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Meta Pays $17bn to Settle Teen Addiction Claims

We are told this is a matter of penalty and restitution: Meta Platforms owes seventeen billion dollars to forty-seven state attorneys …

Europe Burns Under Record Summer Heat Wave

We are told this summer’s furnace across Europe is a matter of reckoning: whose economy must shrink, whose comfort must be sacrificed, …

Ebola Vaccine Trial Begins In Congo As Cases Surge

We are told this is a race between the accelerating spread of the virus and the plodding schedule of a vaccine trial, a matter of who …

Severe disability deaths are 24 years earlier and 40% avoidable

We are told this is a matter of resignation - that people with severe intellectual disabilities simply die sooner, as if their bodies were …

Ebola Kills 2100 in DR Congo as Virus Spreads

We are told the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is a race between contagion and capacity - 2,100 dead, a sixth province now infected, and …

Aboriginal newborn DNA screening aims to prevent past data misuse

We are told this is a matter of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples having to sacrifice trust in a newborn DNA screening program …

Top 10 percent mega-consumers drive 5.7 trillion in annual damage

The $5.7 Trillion Waste Stream: Or, How the World’s Mega-Consumers Forgot to Design

We are told the cost of the top 10% of global consumers …