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Week of April 17th
Stories from the week you don't want to miss!
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From left, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Secretary of State
Antony Blinken, and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai are
seated before the start of the U.S.-European Union Trade and Technology
Council Strategic Discussion, December 5, 2022, in College Park,
Maryland.
Big Tech Lobbyists Explain How They Took Over Washington
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In a research paper by Wendy Li at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
tech lobbyists divulge how they redefined and reframed the concept of
digital trade such that policymakers view the industry's interests and
the country's as one and the same. Read David Dayen on how Silicon
Valley executes regulatory capture.
Returning to the Scene of the Great Police Riot
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In light of the Democratic National Committee's decision to convene in
Chicago in 2024, Harold Meyerson reflects on the police violence and
political turmoil that plagued the party's 1968 convention.
McCarthy's Losing Game of Debt Chicken
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy is continuing to call for unpopular deep cuts in
the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS and other social programs in
exchange for increasing the debt ceiling. The only person who can save
McCarthy from himself, Robert Kuttner explains, is Joe Biden.
Abortion Care in North Carolina Under Peril
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North Carolina is one of the few states left in the South that still
provides the right to an abortion. But former Democrat Rep. Tricia
Cotham's party switch has won the GOP a legislative supermajority that
can override vetoes from the state's Democratic governor. Read Ramenda
Cyrus on what this means for patients and providers.
Held Down By our Bootstraps
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In an interview with Kelly Candaele from Capital and Main, Alissa Quart
discusses her new book Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves From the
American Dream, on the ideology of American individualism and the
unmaking of the national mythology surrounding it.
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