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Liberal stronghold set to adopt eye-popping minimum wage amid business exodus
FOX Newsby Robert Schmad·17d ago
Seattle is slated to increase its minimum wage to $22.14 an hour in 2027 as the broader metro area contends with a sharp drop in job openings and Seattle businesses face mounting cost pressures.
Artists Deserve to Afford Pets
Hyperallergicby Hyperallergic·17d ago
From David Hockney’s beloved dachshunds to Frida Kahlo’s menagerie of parrots, the history of art is a history of animals.
“A massive power grab”: White House proposal threatens funding that helps disabled Americans vote
Salonby Lisa Song·17d ago
Without Amy Miller, some elderly and disabled people wouldn’t be able to vote. The attorney for Disability Rights Nebraska travels the state, investigating the quality of nursing homes and assisted...
US faces another major Middle East troop withdrawal, but threat remains
FOX Newsby Morgan Phillips·17d ago
The U.S. military is scheduled to end its mission in Iraq on Wednesday, bringing to a close a military operation that has lasted more than two decades — despite an ongoing war in Iran sparked...
'Lost' medieval castle found hiding in plain sight after professor spots telltale clues
FOX Newsby Andrea Margolis·17d ago
A professor recently discovered that a medieval castle thought to have been lost for centuries was hiding in plain sight — inside a Victorian-era building on a modern college campus.
The Last Experiment - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Ashutosh Jogalekar·17d ago
by Ashutosh Jogalekar As the relentless march of AI in science continues, I found myself pondering the other day whether there ever would be a time when a human scientist would do the last human...
‘Primetime’ and Chris Hansen: Losing control.
CJRby Susie Banikarim·17d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Chris Hansen feels ambushed. He is standing outside a Regal movie theater in Times Square.
Assal Rad on how the mainstream press has failed in its coverage of Gaza.
CJRby Amos Barshad·17d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Assal Rad, an activist and Middle East historian, has become known for social media posts in which she edits headlines that she finds absurd, largely for their...
Nearly half of Americans favor candidates who support trans sports bans
The 19thby Brooke Migdon·17d ago
Nearly half of U.S. adults say they’re more likely to vote for a candidate who supports banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams, according to a new The 19th/YouGov poll —...
Paychecks aren’t going as far. More Americans say they trust Democrats to help.
The 19thby Mariel Padilla·17d ago
High prices and the cost of living are top issues for the voters who will decide the midterm elections in November.
How The 19th/YouGov poll works
The 19thby Terri Rupar·17d ago
This year, The 19th is partnering with YouGov for our annual State of Our Nation poll, shedding light on issues that impact women and LGBTQ+ people and helping us better understand our country.
Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
The New Republicby Ross Rosenfeld·17d ago
Fifty years ago, in his most famous work, the prolific intellectual Carlo Cipolla argued that stupid people, as a group, are “much more powerful than the mafia, or the military industrial complex.”...
How Trump Won the Russia Messaging War—and How the Democrats Lost It
The New Republicby David Corn·17d ago
“Hoax.” “Witch hunt.” “Russia, Russia, Russia.” For a decade, Donald Trump has incessantly claimed that there was no Moscow assault on the 2016 election and that the subsequent investigations of...
In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
The New Republicby Greg Sargent·17d ago
James Talarico may or may not win the Senate race in Texas. But here’s something we can say right now: Given how close Talarico is coming in this red state after running such an overtly...
The Five Trump Scandals That Deserve Thorough Investigation
The New Republicby Timothy Noah·17d ago
“We’re going to hold the crooks accountable,” House Democratic leader Hakim Jeffries told the Associated Press last week in anticipation of the Democrats’ likely retaking the House on November 3.
Banning Diesel Exports Won’t Solve Trump’s Biggest Problem
The New Republicby Grace Segers·17d ago
For the past few weeks, President Donald Trump has been noodling on a diesel export ban as a strategy for lowering fuel costs.
How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Wiredby Lama Rabah, Sabrina Slipchenko, Charles Boutaud, Firas Taweel, Elena DeBre·17d ago
Aref Jaber is on a neighbor's roof, trying to get home. At 51, he is clambering over a wall into the next backyard, up onto the next roof, along the line of stone houses that stand between him and...
California poll: Voters back a billionaire tax, but the proposal falls short of majority support
NBC Newsby Adam Edelman·17d ago
A plurality of likely California voters support a proposal on the state’s November ballot that would impose a one-time wealth tax on the richest Californians, but the measure is still short of...
Tom Cruise Is a Scream—and a Gas—in “Digger”
The New Yorkerby Justin Chang·17d ago
Digger Rockwell is a funny name to give an oil tycoon. Like nearly every joke and jab in “Digger,” a doomsday-themed comic fantasia from the director Alejandro G.
The Mayors Defending Democracy
The New Yorkerby Ishaan Tharoor·17d ago
The political theorist Benjamin R. Barber, in the final years of his life, championed cities as the polities that could fix the world’s problems.
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