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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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James Baldwin has become as much an icon as a public intellectual can be—a status that risks obscuring the richness and variety of his body of work, which explores race, homosexuality, family, and more. Hilton Als shares a few essential books.
Hilton Als’s Essential James Baldwin
Looking closely at a few of the legendary writer’s works.
www.newyorker.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
James Baldwin has become as much an icon as a public intellectual can be—a status that risks obscuring the richness and variety of his body of work, which explores race, homosexuality, family, and more. Hilton Als shares a few essential books.
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Sally Carson’s recently reissued novel,“Crooked Cross,” observed from up close the dawning of the Nazi era. For modern-day readers, the novel is more than merely a historical curiosity.
The Nineteen-Thirties Novel That’s Become a Surprise Hit in the U.K.
Set in a small village in the Bavarian Alps, Sally Carson’s “Crooked Cross” presents an eerily familiar portrait of the rise of fascism.
www.newyorker.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sally Carson’s recently reissued novel,“Crooked Cross,” observed from up close the dawning of the Nazi era. For modern-day readers, the novel is more than merely a historical curiosity.
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Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI? on.ft.com/4oB5gd5 | opinion
Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?
The gap between hype and reality is frustratingly wide and growing
on.ft.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI? on.ft.com/4oB5gd5 | opinion
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A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.
Scientists in South Africa are making rhino horns radioactive to fight poaching
The rhinos are being injected with radioactive isotopes that can be recognized by radiation detectors at airports and borders, leading to the arrest of poachers and traffickers.
nbcnews.to
August 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.
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BREAKING: The MeidasTouch Podcast Unseats Joe Rogan as #1 Podcast on YouTube Charts
The MeidasTouch Podcast Unseats Joe Rogan as #1 Podcast on YouTube Charts
Meidas dethrones Joe Rogan and Kill Tony for top spot
www.meidasplus.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING: The MeidasTouch Podcast Unseats Joe Rogan as #1 Podcast on YouTube Charts
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Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
The Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert Reich
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
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Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised.
Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
July 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised.
Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Breaking News: The UN’s top court called climate change an “existential threat” and said nations had legal obligations to act. It was the first time that the court has weighed in on climate change.
Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change
The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.
trib.al
July 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Breaking News: The UN’s top court called climate change an “existential threat” and said nations had legal obligations to act. It was the first time that the court has weighed in on climate change.
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Stop falling for the trap of latching on to the price of an item (eggs, beef…) as the message. The issue is affordability. From 2001-2023 wages failed to keep up with rising costs. Medical premiums rose 301% Travel expenses were up 170%. Rent grew by 131%. The cost of raising children grew by 107%.
July 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Stop falling for the trap of latching on to the price of an item (eggs, beef…) as the message. The issue is affordability. From 2001-2023 wages failed to keep up with rising costs. Medical premiums rose 301% Travel expenses were up 170%. Rent grew by 131%. The cost of raising children grew by 107%.
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I decided to write an entire article on this topic. I think we are missing the bubble not talking about just being able to afford life. Even the number of Americans not taking summer vacations have increased because daily life is too expensive. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
It's not the cost of eggs...or beef
Average wage earning Americans are falling further behind and focusing on the cost of a single item as a political talking point is short sighted and misses the point
open.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I decided to write an entire article on this topic. I think we are missing the bubble not talking about just being able to afford life. Even the number of Americans not taking summer vacations have increased because daily life is too expensive. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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With wages failing to keep pace, researchers find that consumers’ real spending power decreased by 4%, on average. The rich are getting richer and wage earning average Americans can’t even go to the movies and dinner. Explain the big picture! www.cnbc.com/2025/06/13/m...
Americans are losing spending power, say researchers: Most can no longer afford a 'minimal quality of life'
The Ludwig Institute's Minimal Quality of Life Index found that, in 2023, only 40% of Americans earned enough money to get by in relative comfort.
www.cnbc.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
With wages failing to keep pace, researchers find that consumers’ real spending power decreased by 4%, on average. The rich are getting richer and wage earning average Americans can’t even go to the movies and dinner. Explain the big picture! www.cnbc.com/2025/06/13/m...
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UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.
Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.
This is why we need Medicare for All.
Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.
This is why we need Medicare for All.
Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon
The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and divid
jacobin.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.
Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.
This is why we need Medicare for All.
Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.
This is why we need Medicare for All.
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The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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As Trump and his allies in Congress try to gut public funding for PBS, watch this 1971 clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the kids of Sesame Street.
This is why we need public broadcasting.
This is why we need public broadcasting.
July 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As Trump and his allies in Congress try to gut public funding for PBS, watch this 1971 clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the kids of Sesame Street.
This is why we need public broadcasting.
This is why we need public broadcasting.
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Inside this week’s issue: nyer.cm/wRctCMR
July 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Inside this week’s issue: nyer.cm/wRctCMR
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Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
July 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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In 1990, the state of Illinois’s Black and Hispanic population was 22.5%.
The flagship University of Illinois, where Andreesen graduated with a bachelor’s in 1993 had a total Black and Hispanic student population of **9.6%*** in 1991.
So who was being discriminated against exactly?
The flagship University of Illinois, where Andreesen graduated with a bachelor’s in 1993 had a total Black and Hispanic student population of **9.6%*** in 1991.
So who was being discriminated against exactly?
Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦♂️
July 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In 1990, the state of Illinois’s Black and Hispanic population was 22.5%.
The flagship University of Illinois, where Andreesen graduated with a bachelor’s in 1993 had a total Black and Hispanic student population of **9.6%*** in 1991.
So who was being discriminated against exactly?
The flagship University of Illinois, where Andreesen graduated with a bachelor’s in 1993 had a total Black and Hispanic student population of **9.6%*** in 1991.
So who was being discriminated against exactly?
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In less than a week, there were at least four 1-in-1,000-year rainfall events across the U.S. — intense deluges that are thought to have roughly a 0.1% chance of happening in any given year.
nbcnews.to/44rYXAy
Illinois credit: mslinnie.jefferson
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Illinois credit: mslinnie.jefferson
July 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In less than a week, there were at least four 1-in-1,000-year rainfall events across the U.S. — intense deluges that are thought to have roughly a 0.1% chance of happening in any given year.
nbcnews.to/44rYXAy
Illinois credit: mslinnie.jefferson
nbcnews.to/44rYXAy
Illinois credit: mslinnie.jefferson
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A new book about Argentina’s disappeared shows how difficult it can be to reckon with atrocities of the past. Julia M. Klein on lessons from a nation caught between "the drive to forget and the obligation to remember":
How to Recover From State Terror
A new book about Argentina’s disappeared shows how difficult it can be to reckon with atrocities of the past.
bit.ly
July 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A new book about Argentina’s disappeared shows how difficult it can be to reckon with atrocities of the past. Julia M. Klein on lessons from a nation caught between "the drive to forget and the obligation to remember":
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Vaccines keep people alive, reduce long-term health complications and help improve the economic health of a nation.
Declining Vaccine Rates Make Economies Sicker
Shots are a cost-effective way to improve public health. Plus: A factory boom requires more places to train workers.
bloom.bg
July 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Vaccines keep people alive, reduce long-term health complications and help improve the economic health of a nation.
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Kids need messy, authentic human friendships to hone their social intelligence. If they opt instead for AI “companions,” Russell Shaw writes, they risk losing opportunities to grow.
AI Will Never Be Your Kid’s ‘Friend’
Chatbots may seem fun, but they rob children of important lessons in how to be human.
bit.ly
July 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Kids need messy, authentic human friendships to hone their social intelligence. If they opt instead for AI “companions,” Russell Shaw writes, they risk losing opportunities to grow.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM