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The earnings of America’s largest corporations — the S&P 500 — surged by an astounding 53% over the past year. But most Americans are losing ground. Wages have barely risen — yet a tomato today costs 40% more than it did just a year ago. Gas now costs an average of more than $4.50 a gallon. RentingContinue Reading

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Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, following a recent federal law. Now, as schools gearContinue Reading

‘plastivan’-101:-when-plastic-companies-write-the-lesson-plans

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English, history, biology. But there’s another subject that’s been sneaking into school curricula: plastics. A new report fromContinue Reading

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The U.S. Army has committed to a million small drones by 2028. The Department of Defense has not decided who will authorize how they fire. That is not a materiel gap. The volume is on order; Nvidia’s latest earnings guidance says the compute to run it is on the way.Continue Reading