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The United Auto Workers has failed in its effort to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s…
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Just days before workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama began voting last week on whether to unionize, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed a new…
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Recent battlefield reverses in Ukraine, with Kherson under increasing attack, are powerful reminders that Ukraine needs every penny of support it can get urgently. Yet…
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Why the UAW lost the vote in Alabama
May 21, 2024
The United Autoworkers’ winning streak ended late Friday when a majority of workers at a Mercedes manufacturing campus in Alabama voted against unionizing. Why it…
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Former Army National Guard Spc. Donald Carey, a Desert Storm veteran, had reached the point in his long bout with homelessness where he was telling…
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A legal fight over how Georgia elects its utility regulators may soon come before the nation’s highest court in a case that could reverberate beyond…
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The bird flu virus that is spreading through American dairy cows can probably be traced back to a single spillover event. Late last year, scientists…
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Erin Burnett Out Front: May 15
May 20, 2024
Professor Laurence Tribe offers commentary on Justice Alito’s support of the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement and more.
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70 Years of Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 2024
Jill Lepore returns to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education with a special episode of The Last Archive.
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What happens if “I do” ends…otherwise? Stanton professor of the first amendment Rebecca Tushnet is an expert in the law of engagement rings. For years,…
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A new rule requires U.S. utilities and grid operators to work together on long-term planning for transmission lines—the large power lines that deliver electricity across…
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In September 2022, I booked a 17-day Arabian Sea cruise through Vantage Travel Services to celebrate my 80th birthday with my wife. The cruise was…
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Who are the ‘courageous women’ now?
May 16, 2024
As Stormy Daniels testified about the alleged sexual encounter she said she had with Donald Trump in 2006 – and that he denies – the…
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As this country continues shifting from fossil fuels, one of the things we’ll need to do in order to keep electricity costs low and reliability…
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Celebrating its successful launch, the Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture, an interdisciplinary effort that reaches across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard…
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The Public Interest and Environmental Organization User Group (PIEOUG) discussed costly generation deactivations, RTO versus member filing rights over regional planning and long-term transmission projects…
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Washington Tries to Break Power Grid Logjams
May 15, 2024
A little-known but powerful regulator has finalized sweeping new rules designed to expand the construction of big power lines and bring more renewable energy to…
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Best Of BPR 5/14: Shaleen Title Goes Behind The Marijuana Rescheduling Headlines & Trump’s Election Interference Mishegoss With Nancy Gertner…
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Federal regulators on Monday approved sweeping changes to how America’s electric grids are planned and funded, in a move that supporters hope could spur thousands…
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Mercedes-Benz asked Nick Saban to address Alabama workers after UAW launched organizing campaign
May 15, 2024
Mercedes-Benz earlier this year brought college football coaching legend Nick Saban to talk to workers at its auto manufacturing campus in Alabama after the UAW…
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An op-ed co-written by Jesse Fried: Last week, Brown, Northwestern, and the University of Minnesota struck deals with small but loud groups of Israel-hating students:…