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A construction worker laboring high up without essential safety harnesses.

Photo Essay: Making Work Visible – Consumer Awareness and Labor Rights

Lauren WalshMay 29, 2024

Written shortly after May 1, International Workers’ Day, this photo essay highlights the challenges, successes, and hard work of laborers around the world.

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Emma Hansson, the chair of IF Metall's Stockholm branch, in picket in the first days of the Tesla strike in Stockholm, Sweden, in October 2023.

The Head of SAC: Tesla Faces a ‘Stalemate’ in Sweden as the Longest Strike in Decades Grinds On

Gabriel KuhnMay 8, 2024

Essentially, the conflict has reached a stalemate. Tesla doesn’t seem hurt enough to give in, and IF Metall has the means to carry on. Among some of the strikers, this causes frustration.

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A view over Rio Tinto-Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon open pit copper mine in Utah, United States.

Mapping the Planetary Costs of AI: Kate Crawford’s Atlas of AI in Review

Sara MarcucciApril 24, 2024

The very first thing to do when even considering employing AI is to look at the power infrastructure that produces it and makes its existence possible in the first place. As Crawford notes, AI is the result of extracting human life through data, raw materials, and labor.