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This op-ed questions the Federal Reserve's quarter-point rate increase under Kevin Warsh, arguing that moderating core inflation and supply-side factors make the move hard to justify. It warns that higher credit costs could harm small businesses and working families while doing little to address energy-driven inflation.
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A photo essay profiles workers at Chennai's Kasimedu fishing harbor, focusing on aging basket men and a former fisherman who describe dangerous, low-paid labor, personal tragedy, and an overcrowded port. It emphasizes their precarious livelihoods, limited rights, and love for the sea.
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An exclusive look at a Houston training site under the Meta-backed America’s Workforce Academy, a $115 million initiative with Associated Builders and Contractors to prepare blue-collar workers for AI data center construction. The piece highlights the program as a response to a 349,000 construction worker shortage fueling the AI infrastructure buildout.
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Coal miners suffering from black lung disease are facing long delays and appeals in obtaining federal benefits as cases reach a nearly 50-year high. The Trump administration is simultaneously moving to boost coal and has delayed a federal silica dust rule. Families describe a grueling process in which coal operators appeal approved benefits.
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An op-ed argues that the economic value of a college degree is declining as the wage premium shrinks, enrollment falls, and higher education costs remain inflated by inefficiency and ideological capture. It contends that market forces and vocational alternatives are exposing colleges' poor cost-benefit proposition.
U.S. childcare costs are described as astronomical, leading more families to rely on grandparents for regular care. The article profiles families and cites experts who say a lack of affordable, flexible childcare infrastructure is driving the trend.
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The article interviews Americans who fear AI will eliminate jobs, while emphasizing new research and economic data suggesting AI adoption has not caused major layoffs. It juxtaposes public anxiety with a reassuring labor-market narrative and a linked headline criticizing Democratic warnings about an AI job apocalypse.
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BBC Sport is preparing to announce restructuring and redundancies, with voluntary redundancy expected and some staff considering strike action. The cuts follow prior reductions and program cancellations, amid internal division over the department's direction.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2319, creating a new tax credit for post-production film and TV work, alongside changes to the state’s existing incentive program. The new credit is smaller than originally proposed but aims to keep entertainment jobs from leaving California amid industry competition.
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A GAO report found the Trump administration spent about $6.7 billion on paid administrative leave tied to DOGE buyouts, with paid leave usage jumping 435 percent in 2025. Democratic lawmakers and federal-worker advocates call the buyouts wasteful and poorly planned, while the administration says the one-time costs yield annual savings from a smaller workforce.
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An opinion column argues that AI and software automation are displacing white-collar workers, eroding bargaining power, and threatening middle-class economic stability while corporations profit. It rejects retraining platitudes and corporate rhetoric, framing ordinary workers as victims of an economic transition driven by employers.
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The Detectives Endowment Association rolled out a 38-foot mobile medical clinic to screen NYC detectives for heart and other health problems at precincts. The program was inspired partly by Bronx Det. Juan Rodriguez, who died of a heart attack days before retirement, and also cites 9/11-related cancers among union members. The union says the checkups are covered by detectives' healthcare with no co-pay.