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  • "Here Where We Live Is Our Country”: Molly Crabapple on Resurfacing the Jewish History of Anti-Zionism

    We speak with the acclaimed artist and author Molly Crabapple about her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. Although largely forgotten today, the Jewish Labor Bund was once a powerful secular, socialist revolutionary party that fought for freedom and dignity for Jews in Europe. The movement formed in the waning days of the Russian Empire in an atmosphere of intense antisemitism, but it “rejected, from the very start, calls to create a Jewish ethnostate in Palestine,” Crabapple says. “They felt that Zionism was a capitulation to the same bigots that wanted to kick Jews out of Europe.” Bund members — known as Bundists — navigated profound historical changes from the founding of the movement […]

  • Xi Warns Trump of Potential "Conflict" over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More

    U.S. President Donald Trump is in Beijing for a highly anticipated summit with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. It is the first U.S. state visit to China since 2017, during Trump’s first administration. Trade, the Iran war, artificial intelligence and the fate of Taiwan are some of the issues being discussed, although it’s not clear if any new agreements are likely. Trump traveled to China with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, along with a delegation of top U.S. executives including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Elon Musk of Tesla and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. The summit comes after years of rising hostility between the two superpowers, but leaders recognize the […]

  • Headlines for May 14, 2026

    Xi Jinping Warns U.S. of Potential “Conflict” over Taiwan After Beijing Summit with Trump, Senate Narrowly Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution for Seventh Time, Children Among the Dead as Israel Continues Bombing Lebanon Despite Ceasefire, Israeli Police Kill Palestinian Attempting to Scale West Bank Wall to Find Work, Study Finds Israel Increased Attacks on Gaza After Halting Strikes on Iran, Judge Temporarily Blocks U.S. Sanctions Against U.N. Expert on Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israeli Prime Minister Claims He Made “Secret” Visit to the UAE in March, U.S. Senate Votes to Confirm Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair, Trump Admin Withholds $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Reimbursement Payments from California, Former Private […]

  • Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release Milwaukee Mosque Leader

    Salah Sarsour, a prominent Palestinian immigrant, green card holder and president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, has been locked up in an ICE jail since late March. Despite his lawful permanent resident status, the government says he could be subject to deportation for failing to disclose a conviction by Israeli military authorities when he was a teenager in the occupied West Bank. Sarsour says he never understood the charges presented against him in Hebrew and that he was tortured in Israeli custody. Supporters view the case as an escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on Pro-Palestinian speech. Munjed Ahmad, a member of Salah Sarsour’s legal team, says, “Salah’s case will be a […]

  • Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting "Billionaire Big Tech Agenda"

    As the “supercharged” construction of new data centers to power artificial intelligence blankets the country, a growing resistance movement to these massive corporate projects amid a lack of public oversight is not far behind. As organizer Astra Taylor explains, local fights across the country are leveraging this “industry chokepoint” to force important questions, from the distribution of land, water and energy resources to democratic governance over an industry currently driven by a “billionaire Big Tech agenda.” While AI boosters frame the technology as inevitable, Taylor says, “I think that many people are more skeptical than that. … That’s part of what it means to have democratic governance over AI, to say, 'No, we […]

Fair Observer

  • From an Old Journalist, Another Letter to the Tribe

    A few weeks before the 2020 US presidential election, I wrote “An Open Letter to My Old Tribe,” urging “every reporter who is covering this election at any level” to focus on a crucial question: whether the public would trust the election procedure and the losing candidate would accept the result as legitimate. “It does… Continue reading From an Old Journalist, Another Letter to the Tribe The post From an Old Journalist, Another Letter to the Tribe appeared first on Fair Observer.

  • How to Talk to Young People About AI

    What do you say to young people planning their education and looking forward to jobs? Five years ago, young people had a sense that if they wanted to do X as a job, they needed to study A. Do extracurricular B. Do well at both. Then they would have a fairly well-known educational and working… Continue reading How to Talk to Young People About AI The post How to Talk to Young People About AI appeared first on Fair Observer.

  • FO Talks: Inside Meta’s AI Surveillance: Tracking Keystrokes and Clicks to Replace You?

    Fair Observer’s Chief Strategy Officer Peter Isackson and Global Civilization Dynamics Founder Vinay Singh discuss a variety of tech subjects, starting with Meta’s decision to track employee keystrokes and mouse movements in order to train AI systems that can “replicate” human work. From there, Isackson and Singh widen the lens, arguing that the same logic… Continue reading FO Talks: Inside Meta’s AI Surveillance: Tracking Keystrokes and Clicks to Replace You? The post FO Talks: Inside Meta’s AI Surveillance: Tracking Keystrokes and Clicks to Replace You? appeared first on Fair Observer.

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    • Trump China visit live: ‘US and China should be partners, not rivals’, Xi says after earlier warning on Taiwan

      Security was heightened in Beijing ahead of the two leaders’ crucial talks, where they discussed economic cooperation, trade and IranTrump lands in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping as Iran war looms over talksExplainer: five key issues on the table at summitSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump will drive through a Chinese capital that is smoggier than it was on his last visit in 2017, when the authorities launched emergency measures to clear the skies of pollution days before his first state visit to Beijing.Factories were ordered to halt production and heavily polluting cars were banned from the roads in the days ahead of the US president’s trip nearly a decade ago, an era in which China had declared war on […]

    • For anxious Taiwan, Trump’s silence after Xi talks is best possible outcome

      Island breathes sigh of relief as fears recede that US could jettison longstanding supportTrump China visit live – latest updatesBefore this week’s summit between the Chinese and US presidents, Taiwan had been cast as the anxious bystander.Observers suggested that Taipei feared the unpredictable and transactional Donald Trump might overturn Washington’s longstanding support for the island democracy, which Beijing claims as a breakaway province, during Thursday and Friday’s talks. Continue reading...

    • Xi warns Trump of ‘clashes and even conflicts’ with US over Taiwan

      Chinese president’s comments published after two-hour meeting with US president during Beijing summitTrump in Beijing – latest updatesFive key issues for Xi-Trump summitChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing.Xi’s remarks, published by China’s foreign ministry after his two-hour meeting with Trump on Thursday morning, said Taiwan was “the most important issue in China-US relations”. Continue reading...

    • Trump delights in his deference to Xi, his strongman fantasy made flesh

      Chinese leader appears to be in the driving seat as the unusually polite US president ignores questions on TaiwanTrump in Beijing – latest updatesWhy does Donald Trump look so at home in China?The US president spent day one of his summit in Beijing basking in rigid pageantry, heroically managing not to offend his hosts and offering the verdict: “China is beautiful.” Continue reading...

    • The rent is too damn high: how renters’ rights could be key issue in US midterms

      ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local ballotsWith housing costs for working-class families steadily climbing across the US while billionaire fortunes soar to all-time highs, renters’ rights are becoming a defining policy in the upcoming midterm elections, tenant rights organizers say.In Massachusetts – where Boston consistently lands in the top five US cities for priciest rents – a proposed ballot question this November could overturn the state’s three-decade ban on rent control and cap annual increases at 5%, thanks to a coalition of three dozen housing, faith and labor groups. Continue reading...

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    • Silvesterchlausen

      ‘We’re not sure what it means or how it started’ – the enigmatic ritual that has existed in Switzerland for centuries- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

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    • The GEF, Leads Global Drive to Tackle Shipping Threat to Oceans

      Under the warm waters off Tanzania’s Mafia Island, marine scientist Asha Mgeni hovers above a coral reef she has studied for years. Small fish dart through the currents. To most divers, the reef appears pristine. But Mgeni notices something unusual. Tucked between coral branches are invasive organisms disrupting the reef’s natural growth and species, which were

    • Norway’s Funding Cutoff Is a Wake-Up Call for the Plastics Treaty Negotiations

      Norway’s reported decision to review and place on hold aspects of its funding to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) should be understood as more than a budgetary matter. It is a political signal. It is also a warning that the global plastics treaty negotiations may now be approaching the point at which governments must

    • Lawmakers From Three Continents Demand Action, Not Pledges, on Population and Health

      The word heard most often at a two-day parliamentary forum in Cairo last week was not “commitment”; it was “follow-up.” And the difference mattered. Parliamentarians from Africa, Asia, and the Arab world gathered 28–29 April not to renew pledges made at last year’s TICAD9 summit in Yokohama, but to ask what had actually been done.

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    • Restoring the Flow: A Milestone in the Revival of the Everglades

      The campaign to restore the Everglades has received a boost with completion of a key project that returns the flow of water to 55,000 acres that had once been drained for development. Experts see it as a major step forward in bringing back South Florida’s River of Grass.Read more on E360 →

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    • New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’

      Legislation that would reduce plastic waste in New York is advancing in the state Legislature amid a contentious debate over chemical recycling. If it passes, New York would have one of the strongest controls on plastic packaging in the country and could reduce the amount of non-recyclable packaging in the state by 30 percent over

    • Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows

      The number of deforested kilometers in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2025 and March 2026 fell by 36 percent compared to the previous year, according to a recent report published by the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, also known as Imazon. In total, 1,460 square kilometers (564 square miles) of land were cut down

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    • Secrets of a Successful Organizer Now Available in Nine Languages

      We are happy to report that Secrets of a Successful Organizer has now been translated into seven languages: Spanish, Japanese, German, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Swedish, Danish, Quebecois French, and, most recently, Korean. (See below for details on how to get copies.) We’ve also heard from union activists in Brazil, Norway, and Poland who are interested in translating it.

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    • South Africans work to keep migrating baby turtles alive

      Each year, hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles will get stuck on the beaches of Cape Town. But thanks to a network of around 2,000 volunteers, many of them get rescued and safely brought to an aquarium. As Elna Schutz reports from Cape Town, with only one or two hatchlings out of every thousand likely to survive into adulthood, this work can make a significant difference.

    • The 'voice of the Tunisian revolution'

      Tunisian singer, Emel Mathlouthi, was called the "voice of the Tunisian revolution" 15 years ago. She took to the streets to protest like many of her peers during the Arab Spring. Emel recently spoke with Meklit Hadero, on the Movement podcast, about what that was like and how she sees the whole experience.

    • Today marks international hummus day

      Today, the world celebrates one of the most popular — and arguably most delicious — of foods: hummus. The World's Aaron Schachter takes a brief look at what makes the creamy — or not so creamy — dip a worldwide favorite.

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