As we keep up our fight for a better world, a good way to stay hopeful is to focus on actions where we can make concrete, discernable changes in our everyday lives. Even actions that feel small can have a big impact when we make them all together.
AI-ay-ay
Despite the ambivalence of many Americans regarding artificial intelligence, Silicon Valley companies are ploughing full speed ahead, working overtime to keep choices about AI out of the hands of the public in order to keep that power for themselves. There is an active AI lobby and millions are being poured into new pro-AI super PACs. There’s a lot to push back on, so let’s get to work.
Capital Under Siege (Again)
After placing the Washington Metropolitan Police Department under federal control last Monday, President Trump announced on August 13 that the DC National Guard would be undertaking around-the-clock patrols and setting up vehicle checkpoints, an unprecedented show of federal law enforcement force in our capital city.