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5 Songs That Define Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign for New York Mayor The upstart assemblyman spoke with Pitchfork about hip-hop classics, his everyday listening, and why he wants to be the Kendrick Lamar of affordability.

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The challenge of creating brains in a lab Lab-grown brains don’t have to inspire horror.

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Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, worked side gigs, and relied on free food programs to get by.

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[Fresh Air] The ‘Shadow President’ Dismantling The Government #freshAir
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“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

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Why car insurance costs have soared (and what drivers are doing about it) Car insurance premiums have increased at twice the rate of overall inflation. They've stabilized, at least for now, but more than half of Americans say the costs are painful.

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This is a really clear explanation of how companies like WalMart privatize their wins and socialize their losses.

They don’t pay their workers a living wage so their workers need SNAP. Then people use SNAP to buy food at WalMart.

American Capitalism is a racket and it’s time for a MAJOR overhaul.

Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka says U.S. revoked his visa after Trump criticism Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, believes his non-resident visa could have been rejected because he likened President Trump to a former Ugandan dictator.

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Graham Platner and the Online Rush to Judgment At some point, we have to recognize that we just don’t know about the Maine Senate candidate’s past motivations—or about much of anything else, either.

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Jack DeJohnette On Piano Jazz One of the most original, inventive and important drummers in recent jazz history, DeJohnette has provided rhythm for the likes of John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

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World's 10 richest people are $500 billion wealthier this year thanks to the AI boom The 10 wealthiest people on the planet are jointly worth around $2.5 trillion, as AI buzz has boosted tech stocks such a

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

Zohran Mamdani’s child care gamble Can the NYC mayoral race prove it’s a winning issue?

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'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

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Amazon lays off thousands of corporate workers as it spends big on AI Amazon has faced pressure from investors to tighten its finances as it spends big on the AI race. The company says it will cut 14,000 jobs, citing a goal of "reducing bureaucracy, removing layers."

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Wilco, Billy Bragg To Join Forces Again At Solid Sound The event will return June 26-28 to MASS MoCA in North Adams, Ma.

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Three dead as storm closes in on Jamaica One tourist tells the BBC:

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Socialists Are Key Leaders of the Anti-Trump Opposition The Democrats have failed to mount a serious response to Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. Their fecklessness has left the door open for democratic socialists like Zohran Mamdani to position themselves...

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Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales dies aged 93 Scales played hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil, in the classic British sitcom.

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A Confederate statue toppled in Washington, D.C., in 2020 has been reinstalled A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.

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"When the wealth of the nation will be in the hands of a few, then we must rely upon the wisdom of the best elements in the country to readjust the laws of the nation to the changed conditions." -U.S. founding father James Madison

Why not just cut to the chase and pull the plug on the networks entirely and send the reporters to go spit-polish boots at the white house

'Brothers in the forest' - the fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe Peru's Mashco Piro face a struggle to survive in the 21st Century, but locals want to help them.

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Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1 as the government shutdown drags on.

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Why Cameron Crowe wears 'uncool' as a badge of honor Crowe was just 15 years old when he became a music journalist in 1973. He had to talk his mom into letting him go on the road with bands. He chronicles his adventures in his new memoir, The Uncool.

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NPR lawsuit alleges Corporation for Public Broadcasting gave in to political pressure NPR is accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in federal court of reneging on a contract to appease the White House.

As NPR takes CPB to court, public media infighting spills into view www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

42 million people risk losing food aid as shutdown drags on www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...

Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows Executives at world’s biggest datacentre owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities

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NEA Jazz Master and legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette dies at 83 NEA Jazz Master and versatile drummer Jack DeJohnette dies at 83

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Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83 Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader

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Sports ticket prices are getting more expensive — and pricing out many fans For sports fans, there's nothing as exciting as going to see your team play. But what was once an affordable form of entertainment is becoming increasingly more expensive and pricing some loyal fans o...

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