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Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National
Timing is everything. A month from the UK Budget day, understanding “fiscal space” and made-up terms like “fiscal black holes”… Source: Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National Continue reading Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National
Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Michal Kosinski, Stanford psychologist, claims that AI programs can detect people’s IQ, sexual orientation, and politics by scanning faces. Of course rights groups are attacking the research and not the fact that the researcher is demonstrating the dangerous things AI can be used for. Source: Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing … Continue reading Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
July was also the hottest month on record for dozens of other cities in the western United States, including Sacramento, Las Vegas and Portland, Ore. Source: Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post Continue reading Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
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In a blow to e-voting critics, Brazil suspends use of all paper ballots
Country’s top court equates e-voting critics with conspiracy theorists. So they are doing away with any verifiable voting mechanism and going all-in on electronic voting that can 100% be tampered with on … Continue reading In a blow to e-voting critics, Brazil suspends use of all paper ballots
Anti-Trump Cartoons Stopped By Censor at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
None of these cartoons appeared in the Post-Gazette, despite Rogers being the paper’s full-time staff political cartoonist… The work of Rob Rogers, longtime political cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, has been notably … Continue reading Anti-Trump Cartoons Stopped By Censor at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Poster of lockdown song in kindergarten classroom will break your heart
This should not be hanging in my soon-to-be-kindergartener’s classroom. pic.twitter.com/mWiJVdddpH — Georgy Cohen (@radiofreegeorgy) June 6, 2018 This is what it’s come to. Not cool. Source: Poster of lockdown song in kindergarten … Continue reading Poster of lockdown song in kindergarten classroom will break your heart
Parkland student activists announce summer voter registration tour
Will young voters make a difference in November? Millennials are the largest potential voting block, so they can make a difference if they vote. Source: Parkland student activists announce summer voter registration … Continue reading Parkland student activists announce summer voter registration tour
‘Carbon bubble’ could spark global financial crisis, study warns
Advances in clean energy expected to cause a sudden drop in demand for fossil fuels, leaving companies with trillions in stranded assets Which is why the fossil fuel industry is so … Continue reading ‘Carbon bubble’ could spark global financial crisis, study warns
Student Protesters in Puerto Rico Face Trial as Government Criminalizes Dissent
A crackdown on dissent is targeting the island’s protest movements. Isn’t Puerto Rico part of the United States? Source: Student Protesters in Puerto Rico Face Trial as Government Criminalizes Dissent Continue reading Student Protesters in Puerto Rico Face Trial as Government Criminalizes Dissent
Campaign to cancel student debt
College used to be affordable. Now, 44 million Americans are caught in the Student Loan Trap. Let’s set them free so that they—and all of us—can prosper. A campaign based on the … Continue reading Campaign to cancel student debt
Yes Sears is likely to collapse but its biggest stakeholder, it’s CEO, will be just fine
After years of asset sales, store closures, debt exchanges and real estate moves, Sears is still suffering huge losses and declining sales and analysts say bankruptcy is very likely. The destruction of … Continue reading Yes Sears is likely to collapse but its biggest stakeholder, it’s CEO, will be just fine
How blockchain could improve election transparency
Kevin Desouza and Kiran Somvanshi examine a recent blockchain pilot project in West Virginia as a model to make voting easier and more transparent. All voting should move to blockchain as quickly … Continue reading How blockchain could improve election transparency
Four Years After Declaring War on Pollution, China Is Winning
Research gives estimates on the longer lives that are now possible in the country. While the US moves in the wrong direction. Source: Four Years After Declaring War on Pollution, China Is … Continue reading Four Years After Declaring War on Pollution, China Is Winning
82% of the World’s Wealth Went to the Richest 1% in 2017
A new report from Oxfam highlights a global system that rewards the super-rich This is not sustainable. Source: A ‘Billionaire Bonanza’ Is Driving Global Inequality | Time Continue reading 82% of the World’s Wealth Went to the Richest 1% in 2017
It’s Time for the Climate Movement to Embrace a Federal Jobs Guarantee
Working In These Times is dedicated to providing independent and incisive coverage of the labor movement and struggles for workers’ rights. A job guarantee will be required for us to start addressing … Continue reading It’s Time for the Climate Movement to Embrace a Federal Jobs Guarantee
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