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A Looming Execution Raises Questions of Race, Responsibility, and Rap

One juror recently stated, “It seemed to be an open and shut case.” During the punishment phase, where jurors in capital ...
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When the AI Cloud Comes for Texas Water

Legislators are (sort of) beginning to grapple with the grim costs that come with the state’s data center boom.
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Legislators are (sort of) beginning to grapple with the grim costs that come with the state’s data center boom. by Miranda Williamson.
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Starbucks Union

“We have an in everywhere. It's not hard to talk to other people that do the same thing that you do on a daily basis, and oftentimes they have the same grievances that you do." ...
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Making Coffee with a Candle—and Other Notes from a Cuba Gone Dark

Essays Making Coffee with a Candle—and Other Notes from a Cuba Gone Dark The Cuban government has been blaming the United States for its problems since 1959—sometimes rightly, sometimes not. At this ...
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As Contract Negotiations Drag On, Texas Starbucks Workers Have Learned the Power of Organizing

We have an in everywhere. It's not hard to talk to other people that do the same thing that you do on a daily basis, and ...