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American workers are fed up

The working class is restless. Can unions begin a new era in the fight for workers' rights?

Murdered UK lawmaker David Amess remembered

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: October 16, 2021

FDA panel recommends Johnson & Johnson booster shot, a British lawmaker is fatally stabbed, and more

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Academic freedom, attacked left and right

The university has a unique mission. Does anyone remember what it is?

Kyrsten Sinema.

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Kyrsten Sinema's poll numbers should terrify her

Speed Reads

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Jon Stewart asks: 'What's more Hitler?' COVID or vaccine mandates?

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Netflix reportedly fired organizer of trans employee walkout

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Why the FDA panel's booster greenlight was actually a 'bad meeting' for Johnson & Johnson

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DOJ to ask SCOTUS to block Texas abortion ban

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Clinton reportedly walking around, and 'joking with hospital staff'

October 15, 2021

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British officials mourn death of MP David Amess

Politics

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Academic freedom, attacked left and right

European politicians.

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The European right is in retreat

Vaccination.

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Bonnie Kristian

Should the CDC hide unverified vaccine data?

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Democratic disaster in Virginia

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Adele.

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An ode to Adele's hands

A gardener.

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Bonnie Kristian

The soil of fairy tales

A scale.

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The upside of urban decline

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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How censoring RBG adds to our misinformation problem

Cartoons

Fantasy.

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The 4 fantasies dominating American politics

Our political flights from the rigors of reality

Business & Tech

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Help Wanted

The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

President Biden.

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Biden's Christmas crunch

President Biden.

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Biden's plan to snoop in your bank account

Elon Musk.

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Will Elon Musk turn Texas blue?

Industry.

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The case for spending our way through inflation

Eggs.

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The answer to inflation isn't more government spending

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Opinion

Who are America's peers?

Brett Kavanaugh and a protester.

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The consequences of judicializing abortion

Critical Race Theory.

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Losing the education wars

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Let science fiction be weird again

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