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Some publications treat the 2024 election like a horserace — it’s all about who is up and who is down. Popular Information follows the money. Here are a few highlights from our reporting over the last month:
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A historic victory for unions
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
On April 19, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that workers at a Volkswagen auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. The union won by a
Columbia University protests and the lessons of "Gym Crow"
Monday, April 22, 2024
In the early morning hours of April 30, 1968, then-Columbia University President Grayson Kirk summoned the NYPD to arrest hundreds of student protestors. About 1000 police officers arrived on campus
Senate nominee bankrolled by far-right activist trashing MLK and the Civil Rights Act
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Last month, Bernie Moreno won the Republican nomination for US Senate in Ohio. Moreno benefited from an early endorsement from Turning Point Action, the far-right activist group founded by Charlie Kirk
Meet the people spending $800,000 or more to make Trump the next president
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was recently found liable for sexual assault, and has been charged with 88 felonies. Trump is currently spending four days a week at the
Who pays on Tax Day
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Yesterday was the last day for Americans to file their 2023 taxes on time. What is the biggest difference between Tax Day this year and Tax Day in 1980? Millionaires pay a lot less. Between 1945 and
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