US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging...
University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza (theintercept.com)
Many scholars committed to Palestinian liberation can no longer do their jobs. That’s because many of the professors most supportive of Palestine don’t have jobs anymore....
Child care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’ (www.marketwatch.com)
Violence on UCLA campus was linked to outsiders, CNN investigation finds | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
The larger the nonprofit, the more likely it is run by a white man, says new Candid diversity report (apnews.com)
White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend to lead the organizations with the fewest financial resources, according to a study from the nonprofit data research organization Candid....
Tesla must face vehicle owners' lawsuit over self-driving claims (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s electric car company of misleading owners into believing that their vehicles could soon have self-driving capabilities....
Bethlehem, PA cop assigned to middle school sexually assaulted student multiple times, including in boy's locker room during school dance, authorities say (www.wfmz.com)
Congressional Dems Demand Answers From Big Oil Over Trump’s “Quid Pro Quo” Offer (truthout.org)
Defendants unmasked in court face cost of damage for allegedly felling famous 150-year-old tree (apnews.com)
High Interest Rates Are Hitting Poorer Americans the Hardest (www.nytimes.com)
The economy as a whole has proved resilient amid the highest rates in decades. But beneath the surface, many low- and moderate-income families are struggling....
Possible summer COVID surge? What to know about the new FLiRT variants (abc7.com)
Army major resigns over Biden's response to Israel (www.newsweek.com)
UN cuts estimate of women and children killed in Gaza by 50% (www.click2houston.com)
The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on May 6 that over 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed in Gaza....
Georgia State University mistakenly sends 1,500 applicants acceptance letters (www.cnn.com)
Feds probing Amazon self-driving robotaxi unit Zoox after 2 rear-end crashes (www.cbsnews.com)
Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government’s highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists....
Trump trial fans show up for 'spectacle' and 'to witness history' (www.bbc.com)
A Scottish woman on vacation. A retiree carrying a Trump puppet. A 22-year-old film producer. A former criminal defence attorney....
Ferocious solar storm could give US rare view of northern lights (www.theguardian.com)
Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests: ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’ (www.theguardian.com)
Cruise ship docks at New York City port with 44-foot dead endangered whale caught on its bow (www.yahoo.com)
After years of scandal, Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting America (www.npr.org)
TikTok sues US to block potential ban (www.voanews.com)
Census Bureau will start testing new LGBTQ+ questions on its yearly survey (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance (theconversation.com)
‘Seize all cannabis’: Inside the surprising federal crackdown on New Mexico weed farmers (www.politico.com)
… U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized more than $300,000 of state-licensed cannabis in New Mexico in the last two months. These seizures occurred at border patrol checkpoints, some of which lie as far as 80 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border....