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Georgia voter: I believed in Donald Trump. I just thought he was the greatest thing. But he's not here to help his people. I used to be a Republican because I believed in Christian values, and then I never saw them be Christian. Republicans care about themselves and less about people that have less.

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Georgia farmer: Rick Jackson does not care about environmental concerns. He has no stipulations on data centers, which are taking up land, resources, and energy. Keisha Lance bottoms exemplifies someone who's going to be concerned about the environment.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: "Diversity" in American Colleges

In the college context, "diversity" can mean a couple very different things. Neil Gross, sociology professor at Colby College in Maine, and author of What Happened to College?: How Politics Broke Higher Education and What We Can Do to Fix It (Simon & Schuster, 2026) and ...

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'Sleeper' Races Ahead of Election Day

Ben Max, host of the "Max Politics" podcast and executive editor and program director at New York Law School’s Center for New York City Law talks about the lower profile races ahead of Election Day, including for New York attorney general, comptroller and the Congressional races that are not getting as much attention as those in swingy districts like NY-17.

Photo: U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) speaks to reporters as she arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski via Getty Images)


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Is 'Workism' to Blame for the Falling Birthrate?

Anna Louie Sussman, New York Times contributing opinion writer and author of Inconceivable: The Impossibility of Family in an Age of Uncertainty talks about her new book that explores, through analysis and personal stories, the reasons for the falling birthrate, especially the effect of "workism," where jobs went from a career to a calling.

Photo: Nicole Coomber, a Phd management professor at the University of Maryland, returns home after retrieving her two young children from school and daycare, on March, 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)


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Halloween's History

As listeners share their costume plans, Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About History and Don't Know Much About Mythology, talks about the history of Halloween and of the Greenwich Village parade.

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(Sponsor) Filmlog: For the love of movies, now on the Mac

My thanks to Filmlog for sponsoring Six Colors this week.

Filmlog is the app for movie and cinema lovers — personal, offline and ad-free. Built by one person since 2013 and paid for by the people who use it, it arrived this week on the Mac as a native app, joining iPhone, iPad and a watchlist companion on Apple TV.…

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Introducing the moderation inbox

Starting today, the moderation inbox is available in beta in the Bluesky app.

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We Will Not Be Allowing Phones at This Year’s Wicker Man Ritual

Attention, all village residents and visitors to the Wicker Man festivities this upcoming weekend: We will enforce a strict “no phones” policy at this year’s ceremony. While we understand this may inconvenience some of you, please know this decision was made with the best in...

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Upstate New York Brothers Accused Of Trying To Kill In The Hudson Valley

State Police arrested two local residents in connection with an October shooting that sent a Stockport man to the hospital. Continue reading…

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New York’s New Memorial Will Remember One of History’s Darkest Chapters

New York is moving forward with a permanent tribute to one of history's darkest chapters, and the people who will help shape it have just been named. Continue reading…

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Three-Body Orbits

There are no generalized solutions to the three-body problem. Say you have three planets orbiting each other: it’s impossible to calculate how they will move using Newton’s laws of motion and gravity. Unlike the two-body problem, the three-body problem has no general clos...

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Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand

Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand

Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job.

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Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

Applying for FAFSA may get messy as DOJ “ghost student” crackdown ramps up.

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Analysts find looming launch crisis is "more severe" than anticipated

Analysts find looming launch crisis is "more severe" than anticipated

There's no evidence that Starship will launch traditional satellites, either.

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Reporter: What safeguards are in place to prevent excess force from immigration agents?

Markwayne Mullin: Well, excessive force will depend on the perpetrator

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Former GOP Rep: Trump really feeds off of his crowd. It's a big part of his identity, his ego. So to see the crowds dwindling, to see the ratings dropping, it really does feel like a twilight. And for someone of his nature, that has to be very difficult.

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Toyota reveals five new lifted Woodland concepts, including the bZ electric SUV

Toyota introduced a new family of lifted, “adventure-ready” Woodland concepts based on the RAV4, Grand Highlander, Sienna, Crown Signia, and bZ electric SUV.

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The Big Idea: Chris Gerrib

Bank robbers have always made for exciting characters, and author Chris Gerrib got inspired by a real life robbery while working at a bank. Hop in your getaway car for a drive through the Big Idea for The Third Person in the Room. CHRIS GERRIB: “They were alive when I left them.” That’s the first […]

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When the Cat Steals Your Chair

The sheer effrontery of this cat! I was planning to sit there! Does the cat not understand his place in a hierarchy! I suppose one might say that we have differing opinions about who is at the top. I will need to have a serious discussion with Saja about this. One of us buys the […]