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UAW victories at GM: Harold Meyerson; Public Power in Maine: Bill McKibben; "The Forgotten Girls": Katha Pollitt
UAW victories at GM: Harold Meyerson; Public Power in Maine: Bill McKibben; "The Forgotten Girls": Katha Pollitt
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
The UAW won a historic victory when GM agreed that workers in EV and battery factories would be convered by the union contract. Harold Meyeson comments on that, and on Israel’s war with Hamas.Plus: Voters in Maine will decide next month whether to turn the state’s private utilities public. If that happens, it would be a huge step toward dealing with the climate crisis, and a model for other states. Bill McKibben will explain.Also: Two girls grew up in the 1980s and ’90s in a small town in Arkansas. One made it out and became a successful journalist and writer; her best friend, who had been super smart as a kid, fell into drugs, getting pregnant too young, and petty crime. How did their lives turn out to be so different? Katha Pollitt talks about the wonderful new memoir by Monica Potts, The Forgotten Girls.
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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