The Conversation
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The International Longshoremen’s Association’s 6-year contract with the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports will expire on Sept. 30 at midnight unless there’s an agreement before that deadline.
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Joan Whitney Payson, the first female owner to buy a baseball team, won over the press in the Mets’ disastrous 1962 season by treating them as partners, not adversaries.
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Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
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US workers in general are finding themselves in an increasingly precarious position.
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‘Driving while Black’: Researchers found that Black drivers make up 70% of police traffic stops on roads where only half the drivers are Black.
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An impending election doesn’t mean that people have to avoid social media altogether. When used wisely, it can still be an important source for political information and an outlet to express opinions.
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Rising electricity demand, especially to power data centers, could make restoring some nuclear plants that closed early financially viable.
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While Americans like to think of themselves as kind, generous people, many refugees would beg to differ.
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Local writers, painters, musicians and philosophers have long been inspired by the Black cultural movement that pulls from the past to envision the future.
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CubeSats have already visited the Moon and Mars and are key components of upcoming deep space missions.