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NAACP Will Sue Elon Musk for Polluting Black Neighborhoods

In Memphis Tennessee, the NAACP has announced plans to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, for violating the Clean Air Act by running a massive data center near a historically Black neighborhood without legal permits. Musk’s facility runs on 35 methane gas-powered turbine generators, which emit significant amounts of nitrogen oxide and other toxic chemicals.

 - Jun 17, 2025 Democracy Now! Photo of Elon Musk courtesy of xAI

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ICE Agents Arrest NYC Comptroller Brad Lander at Immigration Courthouse

Jun 18, 2025
 

Here in New York, ICE agents arrested New York City Comptroller Brad Lander on Tuesday as he was escorting a man at an immigration courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Lander, who is running for mayor, was handcuffed and detained by agents after he demanded to see a judicial warrant as agents tried to detain the man he was accompanying.

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