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Autoworkers want a four-day workweek. Can they get it?
NPR explains why the president of the United Auto Workers is pushing for a four-day workweek.
CNN reports on how the failure of two dams in Libya re…
2 years, 5 months ago
A tentative deal to end the writers’ strike
The Writers Guild of America and major studios have reached a tentative deal to end the writers’ strike. The Los Angeles Times has details.
USA Today…
2 years, 5 months ago
Reasons why a government shutdown is getting closer
With the risk of a government shutdown growing and time running short, the House speaker faces a number of challenges. The Wall Street Journal explai…
2 years, 6 months ago
Sneak Peek: Elon Musk’s biographer on two years of shadowing the tech billionaire
Walter Isaacson, author of the new biography Elon Musk, spent two years following the world’s richest man in an effort to understand what drives him.…
2 years, 6 months ago
Men behind ‘Sound of Freedom’ face misconduct allegations
This episode includes a segment with a description of alleged sexual misconduct.
Vice reports that the man whose life story inspired the hit movie ‘S…
2 years, 6 months ago
The three big threats to the U.S. economy
There are three major threats facing the U.S. economy — and they’re beyond the Federal Reserve’s control. Reuters has more.
On Monday Illinois became…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ukraine’s president visits America to push for more aid
In an interview with CBS, Zelenskyy makes the case for additional American aid to Ukraine.
The Wall Street Journal looks into why more baby boomers a…
2 years, 6 months ago
How extreme heat drives deadly flooding
The Washington Post explains the potential role of global warming in the latest deadly flooding.
The biggest sports-gambling season ever is kicking o…
2 years, 6 months ago
Iran’s protest movement, a year after Mahsa Amini’s death
The Washington Post reports on Iran’s crackdown on women’s rights activists ahead of the one-year mark of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody.
In C…
2 years, 6 months ago
Sneak Peek: Why so many American kids are struggling to learn how to read — and how to fix that
America has long struggled with how best to teach kids to read. But a new approach, called the science of reading, is gaining steam — and it’s provin…
2 years, 6 months ago