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[ad_1] From Rowley v. Finstad, decided Friday by Judge Eric Tostrud (D. Minn.); I think this is correct—if people disapprove of such military aid, or what Israel is doing with it, their remedy is through the political process, not by trying to get a federal court to stop such aid: In April 2024, the United States Congress passed a bill providing military aid to Israel. Plaintiffs are Minnesota residents and federal taxpayers who object to the legislation because they believe the funds support genocide in Gaza. They sue members of Congress from Minnesota and the former and current Secretaries of…

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[ad_1] Vijay Prashad, The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Every year, unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths, with young children suffering nearly a third of all cases of foodborne disease. This is the predictable outcome of a food economy organised around profit rather than the right to food. On 4 June 2026, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a devastating assessment of the state of the world’s food systems. According to the new estimates, which draw on data up to 2021, unsafe food causes approximately 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths every year. Nearly one in nine…

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[ad_1] Which Countries Hold the Biggest Mineral Reserves? See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Australia holds the largest reserves of five major minerals, more than any other country in the dataset. China leads in rare earths and graphite reserves, giving it a major position in several strategic supply chains. Some minerals are heavily concentrated in a single country, including platinum-group metals in South Africa (83%) and phosphate in Morocco (69%). A small group of countries controls the…

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[ad_1] From the California State Bar’s Practical Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law From Friday’s decision in Del Biaggio v. Bansen, written by California Court of Appeal Justice Jeremy Goldman, joined by Justice Tracie Brown and Marin County Superior Court Judge Andrew Sweet: Del Biaggio’s opening brief does contain fictitious quotations, and not on tangential points…. In a declaration in support of his opposition to the motion, Floyd [Del Biaggio’s lawyer] states that his office “uses generative AI” in a manner “consistent with State Bar guidance,” with “protocols requiring human verification of all…

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[ad_1] “Don’t look towards the politicians or the elected officials to be your savior,” Jenkins says. “You are your savior. Your people are your savior.” Joshua Scheer Masked white supremacists marching through the nation’s capital on the Fourth of July are disturbing enough. But the deeper danger, anti-fascist researcher Daryle Lamont Jenkins argues, is the political environment increasingly allowing groups like Patriot Front to operate in public, generate propaganda and retreat with their identities concealed. In a wide-ranging conversation with Black Agenda Report Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley, Jenkins, founder of the One People’s Project, examines Patriot Front’s evolution from…

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[ad_1] Image by Md. Hasanuzzaman Himel. This article is a warning. A global food crisis is likely approaching — driven by the collapse of supply chains feeding the agri-food system, a consequence of the war against Iran and the resulting blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The prospect has gone largely unnoticed by most political and economic actors. Supply crises, as a rule, are resolved through the Law of Supply and Demand. When supply falls, prices rise; those who can afford to pay grumble but pay, while those who cannot find a cheaper substitute. Or do without. But we are…

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