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As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump

Jeff Bezos’s axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America’s democracy to withstand Trump’s attacks

The Guardian - US

UBI Can't Stop an AI Power Grab, Critics Say—Because 'Robot Owners' Control the Money

UK AI Growth Zones and a 20-fold public compute plan aim to spread benefits, but critics warn UBI can't curb the power held by 'robot owners'.

International Business Times UK

We are witnessing the silencing of American media

From the Washington Post to CBS, companies are caving to Trump. This is how democracy dies

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Eduardo Porter: Latin America’s best hope is european social democracy

Social democracy is the answer.

Tribune News Service

Eduardo Porter: Migration’s root cause isn’t that complicated

Why didn’t Mexico implode? That may be one of the biggest economic mysteries left in the wake of COVID-19. Mexicans weathered a disproportionate blow: By the first anniversary of the pandemic, Mexico had suffered the second highest rate of excess death in the world, trailing only Armenia.

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Eduardo Porter: Joe Biden should worry about more dead migrants

7,697 dead or missing.

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Eduardo Porter: Latin America’s stance on Ukraine is trapped in the past

How much do people in Latin America hate the U.S.?

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Eduardo Porter: Treat Mexico like a partner, not a wall

Something is afoot in American immigration policy.

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Eduardo Porter: An immigration deal for Dreamers is out of reach

To hear Sen. Joe Manchin, pro-immigrant advocates are getting way too excited over the prospect of a deal in the lame duck Congress that would allow for the legalization of two million “Dreamers,” immigrants brought illegally into the country as minors by their parents. “I don’t see any movement there,”…

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Eduardo Porter: Migrant workers face worse choices than building World Cup stadiums

The global financial crisis of 2008 dealt a blow to thousands of Indian laborers. They were set to join hundreds of thousands of compatriots providing the workforce for a construction boom in Dubai. Then the world economy spasmed, the price of oil tanked and international finance dried up. Hundreds of…

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Eduardo Porter: Immigration’s burden doesn’t fall on a ‘handful of red states’

Who bears the burden of immigration? Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida have made much of their claim that their jurisdictions do so disproportionately, and those run by Democrats obviously do not.

Tribune News Service

Eduardo Porter: Deliver students from debt by investing in state schools

President Joe Biden is going to spend several hundred billion dollars to cancel the debts of millions of college students. This big outlay will probably bolster his standing among graduates in the up-to-$125,000-a-year salary range who populate the deep-blue voting grounds of urban America.

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