Economy
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Anthropic Wants You to Be Kind to Claude Anthropic Wants You to Be Kind to Claude
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Policy
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Let’s build an economy where patients, renters, and even youth hockey teams are given priority over investor profits.
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Labor
The Political Power of Police Unions—With Stuart Schrader The Political Power of Police Unions—With Stuart Schrader
Stuart Schrader joins Danny and Derek to explore the history and political influence of police unions, their relationship to organized labor, and the future of police reform.
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Data center opposition can foster a bigger Democratic tent by aligning red and blue, and rural and urban communities.
France’s Students Won’t Back Down France’s Students Won’t Back Down
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How I Fell Through the Cracks at Facebook How I Fell Through the Cracks at Facebook
A chronic illness forced me out of my software engineering job. What would have helped me most was a workplace union.
“I Had to Get My Mind Right”: The Challenges to Loving Relationships After Being Laid Off by DOGE “I Had to Get My Mind Right”: The Challenges to Loving Relationships After Being Laid Off by DOGE
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The Score
Mass Deportations Aren’t Just Evil. They’re Also Terrible Economics. Mass Deportations Aren’t Just Evil. They’re Also Terrible Economics.
Immigrants don’t steal citizens’ jobs and wages. They grow the economy for all.
Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements
Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, said that 345,000 people would enroll in the state’s Medicaid program, which has strict work requirements—so far just 5,118 have.
Every Schoolchild Should Eat Free Every Schoolchild Should Eat Free
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