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With AI, Big Tech Is Ruining the Planet to Push a Product Most People Don’t Want

The true AI doom scenario is not a sentient robot uprising but the oncoming environmental catastrophe caused by the expansion of AI infrastructure.

19.12.2024 4

Common Dreams

Omar Ocampo

Twelve U.S. Billionaires Now Have a Combined $2 Trillion

The collective net worth of America’s top twelve billionaires has surpassed $2 trillion as of December 3. This is an unsettling new milestone for...

10.12.2024 9

CounterPunch

Omar Ocampo

A Dozen Billionaire Plutocrats Now Have $2 Trillion in Collective Wealth

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, along with others in the billionaire class, have unsurprisingly used the power of their wealth to expand their political...

08.12.2024 4

Common Dreams

Omar Ocampo

Housing Director Threatens to Evict Florida Families

The 900 families living at the Li’l Abner mobile home park in Sweetwater, Florida, were taken aback on Tuesday November 12 when The Urban Group,a...

26.11.2024 2

CounterPunch

Omar Ocampo

Want More Equality of Opportunity and Social Justice? Copy Massachusetts’ Millionaire’s Tax

This past summer, the Governor of Massachusetts Maura Healey signed a budget bill that guaranteed universal access to in-state community colleges....

05.11.2024 2

CounterPunch

Omar Ocampo

A New Permanent Affordable Housing Proposal

In its most recent year-end letter, the private equity firm Blackstone gave its stockholders a seemingly counterintuitive assurance: the lack of...

02.10.2024 2

CounterPunch

Omar Ocampo

Why Wall Street Landlords Love a Housing Shortage

And how a new social housing bill introduced Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Tina Smith aims to address the crisis harming families and...

24.09.2024 3

Common Dreams

Omar Ocampo