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Science Sunday: Have We Finally Found Dark Matter?

Paul M. Sutter Paul Sutter's Near Futures
Astronomers believe that a mysterious, invisible substance fills up the universe. Known as dark matter, they think it is a new kind of particle. But efforts over decades to find this particle have come up short.

Fired CFPB Director HITS BACK at Zuckerberg, Jamie Dimon, Tech Bros

Rohit Chopra, Ryan Grim Breaking Points
Ryan sits down with Rohit Chopra, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now essentially shut down by President Trump. They talk about Zuckerberg, Jamie Dimon, and the landscape of Tech Bros unleashed on America.

USPS Privatization Would Cost Rural America More Than Mail

Emily Hilliard Jacobin
Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms. Trump’s proposed USPS privatization threatens these care networks in areas already lacking serv

US Pop Culture Has Long Raged Against Health Care Injustice

David K. Seitz Jacobin
The memes celebrating Luigi Mangione are far from novel: they represent a long tradition of American popular culture voicing outrage at the injustices of our health care system, from Dog Day Afternoon to Star Trek: Voyager to John Q.

Organizing the Battery Belt

Amos Barshad Jacobin
In deep-red Hardin County, Kentucky, workers are trying to unionize a new electric vehicle battery plant. If Donald Trump scraps the IRA, it may cost thousands of his supporters safe, well-paying jobs.