Anthropic’s AI Safety Bill Has an Alarming Threshold for Government ActionUnder the company’s proposal, the government can block a model’s use if it poses an imminent threat to the lives of more than 50 people.Mother Jones2d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticeai regulation proposal
Trump Tried to Defund Them, But Green Banks Keep Financing Clean Energy ProjectsThis story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A community solar project built for New Orleans’ oldest historically Black Catholic order of nuns. An all-electric affordable housing complex in Salt Lake City. A program offering low-income Maryland households inexpensive loans for…Mother Jones2d agoWhole story →Planetclean energy funding
Jim Crow Returns…One Congressional District at a Time2026 would have been a reelection year for Rep. Cleo Fields, who represents the majority-Black 6th Congressional District in Louisiana. But in April, the US Supreme Court handed down a decision that led to the dismantling of his district. This was the second time that a district Fields served was taken out from under him. […]Mother Jones2d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticevoting district dismantled