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Playing Hardball

Arkadi Gerney, Sarah Knight The American Prospect
Rebalancing conflicts over state policy will require that blue states wield power differently.

In the Shadow of King Coal

Sarah Jones Dissent
While the coal industry is in terminal decline, it still shapes the culture of central Appalachia.

Boeing Workers To Vote on New Wage Deal

David Shepardson Reuters
New deal includes $7,000 ratification bonus, enhanced retirement contributions Offer could end month-old strike Boeing negotiated proposal came after talks with Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su

Trump’s Most Unsettling Spectacle Yet

Sidney Blumenthal The Guardian
Trump’s planned rally at Madison Square Garden will be the ultimate act of ego and the climax of his Hitlerian rhetoric

Friday Nite Videos | October 18, 2024

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This Working Class Waitress Could Decide Who Controls Congress. Ted Cruz and Colin Allred Debate Abortion. Family Feud Election 2024 Cold Open | SNL. Judge Sets Republican Election Officials Straight. Project 2025 Is Already Here.

Make America Healthy Again?

Katelyn Jetelina, Jess Steier and Kristen Panthagani Your Local Epdemiologist
RFK, Jr.'s plan sounds catchy, but won’t move the national needle. To build a healthier, freer America for all, focus on what truly works, not what merely sounds catchy.

You Don’t Need Words To Think

Gary Stix Scientific American
Brain studies show that language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought
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