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Author: Erik Loomis

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Bill Clinton enacted the Northwest Forest Plan in 1993. This marked the logical ending point for the Northwest Timber Wars between environmentalists and the timber industry that had riven the region for the previous 20 years. This closed most national forest land with old-growth timber...

Silicosis Rule

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On March 25, 2016

Another day, another great move by Obama's Department of Labor. The Department of Labor is issuing a long-awaited and controversial rule Thursday aimed at better protecting workers from inhaling silica.

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It would be nice to not have to talk about a white working class in the United States. I would love to just talk about the working class, where it wouldn't really matter if they were white, black, or Latino because they would have interests...

On Peeps

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On March 25, 2016

It's always good to have a union-based holiday. So here's a list of union-made candy, usefully provided by UFCW. Support your brothers and sisters by shopping union-made this Easter! pic.twitter.com/6iXOeQ4No9—.

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Public Squares

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In General
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On March 24, 2016
Michael Kimmelman on the glory of public squares, which we people desperately need and adore when they have them. Using New York, Palestine, and Berlin as examples, Kimmelman explores the different ways people respond to these spaces. Within the United States, the awful suburbanization of...
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