‘Affordability crisis’: How the Western housing crisis spiralled aje.news/0t3l37 via @aljazeera.com #HousingCrisis
‘Affordability crisis’: How the Western housing crisis spiralled
Rising rents and prices outpacing wages provoke global debate: Is housing a basic right or an investment asset?
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Keith Boykin posted this in 2022 #CivilRightsAct was weakened, not by one mistake, but by decades of GOP court strategy and Democratic missteps, missed Supreme Court retirements, backfiring procedural choices, and weak responses to broken norms which let Republicans reshape the Court.
Perspective | Biden waited too long to engage on voting rights. It’ll cost him — and voters.
The White House didn't jump into the fight until this stage of it was nearly over
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My continued little war to elevate fitness simplicity and effectiveness for realistic health outcomes over hyped up fat loss approaches that are long on hype, short on sustainability. The current adult obesity rate in America is approximately 40.3%, according to the CDC.
Why Walking Was Buried Under the HIIT Hype
After recently finishing my The Truth About Calories in 5 Glasses, an article simply explaining how caloric intake impacts how you gain or…
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Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
The new @lastweektonight.com piece on juvenile incarceration featured several @ProPublica stories. First up was our 2021 investigation with @wpln.bsky.social about young Black kids in Tennessee jailed for a crime that doesn't exist: www.propublica.org/article/blac...
Buyer beware. Olympic-style movements at the pace of many of these Fitness Extreme-istan Cults (FECs) are not built for everyone. In many instances, it's a one-way ticket to snap city. #fitness #exercise
The Dangers of Fitness Extreme-istan
Pushing fitness to the extreme can backfire — here’s why obsession with “hardcore” training may be doing more harm than good.
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NEW: Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one Cambodian factory tests this claim. With @oregonian.com
Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.
Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one…
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My latest hip-hop piece from @aljazeera.com on the roots of political hip hop lyricism. Big shout out to linguist Alia Chughtai, Valentin Werner, Eric Arnold, and Zak Young for contributing to this piece. #hiphop
From beats to ballots: What political rap lyrics tell us
Hip-hop’s political evolution: From coded resistance to modern social commentary amplifying unheard voices.
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Democrats still can’t read the “political room”. Stephen A. Smith brings the #truthrazors
Stephen A. Smith Blunt Take About Donald Trump, Democrats and Running For President
YouTube video by Pod Save America
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
Very detailed analysis of what possibly happened. Very sad and tragic.
Analyzing the Mid-Air Collision Over the Potomac: A Detailed Examination of ATC Communications
YouTube video by Captain Steeeve
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There’s a bit of copium from Chris Murphy but this conversation is super interesting.
#529 | Senator Chris Murphy: Can Economic Populism Win the Working Class? - The Realignment Podcast
YouTube video by The Realignment
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"...19 million people who voted for President Joe Biden in 2020 but did not vote in 2024, nearly a third named Israel's U.S.-backed war on Gaza as a top reason for staying home." — Julia Conley via @commondreams.org @today.yougov.com
STUN POLL: Gaza COST Kamala Election
YouTube video by Breaking Points
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It's called the TOKYO Resilience Project. Maybe America can learn something from this project.
The Insane Scale of Tokyo’s Disaster Megaplan
YouTube video by The B1M
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Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound from the West African coast to North America in late 1859.
Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
Her name at birth was Abake – meaning ‘born to be loved by all’ among the Tarkar people of Western Africa.
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My latest labeler is finally working! What it shows for each politician - 3 labels for the top corp donators - 3 labels for the top industries that donate to them Subscribe to this labeler to be more aware of the interests our politicians represent 🚀 bsky.app/profile/us-g...
Great post election analysis. The 2024 Election and Polling Controversies: A Conversation with John Couvillon
The 2024 Election and Polling Controversies: A Conversation with John Couvillon
YouTube video by Quantus Insights
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