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General strike edition
What if we don't need to shed 'the blood of tyrants' to save the country? What if we just stopped working for them?
Essays
Labor strikes are a regular fact of life across Europe - why not the U.S.?
Life in Berlin
Despite its current reputation as a place to party, elements of the district's left-wing, working-class history remain
Personal
Keeping up with the Joneses at college
Labor strikes are a regular fact of life across Europe - why not the U.S.?
Despite its current reputation as a place to party, elements of the district's left-wing, working-class history remain
What low taxes and no "burdensome" regulations gets you in the long run
Why that's a false dichotomy
Think long and hard about how what this could lead to.
On loving and leaving the United States
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And other things I'm writing and reading this week
Finding immigrant role models to guide my journey
A new wave of immigrant narratives tell the human stories behind the numbers.
What low taxes and no "burdensome" regulations gets you in the long run
Beware that 'rogue' account behind the curtain - it may be disinformation
On Saturday, the best and the worst elements in America were both on display. Sadly, the worst appears to be winning.
There are some fantastic writers on this platform - if you know where to look
Reddit is not reality
Many U.S. universities depend on international student tuition to stay afloat - what happens now?
The powerful escape responsibility while the real heroes are erased.
My favorite sites on the platform.
I can't be the only one who really remembers 2016, right?