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Italian Hot Dish in the Kitchen
Hamilton Nolan (In These Times) reports:The fast food industry, one of the most ubiquitous low-wage employers in America, has been notoriously immune to unions. For nearly a decade, the Fight For $15...
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Chicken In A Pot in the Kitchen
What the heck is a bacon rasher? I wondered that when I saw that in the recipe Anna e-mailed asking me to highlight. A bacon rasher is a very thin slice of bacon.  This recipe requires a microwave...
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I'm seeing a lot of interesting stories at In These Times lately. For example, this is from an article by Kip Dooley:Â On Madeline Island, an ancestral homeland of the Anishinaabe people, fresh food is...
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Nurses strike
At WSWS, Ben Oliver reports:On September 1, the strike by the nurses of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, became the longest in state history. The strike remains at an impasse after...
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Jimmy Williams Jr.
Important article at In These Times by Mindy Isser:Â September 1, Jimmy Williams Jr. officially became the president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT). At 43, he is the...
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Finian Cunningham
I'm just going to note this from Finian Cunningham (Information Clearing House):But since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, the US has gone into hyper-war mode. Twenty years ago, the invasion and...
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Richard Wolff
Richard Wolff is an economist I note from time to time. I want to note two videos of his this go round. First, here he is on the economy and manufacturing. Second, here he is on the obstacles with...
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Slow Cooker Roast in the Kitchen
Gloria e-mailed to note the temperature outside is going down a bit and it's the perfect time to pull out the crockpot. She recommends this slow cooker recipe for roast from Taste of Home:Ingredients1...
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Huevos Rancheros in the Kitchen
Barbara e-mailed regarding Huevos Rancheros. She found a recipe that seemed easy to her and this is it: Ingredients:Tortillas– white corn tortillas are traditional but you can use small flour as...
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This is the opening of Luis Felize Leon's article at Jacobin:Two thousand Washington carpenters went on strike on Thursday, out of 6,600 who currently work under the master agreement with the...
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A better way
Gabriel Rodriguez (Jacobin) delivers the not-at-all-surprising news about Joe Biden:According to Washington’s most practiced specialists, the South China Sea is now the frontline of the twenty-first...
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The General Strike Summit
 That's Fred Hampton Leftists discussing the upcoming General Strike Summit, which is a three day conference in November (12th through 14th) to discuss how to carry out a successful general strike. ....
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WSWS?
Trina, several of you have written, are you ever going to highlight WSWS again?Hmm. I thought I would have already. But when I do check, they haven't written anything of value. Maybe I'm too harsh? As...
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Remember Hollywood Squares?
In 1998, as Whoopi Goldberg's film career as a leading lady was over, she returned to television where she'd already failed once in a sitcom (Baghdad Cafe) and once as the host of her own self-titled...
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Will mandates create healthcare worker shortages?
NPR's Morning Edition had an interesting story today: Â When Pam Goble first heard that President Biden was mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers, she had one thought: It's about...
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The problem is the employers not the employees
We were never all in this together. At the start of the pandemic, some outlets made PSAs telling us that we were all in this together -- I remember an especially annoying one that aired on channel...
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Corruption
Put me on the list with Elaine, Ava and C.I. as someone truly bothered by Aaron Mate's lackadaisical response to corruption -- see Ava and C.I.'s "TV: We ain't gettin' no higher" and Elaine's "Listen...
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Slow-Cooker Mexican Beef Stew in the Kitchen
 Lou Ann e-mailed to note a slow cooker recipe that she feels is perfect for fall. She found this at the Betty Crocker website:Ingredients2lb beef stew meat 1can (28 oz) Muir Glen™ organic diced...
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Low Carb Eggplant Gratin
Genie loves low carb and keto recipes. She notes this recipe for Low Carb Eggplant Gratin:Ingredients2 lbseggplant2 (8 oz.)yellow onions2 tbsp butter or olive oil, for frying5½ oz. feta cheese1 tbsp...
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The Pandora Papers
The Pandora Papers? They're in the news. Reuters explains:Â The Czech prime minister, the king of Jordan and the chairman of India's biggest conglomerate were among global figures denying wrongdoing on...
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