Schools Choose Trump Over Students, AI Causes Droughts, & We Pay an Etsy Witch

In this episode, the Newsgirls get you ready to go back to school amidst Trump’s crackdown on universities for being woke. How will big settlements impact campus and how will students protect their right to free speech? We speak to Mahmoud Khalil’s attorney from the NYCLU. Then, Wren & Mabel investigate how AI data centers are causing droughts across the country. We have the astounding numbers Big Tech doesn’t want you to know. They also get into some other unforeseen downsides of AI– art theft?! Finally, the Newsgirls pay an Etsy witch to tell their future and cast a good luck spell on them! Is this viral trend all it's cracked up to be? SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iDf60iN619rvm6ComYDZuqyxMcVuz7KHM5vvCgoV56s/edit?tab=t.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.