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4 votes
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Homeownership can bring out the worst in you
14 votes -
How major media outlets screwed up the vaccine 'breakthrough' story
12 votes -
Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google
28 votes -
The fight to end child marriage in North Carolina
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Why right to repair matters – according to a farmer, a medical worker, a computer store owner
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 26
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
8 votes -
More development would ruin our neighborhood’s character and that character is systemic racism
18 votes -
Hollywood reaps the rewards of becoming more diverse: Films with a diverse cast tend to outperform the rest
9 votes -
Big Oil’s solution for plastic waste littered with failure
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Ian Manuel, survivor of excessive child punishment, tells his story
9 votes -
USA men's volleyball falls to familiar foe in Brazil
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Valve argues anti-Steam suit lacks “the most basic elements” of antitrust case
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Smarter Every Day's 'Nuclear Submarine Deep Dive' completed playlist
10 votes -
‘I’m sorry, but it’s too late’: Alabama doctor on treating unvaccinated, dying COVID patients
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Whitney Houston, American girl: Why America embraced Whitney Houston, and how it destroyed her
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Nikola founder Trevor Milton charged with securities fraud and wire fraud for making false and misleading claims about the status of the US company's electric trucks and technology
12 votes -
Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed
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Activision Blizzard employees are walking out in protest
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Former eBay security manager sentenced to eighteen months in prison for his role in cyber-stalking campaign against eBay critics
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Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has passed away at 72
12 votes -
Inside Blizzard developers’ infamous Bill ‘Cosby Suite’
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Arushi Jain - Under the Lilac Sky (2021)
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Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles
14 votes -
What we still don't know about Emmett Till's murder
2 votes -
Open letter to NASA Administrator Nelson from Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos
15 votes -
US parents say Peppa Pig is giving their kids British accents
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Activision Blizzard sued by California over ‘frat boy’ culture
36 votes -
US railroads should be nationalized
18 votes -
When an NBA player's shoe falls off, chaos reigns
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Forensic science can be a powerful crime-fighting tool, but misdeeds, dubious methodologies, and bogus claims threaten its reputation—and the reputation of science as a whole
7 votes -
Cleveland Indians change name to Guardians
14 votes -
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all US insurance plans
16 votes -
Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows
14 votes -
Origami Angel - Find Your Throne (2019)
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Why is young adult fiction the defining literary genre of the last two decades? What does its popularity say about modern American life?
20 votes -
PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires
10 votes -
The MAGA-targeted “Freedom Phone” has a breathtaking amount of red flags
15 votes -
The FTC votes unanimously to enforce right to repair
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Sweden stuns US women's soccer team with 3-0 thrashing in Tokyo 2020 opener – first defeat under head coach Vlatko Andonovski since their appointment in 2019
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 19
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
5 votes -
Employee at Muse Group threatens rival open source developer with deportation to China
12 votes -
The Bootleg Fire in Oregon will likely continue to burn until a "season-ending weather event" extinguishes it in the fall
12 votes -
Food in New Orleans?
Hey All - Spending the month of July in New Orleans and it just occurred to me I could get some great rec's here. Anyone have any suggestions for places to eat/drink that aren't the usually...
Hey All - Spending the month of July in New Orleans and it just occurred to me I could get some great rec's here. Anyone have any suggestions for places to eat/drink that aren't the usually touristy spots? We aren't afraid of spice, and love baked treats as well. Would welcome any recommendations. Thanks!
10 votes -
The racist history of austerity politics in America
5 votes -
Detroit segregation wall still stands, a stark reminder of racial divisions
7 votes -
MIT predicted in 1972 that society will collapse this century. New research shows we're on schedule
21 votes -
A remarkable silence: Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying
20 votes -
Biz Markie, pioneering ‘Just A Friend’ rapper, has died aged 57
15 votes -
California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature
13 votes