One family tells stories about fighting for freedom from Mississippi to Syria.
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Posted inPodcasts
The Trans Panic
Why are elite liberal reporters feeding a reactionary frenzy of hatred?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Hochul and Senate Clash on Public Power, With Utility Workers on the Sidelines
The New York Power Authority manages resources built half a century ago. But a plan to make it the vanguard of clean energy could be hamstrung by labor-environmentalist divisions.
Posted inLaw and Justice
‘Hot Spot’ Cops Killed Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Hochul Wants More in New York.
The controversial units have been responsible for high-profile killings and civil rights abuses in cities nationwide. Gov. Hochul doubled their state grant funding in New York—and wants to double it again.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Wall Street’s Big Bet on Rewiring America
Ithaca has put its Green New Deal in the hands of a green private equity fund, a private foundation, and a Goldman Sachs–backed software company.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Et Tu, Jared Polis?
Buses are not the answer to emergency migrant services and immigration policy reforms.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
John Deere Says Farmers Can Fix Their Own Tractors—Sometimes
It cuts a deal with a farmers’ group to forestall legislation requiring it to stop compelling farmers to come to Deere for all their repairs.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Getting Real on Crime and Punishment
Republicans and New York’s ‘Democratic’ mayor demagogue on the issue, even as many real Democrats fail even to engage it.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New York’s Chief Financial Regulator Promised Climate Action This Year. Where Is It?
Wall Street watchdog Adrienne Harris said her department would release climate change guidance for banks in 2022. She’s yet to publish a draft.
Posted inTransportation
Fare or Free?
Fare evasion and stepped-up enforcement reignite the debate on fareless transit. If going fare-free is the answer, then the question is: Who pays?