The United States Is No Longer Pretending it Doesn’t Support Terrorists

Ahmed al-Sharaa is a former al-Qaeda commander responsible for massacring civilians. But according to Donald Trump, that’s just fine.

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The oceans are full of heat, and it's coming ashore

The oceans have absorbed 90 percent of the excess heat from global warming. It doesn't all stay there.

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Congress set to overhaul disaster recovery, speeding up new home builds

A little-noticed section in a bipartisan housing bill could accelerate new construction after major disasters.

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Workers are risking dangerous heat to keep the World Cup running

Extreme heat continues to be a major concern throughout this year’s World Cup, and organizers of the tournament have built hydration breaks into games designed to help players stay safe. And some stad...

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The nation's biggest public utility just doubled down on coal, gas, and nuclear

In a revised energy plan, the nation's largest public utility follows Trump administrative directives and shies away from solar and wind.

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Building Our Future Together

In my first weeks as Executive Director of EFF, I’ve been reminded every day how consequential this moment is in determining what kind of future we will have. What each one of us steps up to do—with o...

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Automated Moderation Is Here to Stay—Accountability Must Keep Pace

This post is part 2 in a series about automated content moderation. Read the first post here.When whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked a set of documents from Meta in 2020, among the revelations was a ...

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Eswatini: Fourth U.S. Third-Country Removal Operation Raises Fresh Human Rights Concerns

These removals, part and parcel of the Trump administration’s cruel and racist anti-immigrant policies, tear families apart and traumatize both individuals and communities.

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Indian Workers Are on the Front Line of Global Exploitation

From Europe to the Gulf states, Indian migrant workers are being recruited for the most insecure, low-paid, and dangerous jobs. The story begins at home, where India’s caste system produces a labor fo...

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Scam Compounds Are a Natural Product of Global Capitalism

The scam compounds proliferating across Cambodia and Laos represent one of global capitalism’s newest industries: a convergence of financial speculation, digital technology, artificial intelligence, h...

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AI Is Contributing to the Gigification of Work

Bosses have desired ways to cut labor costs since time immemorial. Artificial-intelligence hype provides a powerful new excuse to replace stable employment with gig work.

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Neo-Nazis Have Never Found It Easier to Join the US Army

Since the war on terror, the US Army has been increasingly lax in allowing neo-Nazis and white supremacists to join. It’s allowing them to gain combat experience and lay the basis for a militarized fa...

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We Have the Chance to Reel In Israel Right Now

Rahm Emanuel’s speech on Israel reflects an understanding that major changes in the optics of US policy toward Israel are needed if the status quo is to be maintained. This is an opportunity that Isra...

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The US Far Right Is Mounting an Invasion of Europe

The Trump administration claims that Europe is being invaded by migrants. In reality, the real flow of invaders comes from across the Atlantic as the US far right tries to spread its poisonous agenda ...

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How Fear of Nuclear Armageddon Leads Me to Protest

For nearly two decades, I have been arrested, ignored, and dismissed for protesting nuclear weapons—but as the Doomsday Clock inches toward midnight, giving up is not an option.

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Why heat is so deadly and how to stay safe

Understand the risks associated with extreme heat and what to do when you’re facing down a heat wave with this guide based on years of Grist reporting.

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How to build a highway in the age of climate change

A San Francisco Bay Area highway project is raising questions about what it will take to fortify roads against rising sea levels.

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The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology

It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture.

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Western Europe just set the record for its hottest June ever

Several countries experienced all-time highs in June as Europeans endured unprecedented heat and dangerously elevated overnight temperatures.

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"We Want Texans to Know Their Rights": Q&A with Mayday Health on the Impact of Surveillance on Abortion Care

Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. ...

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The House Passed The KIDS Act—The Senate Should Reject It

Last week, the House voted on the KIDS Act, a disjointed package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and private messaging. The package combines a revised version of the Kids ...

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European Commission Chooses to Keep EU Users Locked Up Behind Big Tech’s Gates

Users are always seeking more control over their social networking experience to make it better, whether to improve privacy or enhance flexibility. Interoperability between social networking platforms...

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Google's New Remote Attestation Scheme is As Bad As Its Old One

Google owes its existence to the open web, but today, its technological “innovations” have much to do with locking users into a “walled garden.” The latest of these is “reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification,”...

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Sri Lanka: Deaths of Transferred Negombo Prisoners Following Clashes Must Be Urgently Investigated

The Sri Lankan authorities have a responsibility to ensure the safety and well-being of prisoners transferred from Negombo.

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Guinea: Two Years After the Enforced Disappearance of FNDC Activists, Abductions and Disappearances Continue With Impunity

We call on the Guinean authorities to conduct prompt, independent and transparent investigations into these cases.

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The Iran War’s Most Embarrassingly Wrong Pundits

Being disastrously wrong about virtually every aspect of the Iran war has not stopped an army of hawkish pundits from continuing to try to shape US policy on the matter. From Ben Shapiro to Mark Dubow...

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Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Lebanon’s Journalists

The list of civilians deliberately killed by Israel in Lebanon includes journalists trying to report on the invasion. The Union of Journalists in Lebanon is campaigning for justice while the US works ...

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The Case for Nationalizing Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has been built by robbing the collective work of humanity. The public built AI — we should own it, not a handful of billionaires.

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Friedrich Engels Showed Us How We Can Make History

A hostile caricature depicts Friedrich Engels as an arch-determinist who presented human beings as the puppets of economic forces. In fact, his historical writings were subtle and sophisticated, showi...

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Multinationals Sold Kenyan Farmers a Lethal Harvest

European and US companies continued to sell pesticides abroad years after they were banned at home. Our reporter traveled to Kenya to learn how farmers are paying the price for these chemical products...

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