Geoffrey Hinton, AI, and Google’s Ethics Problem
By Binoy Kampmark / Countercurrents.org Talk about the dangers of artificial intelligence, actual or imagined, has become feverish, much of it induced by the growing world of generative chat bots.…
Neighborhood Watch Out: Cops Are Incorporating Private Cameras Into Their Real-Time Surveillance Networks
Police surveillance threatens constitutionally protected activities
Reflections on the 75th Anniversary of a Nakba That Never Ended
In the decades since the event Palestinians know as “the Catastrophe,” dispossession has become a timeless theme of the Palestinian experience.
‘Death Outlives War’: Analysis Estimates Post-9/11 US Conflicts Killed Over 4.5 Million
"The United States government, while not solely responsible for the damage, has a significant obligation to invest in humanitarian assistance and reconstruction in post-9/11 war zones," said the author of…
Ukraine Aid Funding Expected to Run Out by Mid-Summer
By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com The last massive aid package Congress authorized for Ukraine has about $6 billion left, which is expected to be used up by mid-summer, POLITICOreported Monday.…
Hollywood Writers Have a Word for It: Inequality
From Cocaine Bear to Panda Express, the fight for a living wage is the same.
Title 42 Was Inhumane and Illegal. So Are Biden’s New Border Policies.
Biden’s decision to utilize and repackage rather than reject Trump’s amped-up deportation apparatus is no surprise.
Whose Planet Are We On?
What happens when LTAI (Less Than Artificial Intelligence) gives way to AI?
SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation of Everything From Workers’ Rights to Clean Air
Overruling “Chevron deference” could imperil our health, safety, labor, air, water, food and environmental protections.
Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes to School
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Newark, N.J. — We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico.…
Special Counsel Reveals 2016 Trump-Russia FBI Investigative Failure
By Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost A four-year investigation conducted by U.S. Special Counsel John Durham has concluded that the FBI lacked “actual evidence” to investigate Donald Trump’s 2016…
‘We’re a community’: These Groups are Working to Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother’s Day
The National Bail Out effort is a collective of local and national Black-led organizations that plan Mama’s Day Bail Out events around the country.
Big Oil’s Outrageous Spending in California
By Dan Bacher / CounterPunch Sacramento, CA — If you thought the $18 million that Big Oil spent on lobbying California officials in 2022 was outrageous, the gusher of money…
The Teapot Dome Scandal: When Democracy Worked to Hold the Fat Cats Accountable
In what is now considered run of the mill business in Washington, the Teapot Dome corruption scandal in the 1920s signified a time where politicians and the corporations that bribed…