Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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An Autopsy of the American Dream
A conversation with Tailspin author Steven Brill, who has been writing about class warfare in the U.S. since 2011. The picture he paints is as depressing as it is persuasive.
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Putting Billionaires In Their Place
America’s billionaires have suddenly realized they just may be facing an existential crisis: A good chunk of the American people, they now understand, would rather billionaires not exist.
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Amazon’s Underbelly 1.0: Bolstering the Surveillance State with Rekognition
The potential abuse of this software for surveillance and data harvesting purposes is so troubling that some of Amazon’s shareholders have pleaded with the company to forgo selling its facial recognition technology to the government.
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Defense Tech Startup Founded By Trump's Most Prominent Silicon Valley Supporters Wins Secretive Military AI Contract
The previously unreported Project Maven contract could be a boon for Anduril Industries, which wants to remake the defense contracting industry by incorporating the latest innovations of Silicon Valley into warfighting technology.
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Revealed: populist leaders linked to reduced inequality
Populists both the left and right have closed the gap between rich and poor – but also eroded freedoms.
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Survival of the Richest: All Are Equal, Except Those Who Aren’t
Like a gilded coating that makes the dullest things glitter, today’s thin veneer of political populism covers a grotesque underbelly of growing inequality that’s hiding in plain sight.
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Cue Harry and Louise: Medicare for All vs. the Usual Suspects
For all its uncertainties, American life has its reassuring traditions: Fall brings football, spring brings baseball, and proposals for universal health insurance bring healthcare industry scare campaigns.
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Occupy Auto Loans: Delinquencies On the Rise Signal Shaky Foundations
The amount of subprime auto debt is far less than the amount of subprime home mortgage debt just before the 2008 recession – but the rising trend is nevertheless troubling economists.
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"End Medical Debt" Points A Way Out Of $1 Trillion National Emergency
Personal medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., and a definitive new book shows why this crisis can no longer be ignored.
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What States Can Do to Reduce Poverty and Inequality Through Tax Policy
State governments have an opportunity to act to close the loopholes that hide and protect the wealth of the top 1%, remedy the impact of the new federal tax law, and make critical investments in communities.
