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Inside the plan for a massive WA insulation plant to spin molten rock like cotton candy
Author: Wendy Culverwell, Tri-City Herald

KENNEWICK — A proposed manufacturing plant southeast of the Tri-Cities will make building insulation by crushing stone, melting it and spinning the lava-like material in an industrial-strength cotton candy maker.

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Atlantic hurricane season winding up, but experts warn it’s not finished
Author: Alex Harris, Miami Herald

After catching its breath, the Atlantic hurricane season appears ready to roar again, just in time for the peak of what is still expected to be one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record.

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Will you be voting for ‘The Bear’? Show nominated for 23 awards after second season
Author: Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times

“The Bear” won 10 Emmys for its first season, including comedy series, writing and directing along with honors for actors Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

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How John Legend and Sufjan Stevens found the ‘emotional wisdom’ in children’s music
Author: Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Two decades after the release of his debut album, John Legend was at a point where children’s music was probably inevitable.

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It’s a tough time for college presidents, but Tania Tetlow thrives as a trailblazer at Fordham
Author: DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Tania Tetlow has earned a reputation as a trailblazer. She became the first woman and first layperson to serve as president of two Jesuit schools — first at Loyola University New Orleans and now at Fordham University in New York City.

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Seattle Times Politics

Why this WA Republican is featured in a $50M pro-Kamala Harris ad campaign
Author: Jim Brunner

A Washington woman recorded a homemade testimonial for a $50 million national ad campaign by ex-Trump voters who say they're now supporting Kamala Harris.
Burien faces another homelessness lawsuit, this one about religion
Author: Anna Patrick

This marks the fifth lawsuit Burien is involved in connected to the city’s efforts to limit unsheltered homelessness.

DemocracyNow!

"Donald Trump Is a Scab": UAW President Shawn Fain Hails Kamala Harris & Attacks Corporate Greed
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

We end our Labor Day special with Shawn Fein, the president of the United Auto Workers. In August, he addressed the Democratic National Convention. Midway through his speech, Fain took off his jacket to show that he was wearing a T-shirt that read “Trump is a scab.”

Legendary Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey: One of Her Last Interviews on Strategies for Workers to Win
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

As part of our Labor Day special, we remember the longtime labor organizer and scholar Jane McAlevey, who died in July at the age of 59. She dedicated her life to empowering rank-and-file workers, training tens of thousands around the world to effectively strengthen their unions. She gave one of her last interviews to Democracy Now! in April after she announced she was entering hospice. “We like to win,” says McAlevey, “and we like to teach workers how to win. What are the methods? What is it we can do?”

Labor Day Special Featuring Howard Zinn & Voices of a People's History of the United States
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

In 1980, historian Howard Zinn published his classic work, A People’s History of the United States. The book would go on to sell over a million copies and change the way many look at history in America. We begin today’s special with highlights from a production of Howard Zinn’s Voices of a People’s History of the United States, where Zinn introduced dramatic readings from history. We hear Alfre Woodard read the words of labor activist Mother Jones and Howard’s son Jeff Zinn read the words of an IWW poet and organizer Arturo Giovannitti.

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