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The Uncomfortable Truths of American Spaceflight

Marina Koren The Atlantic
The Artemis program didn’t transpire because a bunch of lunar scientists got together in a room and decided to do it; it exists because Trump sought to bolster his presidential legacy.

Bringing the Supply Chain Back Home

Robert Kuttner The New York Review of Books
Is Biden ready to insist that national economic planning is not just ideologically permissible but urgently necessary?

Countries Strike Deal at COP26 Climate Summit

Sam Meredith CNBC
“This does not bring hope to our hearts, but serves as yet another conversation where we put our homes on the line while those who have other options decide how quickly they want to act to save those who don’t,”

Friday Nite Videos | November 12, 2021

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El Carretero | Giovanni Hidalgo & Friends. Your COP-26 Questions Answered: Is It Too Late? Tom Morello | Hold the Line. The Drummer | Danny Glover Movie. Big Bird Has a New Word for Ted Cruz.

The Walter Rodney Murder Mystery in Guyana 40 Years Later

Mary E. Curry National Security Archive
Guyana’s National Assembly has accepted the findings of a commission of inquiry that concluded that scholar-political activist Walter Rodney was assassinated by the government of then-Prime Minister Forbes Burnham. Here are the documents.
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