what is already out there.
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The AI dialectic: Profits vs. people—Who will control the future?
July 30, 2025AI’s impact—positive or negative—is not inherent to the technology itself but determined by those who wield it.
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Red states are about to go hungry thanks to Trump
July 29, 2025GOP lawmakers are taking food out of the mouths of kids—including their own constituents—to cut taxes for billionaires.
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