> This week, the Trump administration announced that it will ramp up enforcement of a relatively obscure legal provision that requires undocumented immigrants in the United States to register with the government. > > This move risks adding another layer of fear and anxiety in immigrant communities where the Trump administration’s moves on immigration have already left many fearful to visit previously safe places to address essential needs like health and education. > > Those who fail to register could face fines or prosecution, compounding recent moves to criminalize immigration violations that should not be treated as crimes. Last month, President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, requiring detention for undocumented individuals who are merely charged with—not convicted of—low-level crimes. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted high-profile raids in major cities, leading to collateral arrests, including of US citizens. > > Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated that the objective of the new registration push is to push immigrants to self-deport. However, enforcing a registry requirement does not actually meet this goal. Instead, it threatens to facilitate the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations, as other activist groups have warned. ICE arrests and raids have disproportionately targeted communities of color, as would any program of mass deportation.

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> The Trump administration’s termination of over 90 percent of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) programming and thousands of State Department foreign assistance programs will undermine human rights globally and imperil millions of people, Human Rights Watch said today.

Reading time: 8 - 10 minutes. > From corporate scandals to celebrity missteps, public contrition has lost all meaning

> Jagdish Whitten was on a run in July 2023 when a car hit him as he crossed a busy San Francisco street. Whitten, then 25, described doing “a little flip” over the vehicle and landing in the street before getting himself to the curb.

> Texas law enforcement agencies and others around the nation are reviving a long-dead "task force" program that led to racial profiling in the past.

Reading time: 8 - 10 minutes. > Why are so many young people struggling to finish education or find a job?

Why does it feel that the evil sides globally are winning. Even evil people are winning. Why?

> While some agencies have resisted efforts by Elon Musk’s team to access confidential records, HUD has opened the door. The potential harm to privacy could be significant.

Reading time: 24 - 30 minutes. > New research into the role of psychedelics upends our understanding of spirituality — and with it, our vision of the cosmos.

Reading time: 37 - 46 minutes. > The Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has wanted an end to commercial picking of a critical cultural resource for years. Finally, the Forest Service is expected to make a decision.

> This is the promise made by Love and Deepspace, a mobile romance game by the Chinese company Papergames. > > Some think video games are all guns and cars, but romance games or “dating simulators” are immensely popular, especially among young women. > > Love and Deepspace reached 50 million users across more than 170 countries and regions in January. Despite their popularity, dating sims, as they are known for short, usually fly under the radar in discussions about games. > > Meanwhile, a recent major update for Love and Deepspace has furrowed some brows by introducing an unusual new feature: a period tracker.

Reading time: 8 - 11 minutes. > Africa’s gig economy is at a crossroads. It can either become a digital sweatshop—extracting labor and offering little in return—or a model for ethical, worker-driven innovation. But this requires urgent action: First, governments must step in—implementing enforceable minimum wages, health protections, and clear legal pathways for worker grievances. Second, platforms must be held accountable—big tech cannot continue profiting off African labor while offloading all risks onto workers. And third, gig workers must be recognized as workers—not “partners,” not “micro-entrepreneurs,” but employees with rights. Until these changes happen, the narrative of the gig economy as a tool of empowerment is nothing more than an illusion. > > Africa’s story of labor exploitation did not begin with the gig economy, and it won’t end with it either. We are witnessing a digital rearticulation of the same forces that have historically shaped the continent’s economic structures—where foreign investment is prioritized over fair wages, and technology serves as a cover for worker exploitation. > > But in this reconfiguration, there is also space for resistance. A driver in Lagos can rally colleagues on WhatsApp. A Kenyan freelancer can warn others about exploitative contracts. A South African delivery worker can push back against illegal deportations. These small acts of defiance are part of a larger fight—one that will determine whether Africa’s digital economy is built on empowerment or exploitation. > > The next time you order a ride, a meal, or a remote task from an African worker, ask yourself: Who really profits? Because if we continue down this road unchecked, the answer will be the same as it was centuries ago—not the workers.

> The basis of Musk’s corporate seizure of the public sector via DOGE is not to sweep up corruption or eliminate waste, nor is it to privatize specific industrial sectors historically in public commons (the contracted work and militarization of U.S. space exploration has thoroughly conquered this concept). Musk’s efforts to colonize space, to profit off of greenwashing reforms with EV development, and to commit a crusade in the pursuit of government efficiency, all masquerade the true goal. Musk, like Trump, is an avatar tasked by the billionaire class to undo decades of progress and benefits, such as social security benefits, public education, and the Labor Relations Board. > > These institutions were once demands by the working class, only given as a concession by the ruling class to quell levels of organization that put the established powers’ feet under the fire. Musk’s task as a servant of capital is to do what he does best: reroute the public wealth into the pockets of the billionaire class while further impoverishing the workers that make the superprofits possible day in and day out. While he is currently at the head, Trump’s administration is a coalition of which the Silicon Valley technocrats and futurists are simply one faction. Ultimately, it is the struggle of the working class that will dictate what the billionaires can get away with.