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Why Self-Driving Cars Have Stalled | It's Complicated

November 4, 2022

Fully fledged self-driving technology appears to be perpetually just around the corner. It is a promise that the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, has made almost every year since 2013.

Till | Movie

November 4, 2022

The never-before-told story of Mamie Till Mobley’s quest for justice for her son, Emmett. In theaters now.

Obama Campaigns Against Kari Lake and Warns About Threats to Democracy

November 4, 2022

A closer look at Republican candidates who are in very close races and could easily win in the midterms, including the pro-Trump election deniers who have outright declared they will use their power to steal future elections.

November 4, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | November 4, 2022

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Obama Campaigns Against Kari Lake and Warns About Threats to Democracy. Till | Movie. Why Self-Driving Cars Have Stalled. Long Covid: A Parallel Pandemic. Why This Instrument Explains Black American Folk Music.

November 3, 2022

Starbucks’ Decision To End COVID Protections Endangers Me and Other Baristas

Alisha Humphrey The Progressive

As a Starbucks worker in Oklahoma City, I’m fighting together with our union to ensure that COVID safety is a top priority.

November 3, 2022

Tidbits – Nov. 03, 2022 – Reader Comments, Elections – High Inflation, Huge Profits, Why Not Price Freeze; Politicians Giving Medical Advice; Lula Wins!; Mayor, UFT Push Medicare Advantage; Public Health; Mike Davis Tribute; Angela Y. Davis

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Reader Comments, Elections - High Inflation, Huge Profits, Why Not Price Freeze; Politicians Giving Medical Advice; Lula Wins!; Mayor, UFT Push Medicare Advantage; Copyright legislation; Public health; Mike Davis Tribute; Evening with Angela Y. Davis

November 3, 2022

How Did MLB Get to Point Where No African American Players on a World Series Roster Isn’t a Surprise to Many?

Shalise Manza Young Yahoo

"I don't think that's something that baseball should really be proud of. It looks bad," Astros manager Dusty Baker Jr. told the Associated Press. "It lets people know that it didn't take a year or even a decade to get to this point."

November 3, 2022

Debt and Inequality Will Be Key Issues at the UN’s Next Climate Conference

Tina Gerhardt The Nation

At COP27, activists will be focused on all the ways developed nations have made it harder for developing nations to survive the climate crisis

November 3, 2022

What the NY Working Families Party Sees at Stake in This Election

Brigid Bergin Gothamist

The WFP needs at least 130,000 votes – or 2% of the total, whichever is higher – to keep that ballot line in future elections. That’s a product of changes ushered in by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2019 in a failed attempt to destroy the party.

November 3, 2022

Can the Hotel Workers’ Union Save the Democrats?

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect

In Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, the union has been talking to voters about progressive fixes to inflation for months, when Democrats didn’t know what to say.