18+ hour, 13+ min ago   (927+ words) Unions decried the firing of nearly 100 workers, which they said will leave major gaps in coverage in many regions. As social media networks filled with posts from journalists “deeply saddened” to reveal they were part of McClatchy’s latest round of…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (360+ words) Nearly 6 in 10 Democrats said they back the socialist group. More than a quarter of U.S. voters, including the majority of Democrats, identify as supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), new polling finds as left-wing ideology surges in popularity despite…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (427+ words) “This is what has become the norm in our politics,” one Democratic candidate said in reaction to the GOP event. The second night of the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, this week featured racist remarks from speakers and a…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (460+ words) Initial observations of the floods found they were caused by glacial collapse, likely a result of the climate crisis. Government leaders from Nepal are calling for climate justice in the wake of devastating glacial floods last month that killed 1,300 people…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (533+ words) Fetterman also once asked the Israeli ambassador to send him talking points to include in a pro-Israel op-ed. A new exposé on conservative Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) has revealed that he has been abdicating almost all of his Senate…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (586+ words) In his apology, Lutnick awkwardly brings up his controversial history with the 9/11 attack. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was forced to apologize after falsely saying that zero U.S. servicemembers have died in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, in the latest instance of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (513+ words) The HFAC’s ranking member and likely next chair Greg Meeks (D-NY) — similarly a hardline supporter of Israel and of autocratic U.S. allies — unsurprisingly praised the new likeminded appointees and expressed positivity about how they will soon “guide the committee…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (506+ words) Officials say the moratorium is the most sweeping of its kind. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unveiled a one-year ban on the use of student-facing generative AI across the city’s public schools through eighth grade, and restrictions on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (445+ words) Hundreds of billions of dollars are flooding the AI industry. Economist Gerald Epstein says this bubble could burst. Gerald Epstein: There are indeed many public concerns about the economic and financial implications of AI. But let me focus on AI’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (187+ words) Two seemingly contradictory letters emerging from the AI industry point toward the same future. The letters seem to argue for opposite futures. One presents wider access and fewer restrictions as the route to security and prosperity. The other asks the…...