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On September 19, 1977, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company shut down its operations, laying off approximately 4100 workers. This event, which became known as Black Monday, was emblematic of the deindustrialization decimating the Youngstown economy and dooming it and cities like it to long-term...

Tribal Contracts

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On September 18, 2015

Still from The Exiles, Kent MacKenzie’s 1961 film about Native Americans leaving their reservations and moving to Los Angeles. I'm glad the Obama administration settled a lawsuit brought by Native.

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George W. Bush Kept Us Safe!

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On September 18, 2015
With notably rare exceptions. And then there's Katrina. Has any president made the United States less safe than Bush? Buchanan? Madison? I'm sure Jeb! would do his best to join this select company... ...a good question: would you rather trust the Donald with the nuclear...
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IPAs in Europe

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On September 18, 2015
I have long stated that the European beer scene is largely disastrous. Even in Belgium, everyday people drink Coors Light and Carlsberg. This awful situation includes Ireland, where every bar serves the exact same 6 mostly bad beers. Guinness is ubiquitous of course, but I...
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Manchin

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On September 17, 2015
Joe Manchin is as close to useless as a Democrat can get. I get that he has to survive in the intensely racist and right-wing climate of West Virginia. And I get that any Republican who replaces him will be even worse. But sometimes you...

WAGE Act

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On September 17, 2015

The United States has not passed comprehensive labor law reform that was pro-worker since 1938. 77 years is a long time. Democrats are now proposing a law to change that..

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