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Enter Our Raffle To Win A Visit And Home-Cooked Meal From Drew Magary

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Ray Ratto

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA - JULY 11: NBA athlete Steph Curry tees off from the second hole during the final round of the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe South golf course on July 11, 2020 in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

American Century Championship – Final Round

Steph Curry, Crypto Cornball

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Laura Wagner

Future Of Film Panel: Stories By Numbers – 2014 Tribeca Film Festival

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WGA East Council Slate Edits Platform After Everyone Gets Mad At Them

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An eviction notice is posted and the lock is changed on a residence in the unincorporated community of Galloway on March 3, 2021 west of Columbus, Ohio.

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The U.S. Is Failing Tenants, And It’s About To Get Even Worse

NCAA president Mark Emmert listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “NCAA Athlete NIL (name, image, and likeness) Rights” on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress hopes to pass legislation on NIL compensation at the federal level before it takes effect in several states across the country on July 1.

Death To The NCAA

NCAA Decides That Someone Else Can Pay Its Unpaid Athletes

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Check Out The Drama At This Hip Cookware Company, And Then Confront The Sucking Void At The Heart Of The Global Economy


<p>Amy Pedulla is a writer and audio producer. She can be reached at pedullaa@gmail.com.</p>


Amy Pedulla

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Inside The Fight To Unionize CorePower Yoga

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Patrick Redford

It's Jamie Dimon, America's finance boss.

The Bosses Are At It Again

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/PykeA">Alan Pyke</a> is a former ThinkProgress Leftist Hack turned former Bernie Sanders 2020 Leftist Flack. His writing <em>has</em> appeared but it goes to another school, in Canada, you wouldn’t know it.</p>


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Finally, Trading Cards Commemorating The Dumbest Year In American History

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Clubhouse Is Loud, Incoherent, And Packed With Suckers

<p>Lia Russell is a freelance labor journalist from San Francisco. More work can be found at <a href="https://liaruss.com/">liaruss.com</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/liaoffleash">@LiaOffLeash.</a></p>


Lia Russell

DoorDash Raises Estimate For Initial Public Offering

When Gig Workers Die On The Job, They Die Alone


<p>Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.</p>


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Dan McQuade

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A CNBC Reporter Ruined My Lunch Plans: A Visit To The N.J. Deli Worth $100 Million

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A Cryptocurrency Expert Introduces Me To The Dystopian Nightmare Of Art As A Financial Instrument

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To Truly Appreciate The Elon Musk Tunnel Footage, You Must Hear It Set To Music

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How A “Deeply Progressive” Coffee Chain Is Trying To Crush Its Workers’ Union

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Inside The Chaotic, Quasi-Legal Marketplace For Personal Protective Equipment

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<div>Casey Taylor is a writer living and working in Pittsburgh. He is currently writing a book for St. Martin&#8217;s Press about cannabis religions, Haile Selassie I, and the Cold War in the Caribbean. He also writes a free newsletter called <a href="https://weedchurch.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://weedchurch.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709306863919000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mVH2xiID6S0zvlyj6yHco">Weed Church</a> covering foolish spiritual things that occur to him. His work has appeared in The New Republic, WIRED, New York Magazine, and a sports blog he can’t currently recall the name of. You can <a href="mailto:caseyt7@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">email</a> him if you’d like.</div>
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Casey Taylor

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In The Future Of Collecting, Is Anyone Having Fun?

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 20: A Nike logo is seen at the Nike flagship store on 5th Ave. on December 20, 2019 in New York City. Revenue in the North American market, which accounts for the majority of Nikes sales, rose 5% from a year ago. The company said its Jordan brand had its first ever billion-dollar quarter. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Nike Q2 Sales Rise 10 Percent As Air Jordan Brand Soars To $1 Billion Quarter

Prolific Sneaker Reseller Turns Out To Have A Mom Who’s An Executive At Nike

This is the screen you see when there are only 55,000 people ahead of you in line for a NBA Top Shot pack.

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A Short, Lucrative, And Depressing Journey Into NBA Top Shot

Spot competes at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Showcases Cutting Edge In Artificial Intelligence

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Boston Dynamics: Robot Cop Dog Should Not Be Used To Intimidate

The Telsa Cybertruck is on display at the recently reopened Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, July 1, 2020. - California Governor Gavin Newsom announced July 1, 2020 that the state would be shutting down indoor operations for restaurants, zoos, museums and several other sectors effective immediately due to concerns over the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

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Samer Kalaf

Team owner Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys talks with the media during a press conference at the Ford Center at The Star on January 08, 2020 in Frisco, Texas.

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Jerry Jones Finally Has Something Go His Way


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An Alienating Journey Through The Amazon Warehouse

Japan's SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son delivers a speech during a press briefing on the company's financial results in Tokyo on November 6, 2019. - Japanese giant SoftBank Group said Wednesday it suffered an operating loss of $6.4 billion in the second quarter, the worst in its history, taking a hit from investments in start-ups including WeWork and Uber. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

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The SPAC Gold Rush Is The Financial Bubble At Its Giddiest

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It’s All Made Up