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In the Shadow of King Coal

Sarah Jones Dissent
While the coal industry is in terminal decline, it still shapes the culture of central Appalachia.

Playing Hardball

Arkadi Gerney, Sarah Knight The American Prospect
Rebalancing conflicts over state policy will require that blue states wield power differently.

Is This Israel’s First Apartheid War?

Oren Yiftachel 972 Magazine
Far from lacking a political strategy, Israel is fighting to reinforce the supremacist project it has built for decades between the river and the sea.

Letter From a Childless Cat Lady

Rebecca Jamieson Isthmus
Vance claims that childless people are “sociopathic” and have no stake in our country’s future. Isn’t caring for those who aren’t related to us the exact opposite of sociopathic?

Trump’s Most Unsettling Spectacle Yet

Sidney Blumenthal The Guardian
Trump’s planned rally at Madison Square Garden will be the ultimate act of ego and the climax of his Hitlerian rhetoric

Boeing Workers To Vote on New Wage Deal

David Shepardson Reuters
New deal includes $7,000 ratification bonus, enhanced retirement contributions Offer could end month-old strike Boeing negotiated proposal came after talks with Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su