September 23, 2024
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Venture capitalist and political strategist Bradley Tusk joins hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel to discuss his new book, Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy, proposing a tech solution to the seemingly intractable problem of low-turnout local elections leading to ever-more radical politics. And Tusk, who’s a…
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As concern about plastic pollution mounts, the federal government is revising its standards for calling products recyclable. A recent fine against Keurig could be a sign of things to come.
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A slight majority of Wisconsin voters want Democrats to control the state Legislature after the Nov. 5 election, according to a new Wisconsin Watch poll conducted by The MassINC Polling Group. Poll: Majority wants Democrats to control Wisconsin Legislature is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please…
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In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk from Covid-19 to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially dangerous.Clinicians and scien…
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The board’s will combat Syracuse’s housing crisis by using funding to secure the city’s middle-income neighborhoods. The post Agency tasked with carrying out Syracuse’s new housing strategy to meet for 1st time appeared first on Central Current.
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Los vecinos de Paul Dacon lo conocían como un hombre mayor y tranquilo, que era muy meticuloso con el cuidado de su jardín. Por eso, cuando las malas hierbas comenzaron a crecer cada vez más alrededor de la casa móvil de Dacon, sabían que algo andaba mal. Semanas antes, el parque de casas móviles donde…
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Bittersweet experiences aren’t uncommon. Do people ever truly feel both positive and negative at the same exact moment, or do we just switch quickly back and forth?
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There is a long history of sheriffs reinforcing social inequality − both informally and by using formal powers of their office
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As of late September 2024, homicides in Philadelphia are down 40% compared with 2023.
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Humorist Will Rogers spent decades gleefully skewering what he called the ‘bunk’ of American politics − hypocrisy, inflated egos, shady deal-making. Both parties stood guilty of peddling bunk.