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/ 4 months agoDemocratic Party’s embrace of organized labor in 2024 elections has long roots that had started to wither
Both sides took this marriage for granted until Southern Democrats, concerned that labor unions would organize Black workers across the South,...
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/ 4 months agoAmerica’s Iran policy is a failure − piecemeal deterrence and sanctions can go only so far
Escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is partly the result of an unsuccessful, decade-long plan to ‘contain and deter’ the Iranian...
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/ 4 months agoPoliticians step up attacks on the teaching of scientific theories in US schools
A growing number of states are passing laws that call scientific theories into question.
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/ 4 months agoDo Charli XCX’s and Kid Rock’s endorsements make a difference? 19% of young people admit they might
While celebrities are unlikely to decisively shift whom many people choose to vote for, their endorsement of a political candidate can...
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/ 4 months agoBlood sugar fluctuations after eating play an important role in anxiety and depression
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/ 4 months agoAI pioneers want bots to replace human teachers – here’s why that’s unlikely
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/ 4 months agoDoes Democratic VP candidate Walz swear too damn much?
It wouldn’t be out of character if Kamala Harris’ running mate sprinkles ‘damn’ throughout his acceptance speech at the Democratic National...
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/ 4 months ago75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY
Racist mobs attacked a 1949 concert in Peekskill, NY, helping raise anti-communist fervor after World War II and illustrating how hatred...
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/ 4 months agoReaders prefer to click on a clear, simple headline − like this one
Typical news readers prefer news headlines with simple language over more complex wording.
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/ 4 months agoThe mystic and the mathematician: What the towering 20th-century thinkers Simone and André Weil can teach today’s math educators
André Weil was a mathematician. His sister Simone Weil was a philosopher. They both thought deeply about the nature and value...
