Matthew Yglesias
Writing a book: ONE BILLION AMERICANS; podcasting on THE WEEDS; blogging at https://t.co/5gESirESRH; proud owner of a non-conforming garage
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FedEx Goes Deep Into Mississippi Delta to Find Workers
FedEx is busing hundreds of employees four hours each day from Cleveland, Miss., to help sort packages at its air hub in Memphis, Tenn.
Matthew Yglesias
Fullish employment doesn’t solve everything but it does ameliorate an extremely wide range of problems.
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Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes
Listen to Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes episodes free, on demand. Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all)...
A banana duct-taped to a wall was sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami
Two of the three editions have been sold and last one is expected to go for $150,000.
Springfield, Mass., Fights Crime Using Green Beret Tactics
Two state troopers who were deployed in Iraq are using their counterinsurgency training for a program to combat drug and gang violence back home.
Finally, a scientific solution to the dreaded "poop splash"
Follow this advice and you will never experience it again.
Matthew Yglesias
"Using a high-speed camera and poop-shaped pieces of clay, Sandlin determines that smaller air cavities mean shorter jets of water. He also figures out a neat trick to make sure the jet formed by your poop doesn't shoot up high enough to hit you.”
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How Poverty Ends
Without a magic potion for economic growth, a developing country should try to raise living standards with the resources it already has.
Pete Buttigieg’s McKinsey problem, explained
Pete Buttigieg needs better answers on what he did at McKinsey — and who’s donating to his campaign and what they’re getting.
Mayor Rolls Out Long-Awaited Height Limit Elimination (Sorta) Plan
Mayor Kevin Faulconer, it turns out, is not actually proposing a citywide elimination of height limits near transit stations.
Should Transit Be Free?
Fare-free transit has lately been floated as a panacea for solving any number of society’s ills. But is it the best end goal for advocates and policymakers?
Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away
Away promised a company culture of travel and inclusion, but former employees say CEO Steph Korey uses the company values to get people to work harder and longer.
The Fight to Make Austin Affordable
On a brisk Saturday morning in November, a group of two dozen cyclists pauses in front of a four-story apartment complex in East Austin. The Terrace at Oak Springs, run by the nonprofit Integral Care, opened in September to provide …
Corbyn and Johnson failing to impress | YouGov
Even more Britons are engaged in politics than during the last election, but they do not like what they see and are unconvinced in either Corbyn or Johnson as leaders
How Janet Yellen can cure the "two steps forward, one step back" recovery
America needs a clear statement on interest rates and inflation.
How a Strong Job Market Has Proved the Experts Wrong
Conventional wisdom seems to have been too pessimistic about how much the economy could grow before setting off inflation. In hindsight, a costly mistake.
High-Speed Internet for All
When Bernie is president, every American household will have affordable, high-speed internet by the end of his first term.
Nationals owner says team can’t afford Strasburg and Rendon
In a sitdown interview with Donald Dell, Lerner said the “huge numbers” to sign Rendon and Strasburg will be too much for the defending World Series champions.
Mike Bloomberg's $ymbiotic Relationship With NY's GOP: 'We Agreed With Him On So Many Issues' - Gothamist
Over his three terms, Bloomberg personally donated more than $2 million to the State Senate Republican’s campaign committee.
Matthew Yglesias
"Over his three terms, Bloomberg personally donated more than $2 million to the State Senate Republican’s campaign committee … he also donated $75,000 to a campaign committee for the Independent Democratic Conference”
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Joe Biden still needs a better answer on Hunter and Ukraine
He doesn’t want to throw his son under the bus, but he probably should.
Matthew Yglesias
It’s super-easy to sympathize with Joe Biden for not wanting to criticize his son, but if you want to run for president, you’ve got to do what it takes.
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