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05/01/21
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The Energy Mix
Installing solar panels - Peteonline22/Wikimedia Commons

JANUARY 4, 2021

A Minnesota regional planning agency is turning to the power of the sun to help improve a desperately tight housing market for low-income renters in the Twin Cities.

18/12/20
Author: 
Jeff Mackler

Dec. 16, 2020

Insane people who study playing Russian roulette with a well-lubricated and seasoned six-shooter understand that the odds on survival are far greater than the expected 83.3 percent, that is, five out of six. That’s because the single loaded bullet chamber is heavier than the empty chambers and is more likely, after a firm spin, to settle at the bottom, away from the striking pin at the top of the firing mechanism. In essence, you can cheat your fate a bit if you choose to engage.

15/12/20
Author: 
Margaret Flowers
Popular Resistance

Dec. 13, 2020

The United States has reached a severe crisis point and the next few months will determine how we address it. The COVID-19 pandemic is raging across the country and some areas are struggling to provide enough hospital beds and staff to care for people. The recession is deepening as unemployment benefits and the moratorium on evictions run out. Yet, members of Congress cannot even agree to pass a weak version of the CARES Act they passed last March when the situation was less serious.

13/12/20
Author: 
Hamilton Nolan
New York City drivers rally against Uber in 2015. SPENCER PLATT/ GETTY IMAGES

Dec. 10, 2020

The city’s first worker-owned ridesharing app gets ready to take on the big boys.

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