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September 20, 2024

Why Wouldn’t Autonomous Cars Cry at Night?

Ryan McCarty Rattle

The race is on to improve road traffic, says poet Ryan McCarthy about autonomous autos, but tomorrow we’ll be riding just the same.

The Project 2025 Song!

September 20, 2024

The greatest document in American history? Not the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution.

Private Equity Is Devouring the Last Affordable Housing

September 20, 2024

Mobile homes are one of the last remaining affordable housing options in America. Now they’ve become private equity’s latest target.

September 20, 2024

States Are Pushing Back With Anti-Labor Laws As Union Popularity Grows, Policy Experts Say

CASEY QUINLAN Iowa Capital Dispatch

Workers with signs saying restore local control in front of what appears to be a capital building. capital m

But local governments - cities and counties - are stepping up to advocate for workers.

Exactly How Trump Could Ban Abortion

September 20, 2024

Whether the US bans it completely is basically up to the next president.

Mr. Robinson ('Mrs. Robinson' Song Parody)

September 20, 2024

Here's to you, Mr. Robinson, in showing us what a deplorable person you are, just in time to destroy your run for Governor of North Carolina.

September 20, 2024

2024 Choices and Profiles in Political Cowardice

Max Elbaum Liberation Road Notes

There is an unfortunate history of radical organizations -- like the DSA national leadership today -- substituting “bold” radical pronouncements for biting the bullet and making a difficult choice.

September 20, 2024

How Trump’s Tariffs Would Radically Redistribute Wealth Upward

David Cay Johnston The New Republic

You’ve surely read that tariffs would just tax regular Americans. You may not have read how they’d work to make the rich richer.

September 20, 2024

I’m the Republican Governor of Ohio. Here Is the Truth About Springfield.

Mike DeWine The New York Times

The Springfield I know is not the one you hear about in social media rumors. It is a city made up of good, decent, welcoming people. They are hard workers — both those who were born in this country and those who settled here from Haiti.

September 20, 2024

Endgame: The Risk of a Trump Coup and How To Prevent It

Jonathan Winer Washington Spectator

Trump has plans to overturn an election loss. Phase I: erect obstacles designed to suppress votes. Phase II: challenge the outcome in key places where he loses. Phase III: use Congress to control the Presidential result. There are ways to stop this.