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Japan taps deep-sea mud for rare earths
Semafor Dec 22, 2025

Japan taps deep-sea mud for rare earths

The government is building a facility on Japan’s easternmost island that can tap resources 6,000 meters below the ocean’s surface.

New York Is the Latest State to Provide Relief for Victims of Coerced Debt
Mother Jones Dec 22, 2025

New York Is the Latest State to Provide Relief for Victims of Coerced Debt

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill late Friday night that provides a remedy for victims of coerced debt—a kind of financial abuse where bad actors either take out lines of credit in another person’s name without them knowing or pressure someone into accruing debt. The law, headed by Assemblymember Linda B. […]