It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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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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World Youth Strike Demands Immediate Action on Climate Change
The global Youth Climate Strike will have its official coming out party this Friday, March 15, when tens of thousands of young people worldwide skip school to protest climate inaction.
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'Almost Certain Extinction': 1,200 Species Under Severe Threat Across World
Scientists say that nearly a quarter of the animals they assessed globally were affected by threats across more than 90% of their distribution.
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Britain's Second Chance: After All-Out Brexit Failure, Will the U.K. Vote Again?
On Tuesday, U.K. Parliament rejected – by a whopping total of 149 votes – Prime Minister Theresa May's last-minute compromise plan with the E.U. on the proposed deal, possibly spelling the end of Brexit.
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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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Populism Rising: Projections Show a Right-wing Future for Europe
Right-wing authoritarian parties have grown at least 33% compared to 2018, with at least 26% of voters supporting them across the European Union, according to the latest findings.
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16-Year-Olds Want to Vote—and States Are Starting to Listen to Them
Oregon may become the first state to lower the voting age to include youth in all local and statewide elections.
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Elizabeth Warren’s Big Tech Beatdown Will Spark a Vital and Unprecedented Debate
The presidential candidate's new plan to break up the world’s biggest tech firms provides the rarest sign that someone seeking power wants to use that power to weaken Silicon Valley.
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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.
