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A bill crafted to give local news leverage over Big Tech has drawn fierce criticism despite bipartisan support.

It’s possible: Just look at what happened when Australia passed a law letting newspapers band together and bargain against big tech.

IT WAS VULGAR AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL: HOW AIDS ACTIVISTS USED ART TO FIGHT A PANDEMIC. BY JACK LOWERY. Bold Type Books, 2022. 432 pages.THE PAST DECADE has seen an outpouring of what writer and organizer Theodore Kerr calls AIDS Crisis Revisitation, a genre defined by its nostalgia for the pre-1996 years of HIV/AIDS activism, particularly ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power). A major contribution to this literature, Jack Lowery’s intricately researched history of Gran Fury trains its spotlig...

POLITICO Facebook was the future of politics. Now organizers fear thats a thing of the past. Advocacy group leaders say Facebooks latest policy shift won’t fix its problems with politics, and they fear it will disadvantage organizers who help to usher new people into new movements. | Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo Link Copied Facebook’s decision to permanently stop recommending political groups to its users is a major hit for movements that have grown to rely on social media to draw in first-tim...

glses the national asset act. it would enhance the homeland security act of 2002 and other laws to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states. this bill died when the 111th congress ended. however, there have been reports that it will be reintroduced in the 112th congress. karen evans is a former administrator for e-government of the office of management and budget. ms. evans, what would this bill do, how would it change the ...