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Data Center Frenzy: A Bay Area Primer
AI data centers have arrived in the Bay — and the fight to block them is just getting started.
French Students Proclaim “the End of the Contemporary Era”
A report from Current’s foreign correspondents in Paris and Marseille.
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Reading and Watching Recs for the Tenant-Power-Curious
Tenant fights have become a mainstay in the political landscape.
This Nonprofit Promised Housing but Left Tenants Homeless Instead
Tenants fight back and plan for the worst: “We’re trying to see where to go for the holidays.”
Meet the Grandmas and Grandpas Building Tenant Power
When management neglected their building, elderly, majority-Chinese tenants in Downtown Oakland got organized and fought back.
AI Startup Launches Campaign To Exploit Humans, Ethically
Contrary to what Scale's 7-figure ad campaign claims, the company's ethos is anything but “centering humans.”
The Book Your Tech Boss Doesn't Want You to Read
In Against Tech Oligarchy, two leading labor organizers chronicle the past decade’s tech worker movement.
Wildland Firefighters Are More Important Than Ever
We spoke to one of the frontline union workers in the climate change fight.
CURRENT EVENTS LISTING ☻ SEP 22 - SEP 28
TUES, SEPT 22 — Surrender yourself to the transformative sounds of Lulu the African Gray Parrot (and some human counterparts). Remember
Oakland City Council Lines Cops’ Pockets
Despite public outcry, Oakland City Council decided to approve the new cop contract and reappoint police commission chair.