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The Real Dope on Thoroughbred Racing
The Real Dope on Thoroughbred Racing

Why do so many thoroughbred race horses die inexplicably? CNN correspondent Katie Bo Lillis investigates the dark underbelly of America’s oldest organized sport.

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Ira WoodJuly 15, 2025Comment
The Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence
The Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence

Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Gary Rivlin breaks down the furious competition between Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Musk to control the market for the world’s hottest technology.

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Ira WoodJuly 8, 2025Comment
A Love Affair That Can't Escape History
A Love Affair That Can't Escape History

In The Scrapbook. a highly praised first novel by critic Heather Clark, the love affair between a German and an American student is confounded by the legacy of the Holocaust.

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Ira WoodJuly 7, 2025Comment
The Battle for Power at the Top of the World
The Battle for Power at the Top of the World

As glaciers melt, a 400 year-old quest is on again: the race to find a navigable sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic.

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Ira WoodJuly 1, 2025Comment
How The American Left Lost the Working Class
How The American Left Lost the Working Class

According to social inequality scholar Joan C. Williams, the Dems blew the 2024 election because they neglected the key issue: the elites versus the working class.

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Ira WoodJune 24, 2025Comment
What Chefs Eat at Home When Cooking Feels Impossible
What Chefs Eat at Home When Cooking Feels Impossible

Sliced pineapple on white with mayo? Ramen with American cheese? Chef / food critic Margaret Eby says your shelves may be empty and your time may be short but you still gotta eat.

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Ira WoodJune 16, 2025Comment
The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary

Rosemary Woodruff inspired Timothy Leary’s writings, raised his children, broke him out of prison, and cared for him in exile. Susannah Cahalan reflects on her forgotten legacy.

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Ira WoodJune 16, 2025Comment
What If Everything We Thought We Knew About Violence Was Wrong?
What If Everything We Thought We Knew About Violence Was Wrong?

Criminology prof Jens Ludwig has studied the data. Imprisoning people and creating anti-poverty programs are not working to stop random gun killings. You'll be surprised what does.

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Ira WoodJune 16, 2025Comment
How the Baristas Unionized Starbucks
How the Baristas Unionized Starbucks

Jaz Brisack was a salt, an undercover organizer embedded in a corporation with the intention of starting a union. Here’s how they helped organize Starbucks.

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Ira WoodJune 15, 2025Comment
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