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The big headlines about job losses tend to focus on the big employers. Layoffs at UPS, 48,000 — at Intel, 24,000. Amazon is cutting up to 30,000 workers, and Target, 1,800. These pink slips are being dropped largely on white-collar positions. The thinking is that artificial intelligence ...
Here we go again. Socialism is making a comeback, according to friend and foe alike. A new NBC poll now suggests that a majority of registered voters don’t like capitalism. A Gallup poll in September also found that support for capitalism was slipping. A Data for Progress poll around the ...
I had worried for some time that Trump would impose an authoritarian government. I no longer need to worry that might happen. He has done it. He has taken steps to create a one party system. He ignores Congress. He says he could ignore court orders if he disagrees with them. He deploys ...
To the editor, I tried one opinion while texting with friends about the U.S. administration and 2 of 3 really seemed to like it. So I thought I would share it with more. The idea is this: I tend to separate people into “builders” and “destroyers.” I think that man’s ferocious anger ...
As America grapples with rising political extremism and voter disillusionment, a quiet legal revolution is brewing — and Kansas is at the center of it. On Oct. 17, the University of Kansas hosted a symposium on how state constitutions and courts can uphold democracy amid federal uncertainty. ...
When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of any official observance of “cultural awareness” months in the military service, I immediately wondered what it would mean for the legacy of Milton Olive. In case you didn’t know, Milton Lee Olive III was the first Black ...