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A tech executive reportedly described the AI industry's use of human-created work as potentially "the largest theft of labor in human history," according to documents uncovered in a lawsuit and reported by Mother Jones. The comments suggest some industry leaders privately acknowledge that AI systems are built on creative and intellectual labor taken without compensation, fueling ongoing legal and ethical debates.

Mother Jones has published a commentary arguing that racial segregation-era discriminatory practices, long considered consigned to history, are being revived by the US Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. The piece frames recent rulings by the conservative-majority court as dismantling civil rights protections built after the Jim Crow era. It is drawing attention among readers debating the court's direction on voting rights and race.

Mother Jones reports that billionaires in the United States pay a far lower effective tax rate than the average American worker. The piece argues that as wealth has become increasingly concentrated at the top, tax rates for the wealthiest Americans have declined, allowing them to pay a smaller share of their income than ordinary households.

A Mother Jones report examines artwork the Trump administration no longer wants and the artists affected by its removal or rejection. The piece highlights how shifting political priorities in US government spaces and programs are leaving creatives without commissions, exhibitions, or institutional support, and raises questions about the role of art in public life under the current administration.