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Artificial Intelligence Will Bite Us In The Butt
At first, each new surge of artificial intelligence and robotic technologies can seem perfectly benign, even playful. Take “Spot,” the robotic, four-legged “doggie” that actually has no spots, no puppy eyes, no tail to wag, and can’t bark…
Did Critical Race Theory Lose Virginia?
POLITICAL IMPACT - The stunning defeat suffered by the Democrats in Virginia, a surprisingly close race in deep blue New Jersey and the def…
Attacks on Professors Are Attacks on Democracy
SAVING DEMOCRACY - On Tuesday, J.D. Vance, author of the bestselling Hillbilly Elegy and now candidate for the U.S. Senate from Ohio, gave…
The United States of Tax Havens
WEALTH & CORRUPTION - There are many ways in which the United States is not one country.
Rediscovering the Power of Unions
LABOR WATCH - It was called “Striketober.” While politicians in Washington bickered over infrastructure, jobs, and the social safety net, u…
Do Republicans Still Support Democracy?
NATIONAL POLITICS - Investigative accounts of the Trump administration, like the recent Washington Post feature on the January 6 insurrecti…
The Hypocrisy of the Federal Spending Debate
BUDGET WATCH - Right now, the United States is locked in a contentious debate over the Build Back Better plan, which will make a significan…
Facebook Steals 'Meta' Name From Anti-Capitalist Think Tank
INTERNET TAKEOVER - As Facebook faces a firestorm for changing its corporate name to Meta amid heightened scrutiny over how the tech titan…
Mass Political Inattention
CRISIS POLITICS - Speaking to Salon’s Chauncy de Vega about how the United States is mired in a crisis of democracy that shows parallels wi…
Facebook Revelations: What is in Cache of Internal Documents?
DAMAGING REVELATIONS - Facebook has been at the centre of a wave of damaging revelations after a whistleblower released tens of thousands o…
Hollywood’s Love of Guns Increases the Risk of Shootings – Both on and Off the Set
FILM PRODUCTION SAFETY - In what appears to be a tragic accident, actor Alec Baldwin shot dead a cinematographer on Oct 21, 2021, while dis…
Democrats: Don’t Compromise On A Path To Citizenship
CITIZENSHIP POLITICS - Congressional Democrats are now considering a Watered-Down Version of immigration reform, a version they might hope…
Dissecting North Korea’s Missile tests
NORTH KOREA WATCH - North Korea is carrying out one missile test after another lately, at the same time indicating (or is it?) interest in…
Don't Blow Up Our Future, Senator Manchin!
DC POLITICS - In the last week, Senator Manchin (D-WV) has become increasingly public with his opposition to the Clean Electricity Performa…
It’s Time To Ban Killer Drones
HUMAN RIGHTS - Everyone who followed the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan was horrified by the drone attack, called a “tragic…
Let's Stop The City Council From Increasing Fees For Appeals!
FEES UNAPPEALING - It’s already hard enough to push back against the LA City Council’s gentrification juggernaut, but they’re planning to m…
Here Come The Abortion Bounty Hunters
LEGAL INJUSTICE - Texas’s cruel new anti-abortion law is more than just an unconstitutional restriction on reproductive choice. It’s also a…
The New Face of Autocracy
OPINION - A former Facebook employee hailed by the media as a whistleblower testified this week on Capitol Hill about the social media gian…
Climate Change: Double Trouble Ahead and We Just Don’t Get It
CLIMATE WATCH - FacingFuture.TV recently hosted a preview of the upcoming IPCC 2021 UN climate report, which report guides the gathering of…
The Freedom To Vote Act is No ‘Compromise.’ Pass It Now.
RIGHT TO VOTE - In a year that began with the promise of a new direction for our country, few things have been more disheartening than the…
