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Presidential Debates Love To Avoid the Topic of Taxing the Rich
The first televised U.S. presidential debate came way back in 1960. Few of us who happened to watch that debate remember much about it....
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The Steel Industry Merger That Has Environmentalists Worried
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.U.S. Steel, once the world’s largest company of any kind, can take substantial...
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Why Space Is Such a Dangerous Place
The past year has witnessed a growing chorus of alarm in Washington regarding the military utility of space. From the proliferation of space debris to the...
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The Trump Quartet
During election years, the media tends to focus on the top of the party tickets. When Donald Trump is one of the candidates, this...
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Did Saudi Officials Deliberately Assist the 9/11 Hijackers?
This story was originally published by ProPublica.
From the start of U.S. investigations into the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the question of whether...
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Harris Gets Mixed Grades From Progressives After Debate
The 2024 U.S. presidential debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday night presented what progressive organizers and labor leaders described as a stark choice between a...
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About That Trump Assassination Conspiracy Theory
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack.
I find the rise of BlueMAGA very disturbing, and I’m surprised more people don’t. Or perhaps I’m...
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Jordan Peterson’s Climate Culture War
Jordan Peterson delivered an urgent message for the rapt crowd on a warm spring evening at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, earlier this...
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WSJ Wants Judiciary Shielded From Scrutiny
A New York Times investigation (9/15/24) has given us great insight into Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who—unlike the president...
Gambling study says £2.7bn bet annually on hidden-market websites
Gamblers in Great Britain are betting £2.7bn a year through hidden-market websites, according to a lobby group that claims...
Prada and Max Mara bring strangeness and science to Milan fashion week
A Prada show is never a straightforward beauty pageant, so when the co-designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons go...
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Jennifer Aniston’s Ex Justin Theroux Wishes Her Happy Birthday on Instagram
What was expected of her was the same thing...