The Growing Overlap Between The Far-Right And Environmentalism

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Oil Prices Are Up and American Workers Are Feeling the Pinch

Anytime tensions are high in the Middle East, oil prices can be expected to spike. So a war in the region is pretty much guaranteed to mean higher prices at the pump. And that is particularly painful for anyone whose living depends on what it costs to fill up. Host Scott Detrow s ...  Show more

Cory Booker wants Democrats to 'Stand' and fight

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has a new book.Unlike much of his public speaking of late – like his record-breaking 25-hour Senate floor speech – it isn’t directly about the politics of the current moment.It’s an argument for civic ideals – for ten virtues he sees as critical to Ameri ...  Show more

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