Understanding the impacts of mining on local environments and communities
Hydrosocial displacement refers to the idea that resolving water conflict in one area can shift the conflict to a different area. The concept was coined by Scott Odell, a visiting researcher in MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI). As part of ESI’s Program on Mining and the Circular Economy, Odell researchesContinue Reading
Why Biden Is Losing Support Among Voters Of Color
Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: WhetherContinue Reading
Politics Podcast: Polling Silly Season Begins
FiveThirtyEight More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS | Amazon Music | Spotify Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and twoContinue Reading
The first test of the ‘Squad,’ and a presidential protest vote: Five storylines for Pennsylvania’s primaries
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania might be the most important state for both President Joe Biden and former President Americas Worst Traitor in November. But with both of them having locked up their parties’ nominations already, the most interesting primaries in the Keystone State on Tuesday will be down the ballot. InContinue Reading
Supreme Court decision in Grants Pass case shouldn’t penalize homelessness
Cases like Martin v. City of Boise and Johnson v. Grants Pass affirm that we cannot punish people for managing their survival in a world without enough shelter.Continue Reading
UK passes bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda: What’s next?
Government has already chartered planes for deportations to start as early as July, but legal headaches far from over., The British government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda have finally been approved by parliament, ending a months-long deadlock between the lower and upper chambers over the legality of theContinue Reading
EU lawmakers approve ‘right to repair’ law
The European Parliament has approved rules allowing consumers to have worn-out products repaired by manufacturers., Under new policy, consumers will be able to claim free or reasonably priced repairs even after the warranty expires. The European Parliament has approved rules to give consumers the right to have certain worn-out productsContinue Reading
Google Fires More Employees Over Protest of Cloud Contract With Israel
Google has fired another 20 workers for participating in protests against its $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, according to an activist group representing the workers. From a report: In total, the company has now fired around 50 employees over sit-in protests held in Google offices lastContinue Reading
Koch network group works to engage voters early in key Senate race
Americans for Prosperity is already knocking doors in the battleground Pennsylvania Senate race, as it focuses down-ballot instead of on the presidential race., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
PolitiFact: All the Presidents’ Peeps
Part two of the series, that turns PolitiFact-checks into credibility scores, calculates the truth ratings of people in the past three presidential administrations.Continue Reading
PolitiFact: Voters Face Facts
Using PolitiFact-checks, we can compare the credibility of candidates and determine, from past elections, if voters tend to pick the more truthful candidate. (They do.)Continue Reading
New Releases: April 23, 2024
Young Adult Harley Quinn: Redemption by Rachael Allen This is the final book in the Harley Quinn trilogy Harley Quinn and Ivy can’t wait to cross off the final items on their summer bucket list. They still need to: Go to Pride Get mani/pedis Figure out how they can kissContinue Reading
Insider Q&A: Trust and safety exec talks about AI and content moderation
Alex Popken was a longtime trust and safety executive at Twitter focusing on content moderation before leaving in 2023. She was the first employee there dedicated to moderating Twitter’s advertising business when she started in 2013. Now, she’s vice president of trust and safety at WebPurify, a content moderation serviceContinue Reading