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Gov. Greg Abbott talks with Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly before a briefing on border security Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017 at the Texas Department of Public Safety regional headquarters in Weslaco, Texas. Secretary Kelly and Abbott toured the Texas border with Mexico in a helicopter following the briefing.      (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP, Pool) (AP)

Five dead in West Texas shooting

Matthew Rozsa

A shooting at a traffic stop in West Texas left 5 people dead and 21 injured; the shooter's motive remains unknown

FILE - In this March 14, 2019, file photo students walk on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

5 tips before taking out a student loan

David J. Nguyen, Katie N. Smith, Monnica Chan - The Conversation

About 1 in 10 student loan borrowers default on their student loans

(Shutterstock)

Summer heat can be a death sentence

Ella Fassler - In These Times

OHSA requires employers to protect workers from serious hazards, but those rules do not apply to state prisons

Members of 1199 Service Employees International Union march up Fifth Avenue in the annual Labor Day Parade in New York, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith) (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)

Hope for labor's future? Immigrants

Bob Hennelly

Labor unions have a mixed record on immigration — but most now understand that an alliance is necessary

(AP Photo/David Goldman)

Spending money on the wrong kind of ads

Liberty Vittert - The Conversation

Hillary Clinton may have lost to Donald Trump because she bought the wrong kind of ads

Get this toothbrush on major sale

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Blast away plaque at 35,000 strokes a minute.

Mo Brooks and Bret Stephens (Twitter/AP/Brynn Anderson)

Right's free-speech hypocrisy

Sophia Tesfaye

Bret "Bedbug" Stephens and Rep. Mo Brooks support free speech — but only as a tool for right-wing ideology

Shipping containers are unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, California on May 14, 2019. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump trade mayhem hurts working class

David Cay Johnston - DCReport

Truck drivers, railway workers and other blue-collar workers are bearing the brunt of his trade policies

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign rally at the Gerald W. Kirn Middle School on January 31, 2016 in Council Bluffs, United States. Trump and other presidential hopefuls are in Iowa trying to gain support and crucial votes for tomorrow's caucuses. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Social media metrics can be misleading

Joseph Cabosky - The Conversation

Online discussion doesn’t always accurately reflect the real political landscape.

This powerful speaker will last 9 hours

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This speaker's unique appearance is sure to stand out in your home, and its sound quality is unmatched

(Getty/ Antonio Guillem)

When I stopped orbiting men at work

Brooke Warner

So insidious is the gravitational pull to attend to men’s needs that to say no can feel like betrayal—or revolution

Confessions of a Carnivore (Salon / Ilana Lidagoster)

Confessions of a conflicted carnivore

Matthew Rozsa

A meat-heavy diet has left me riddled with health problems . . . and more than a few ethical dilemmas

Food stylist: Olivia Mack McCool. Prop stylist: Amanda Widis (Bobbi Lin / Food52)

A solo home cook's secret weapon

Eric Kim - Food52

The fatty, dreamy wonder of boneless, skin-on duck breasts.

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Learn how to make sriracha sauce at home

Eva Robild, Kerstin Rosengren

In Thailand, its country of origin, Sriracha is eaten primarily with different kinds of shellfish

James Franco and Daniel Sauli in "The Deuce" (HBO/Paul Shiraldi)

Smart Watch: Your pre-fall TV binge plan

Melanie McFarland

If you're not caught up on "The Deuce" and "The Good Place" before their season premieres, start watching now

Climeworks C02 Capture Device (Climeworks)

Tech won't save us from climate change

Keith A. Spencer

It's not hard to save the planet. But not if we insist on enriching entrepreneurs on the way

Charge all your devices in one for $35

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Eliminate the clutter in your life by going completely wireless.

A banana plantation in the village of San Jose, in the province Mindanao. Hundreds of families from the tribe of Manobo-Higaonon were displaced when their houses were demolished in July 2018 by local security men following a court order in favor of a businessman occupying 307 hectares of their ancestral domain. (Jeoffrey Maitem / Global Witness)

The toll of agribusiness

Greta Moran - Civil Eats

A new report details how agribusiness was the second deadliest sector for environmental defenders

(AP/Rick Bowmer)

Anxiety, your teen and social media

Jennifer Browne, Cody Buchanan

The cause of your teen’s anxiety may be completely unknown. But social media might be intensifying it

Students take part in a Climate March on April 12, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Educators urged to join climate strike

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams

The letter calls on educators to cancel classes and contribute to local actions on Sept. 20

Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden participates in a Presidential Candidates Forum at the NAACP 110th National Convention on July 24, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

President Joe Biden: Bad news for Dems?

Paul Rosenberg

Sure, the former veep is "better than Trump." But his presidency could sabotage the Democratic Party's future

(Harper Collins/Greywolf Press/Little, Brown and Company/Sarah Crichton Books)

September fiction you won't want to miss

Erin Keane, Ashlie D. Stevens

Five new books and one new in paperback to get your reading lists ready for September

(Getty/Kena Betancur)

New voting technologies don’t look ready

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute

Will "old school" early voting and vote by mail replace them?

Chinese President Xi Jinping; President Donald Trump (AP/Salon)

The trade war could be Trump's undoing

Dana Kennedy - DCReport

With Election Day just 14 months away, the Chinese leadership may try waiting him out

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