The Best of the Week’s News:
 

• Workers mark May Day in the U.S. and around the world. (NPR, AP, NYPix, WaPo)
   

• The U.S. and Canadian mints say their gold coins represent the highest patriotic values, but the metal comes a mine owned by a Colombian drug cartel. (NYT)
   

• 2026 Hillman Prize-winner Lydia Polgreen talks migration with Hot 97 host Nessa.
   

• The Supreme Court effectively killed the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to mass disenfranchisement of Black voters. (Atlantic)
   

• ICE deports a Colombian survivor of torture and domestic violence to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a place she has never been. (Bulwark)
   

• McClatchy reporters refuse to lend their bylines to AI-generated summaries. (NYT)
   

• New York City nixes plan for AI-themed high school. (Chalkbeat)