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Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis (L) and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai open the tech titan's annual I/O developers conference focusing on how artificial intelligence is being woven into search, email, virtual meetings and more in Mountain View, California, on May 14, 2024.

California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry

AI’s top industrialists say they want regulation—until someone tries to regulate them.

Aug 15, 2024 / Garrison Lovely

Project 2025, Going Backward

Project 2025, Going Backward Project 2025, Going Backward

Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller is trying to distance himself and his organization from Project 2025. (Painting inspired by Philip Guston’s KKK Paintings.)

Aug 15, 2024 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

Firefighters spray water on a police station fire during a riot

Is Social Media Fueling Far-Right Riots? Is Social Media Fueling Far-Right Riots?

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Hussein Kesvani on far-right attacks in the UK.

Aug 15, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Sonya Massey. Say Her Name

Sonya Massey. Say Her Name Sonya Massey. Say Her Name

At home, unarmed, she was killed by police after calling 911 for help.

Aug 14, 2024 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein

A YouTube screenshot of a Kamala Harris meme.

Can Harris and Walz Meme Their Way to the White House? Can Harris and Walz Meme Their Way to the White House?

The online jokes are not just about having fun. They represent a newfound political energy within the Democratic Party.

Aug 14, 2024 / Ginny Hogan

Police officers clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of California at Irvine on May 15, 2024.

Trump, the Military, and the Insurrection Act Trump, the Military, and the Insurrection Act

Will soldiers be occupying our cities?

Aug 14, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

Never Trump

Never Trump Never Trump

Public interventions (street, bus shelter, subway car), New York City, 2024.

Aug 13, 2024 / OppArt / Maia Lorian

Kamala Hat

Kamala Hat Kamala Hat

Stepping on up.

Aug 13, 2024 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

A.J. Muste (left, seated) leading a class at Brookwood in 1925.

To Build Working-Class Power, We Need a Workers’ Education Movement To Build Working-Class Power, We Need a Workers’ Education Movement

A century ago, labor colleges transformed American unions. It’s time to bring them back.

Aug 13, 2024 / Feature / Daniel Judt

Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestine Olympic committee, sits for an interview in Paris on July 27, 2024.

The Man Using Sports to Fight Israeli War Crimes The Man Using Sports to Fight Israeli War Crimes

Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestine Olympic Committee, says sports can be a nonviolent tool to resist occupation.

Aug 13, 2024 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

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