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Why the Chicks Dropped Their "Dixie"

Amanda Petrusich The New Yorker
The all-female country band, formerly "The Dixie Chicks," which survived an instance of proto-cancel culture for its politics in the past, again wants to meet the current moment.

Full Employment: The Recovery’s Missing Ingredient

Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker The Washington Post
The bargaining power of most American workers is at a historical low point. The best way to restore it is to get the economy back to full employment.

106 IDF Ex-Generals, Spy Chiefs Urge New Peace Bid

J.J. Goldberg Jewish Daily Forward
In what appears to be the largest-ever joint protest by senior Israeli security personnel, a group of 106 retired generals, Mossad directors and national police commissioners has signed a letter to PM Netanyahu urging him to “initiate a diplomatic process” based on a regional framework. Retired generals have occasionally made joint statements in the past, but never in such numbers and rarely on political matters that aren’t directly related to army business.