Medium employees given Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE

January 29, 2026 Sarah Perez

Activists behind the general strike are calling for "no work, no school, and no shopping" amid a push to defund ICE, which has escalated raids in U.S. cities, killing several people, including two U.S. citizens earlier this month in Minneapolis.

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Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI
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