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The Creation of Instant Coffee

Oscar Sykes and Benjamin Stubbing Works in Progress
Washington's Coffee's enormous success amongst American soldiers overseas was central to its marketing even after the war had ended.
In 1942, demand from the US military was so great that the government classified it as 'vital to the war effort.’ Today, contract processors brew roaster's beans to precise standards, freeze dry, and package it under the roaster’s own brand.

When Socialists Joined the Rank-and-File Upsurge

Joel Geier Jacobin
Often forgotten today, the US saw a tidal wave of rank-and-file worker militancy in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Many socialists of the era took jobs on the shop floor to help foment the upsurge and build a revolutionary movement to replace capital

After Magnus Carlsen, Chess Has Entered a New Age

Louisa Thomas The New Yorker
A new book by Jordan Himelfarb follows the game’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, as they compete in an era defined by computers.