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@lemmy.worldhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/american-labor-ehrp-mother-jones-magnum-photography/
Unions are popular but facing decades of decline. We asked photographers to document this unique moment for the American worker.
https://keeptrack.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-gives-trump-what
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled yesterday that states cannot unilaterally remove presidential candidates from the ballot. The case, Trump v. Anderson, originated as a challenge to a Colorado Supreme Court decision removing Trump from the state’s ballot under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The relevant
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/britain-miners-strike-history-unions
On March 6, 1984, Britain’s coal miners began a strike against mass pit closures. Their yearlong struggle with Margaret Thatcher’s government was a defining moment in working-class history — and the miners’ eventual defeat left lasting scars.
https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/over-100-malicious-aiml-models-found-on.html
Over 100 AI/ML models discovered with malicious intent on the Hugging Face platform. The cyber realm faces a new threat.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-s-largest-labor-union-endorses-uncommitted-primary-vote-in-rebuke-to-biden/ar-BB1jaQPE
https://securityaffairs.com/159847/security/nso-group-vs-meta-pegasus-hand-over.html
A U.S. Court ordered surveillance firm NSO Group to hand over the source code for its Pegasus spyware and other products to Meta.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/1/border_trump_biden
Joe Biden and Donald Trump both visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, where the two leading presidential candidates each pitched anti-immigration measures to further militarize the border and restrict asylum. Meanwhile, a federal judge blocked a new Texas law set to go into effect that would give police the power to arrest migrants they suspect of entering the U.S. without authorization. For more, we speak with Marisa Limón Garza, executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, one of the groups challenging this Texas law. “Clearly, Texas has become a battleground for the soul of this nation,” she says, adding that regardless of which party is in power, immigrant communities come under attack.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/29/united_nations_gaza_starvation
In Gaza City, at least 104 Palestinian refugees were killed Thursday when Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd waiting for food aid. “This isn’t the first time people have been shot at by Israeli forces while people have been trying to access food,” says the U.N.'s special rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, who accuses Israel of the war crime of intentional starvation. This comes as reports grow of Palestinians resorting to animal feed and cactus leaves for sustenance and as experts warn of imminent agricultural collapse. “Every single person in Gaza is hungry,” says Fakhri, who emphasizes that famine in the modern context is a human-made catastrophe. “At this point I'm running out of words to be able to describe the horror of what’s happening and how vile the actions have been by Israel against the Palestinian civilians.”
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/retaliation-texas-ag-paxton-demands
On Thursday, a legal filing by PFLAG National revealed that Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas was seeking identification of transgender members. The organization alleges retaliation.