'The New York Times' takes OpenAI to court. ChatGPT's future could be on the line
In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.
'Republicans Are Gearing Up for Class War,' Democrat Warns as GOP Pursues Huge Medicaid Cuts | Common Dreams
"It won't be any consolation to struggling Americans that their hardship allows some rich buddy of Donald Trump's to buy a bigger yacht," said Sen. Ron Wyden.
“Journalism Is Not a Crime”: Gaza Reporter Slams International Press as Journalist Death Toll Rises | Democracy Now!
As negotiators from Israel and Hamas continue discussions in Qatar about a possible Gaza ceasefire, we speak with Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed, who spoke at a press conference of Gaza media workers last week urging the international press to speak up for their Palestinian colleagues. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate says nearly 200 journalists have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023. “The world just keeps turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to what is happening,” says Abed from outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. “It’s completely enraging and unacceptable.” His recent article for Drop Site News is headlined “What It’s Truly Like to Sleep in a Damp, Frigid Tent: A Report From Gaza.”
Musk Aims to Lead the Far-Right International - ZNetwork
Elon Musk spent more than a quarter million dollars to back Trump and other MAGA Republican candidates. He did so not simply because he has a lot to gain
'People are really scared': Trump 'leaning heavily' on this tactic to carry out first priority - Alternet.org
Throughout Donald Trump's campaign for reelection, he made his plan to carry out the largest deportation operation in American history. Three sources familiar with the president-elect's plans recently spoke with Rolling Stone senior political reporter Aswan Suesaeng about the MAGA administration's s...
State-Level GOP Attacks on Public Schools Decried as 'Part of a National Playbook' | Common Dreams
The latest Republican efforts include an Indiana bill to dissolve entire school districts where over half the students are enrolled in private or charter schools.
2024 Will Be Remembered As The Year Israel’s Global Legitimacy Fully Unraveled - ZNetwork
Since the state of Israel’s founding, its leaders and supporters have sought acceptance among other states as a peer, and legitimacy in the eyes of the
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows - The Atlantic
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
Unlike in previous eras, elite reproduction today is now hidden under the veil of meritocracy — creating a need among the rich to present themselves as if they were just like us.
New tracker spotlights corporate criminals Trump could let off the hook - Alternet.org
The progressive advocacy group Public Citizen on Tuesday launched a new project aimed at tracking the incoming Trump administration's approach to corporate crime, an effort the watchdog said is particularly urgent given that many of the companies currently under federal investigation have connection...
Historian reveals how Hitler 'dismantled' democracy in less than two months
After Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933, he promptly packed the government full of loyalists and used Weimar Germany's constitution to turn himself into an absolute dictator.In a Wednesday essay for the Atlantic, historian Timothy W. Ryback, who is the director of the Insti...
Pro-Israel passenger harasses American Airlines flight attendants for wearing a watermelon pin. The passenger claimed he was being discriminated against, while unironically equating a watermelon with terrorism.
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UN Report Condemns Israel's 'Appalling Destruction' of Gaza Hospitals | Common Dreams
Advocates demand release of Dr. Abu Safiya, director of destroyed hospital in Gaza. UN condemns Israel's attacks on healthcare, killing hundreds. #JusticeForGaza #EndIsraeliApartheid
Auschwitz to Gaza: The War Against International Law - CounterPunch.org
At Home and Abroad Police in America need a great deal of reform, a project that translates to freeing them from the racist nature of U.S. culture while
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America's dark past and the key to stopping Trump's authoritarian rule | Opinion
It’s probably, politically and spiritually, the darkest holiday season for our nation in my lifetime. So how about a quick story out of America’s earliest history that somewhat echoes this moment and may give us some hope?Donald Trump has told us he’s going to use the 1807 Insurrection Act to declar...
Ground News - Facebook restricts Palestinian news but boosts Israel's: BBC research
Palestinian news outlets have suffered a drop in audience engagement after being hampered by Facebook, research has found. BBC News Arabic compiled engagement data on the Facebook pages of 20 prominent Palestinian-based news organizations in the year leading up to the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and in the year since. The data showed a 77% decline after the attacks. Meanwhile, journalists at Palestine TV have shared statistics showing a 60% drop in the number of people seeing their posts.