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Rural towns deserve more than just prison jobs
August 10, 2021Rural prison towns need jobs. There are better ones than guarding people in cages.
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Eviction moratorium extension is a victory, but it’s not enough
August 6, 20216 million—by some estimates closer to 11 million—people could lose their homes at the end of October, just before the onset of winter.
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Worth-less: The relationship between the ‘labor market’ and suicide
August 5, 2021Why do we keep valuing ourselves based on the price someone is willing to pay for us on the open market?
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China doesn’t want a new Cold War
August 4, 2021If a U.S.-Soviet type of confrontation develops, it will be because of moves made in Washington, not Beijing.
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J.D. Vance markets himself as ‘Hillbilly’ Trump, but don’t laugh too quickly
August 4, 2021Vance’s populist campaign blames both immigrants and the “elites and the ruling class” for “robbing” Americans, claiming “the old way of doing things ain’t working.”
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