SAG and Writers Guild Strike Ties Screen Labor to AI Fears
The SAG and WGA join forces on a national walkout amid disputes over pay and the use of AI. The conflict centers on AI likeness scans and the idea that labor should not be treated as perpetual training data or mere work-for-hire. The stakes extend beyond film and TV into tech monopolization and the future of creative work. With echoes of 1960, this union action signals a broader reorganization of management labor relations in an AI dominated era.
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Biden expands student loan relief for smaller group
The plan forgives about 39 billion for 804000 borrowers after 20 to 25 years of payments and fixes earlier errors in counting qualifying payments. It also relieves 653800 public employees, 491000 with disabilities, and 1.3 million whose schools cheated or closed. The student loan moratorium ends in October with interest resuming in September, as Biden presses legal avenues to ease debt. The Aug. 8 special election letters deadline is July 28 at 5 p.m.
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Time-price metric challenges progressivism’s doom narrative
Washington Post columnist George Will discusses time-price as a measure of real progress, arguing that shifts in income and efficiency reveal growth rather than stagnation. He cites Nordhaus, Gilder, Tupy, Pooley, and Sowell to illustrate how modern productivity lowers true costs, while critics push grievance politics and anti-growth rhetoric.
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Putin uses grain as leverage in Black Sea crisis
Trudy Rubin analyzes Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain, its missile strikes on Odesa, and the broader political risks. She cites NATO, Turkey, and UN dynamics, arguing Western pressure and possible NATO escorted grain convoys are needed to end what she calls Putin's hunger games.
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