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October 24, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Old Man Trump Is So Desperate for a War, He’s Inventing Them Now
Donald Trump made up a war with America’s oldest ally, France.
October 23, 2024
Paige Oamek
McDonald’s Is Suffering After Trump’s Weird Staged Photo-Op Visit
McDonald’s keeps getting terrible news—including on its stock prices—after Donald Trump’s bizarre visit.
October 22, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Roasted for Failing to Even Fake Working at McDonald’s Right
The internet is having none of Donald Trump’s farce.
October 21, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Pathetic McDonald’s Stunt Backfires Spectacularly
Donald Trump’s entire “work at McDonalds” shtick was a staged photo-op—and his refusal to answer one major question is grabbing headlines.
October 16, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Is Getting Roasted for His Upcoming McDonald’s Stunt
Donald Trump’s crazed obsession with Kamala Harris’s past McDonald’s job is reaching new levels.
September 24, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Weirdly Escalates Obsession With Harris’s Old McDonald’s Job
Donald Trump just can’t get over the fact that Kamala Harris worked at McDonald’s.
November 28, 2023
Michael Tomasky
No, TikTok, Joe Biden Doesn’t Control the Price of a Quarter Pounder
What does the president of the United States have to do with the price of eggs? Nothing. But try telling that to social media.
October 3, 2022
Timothy Noah
California’s Tough New Fast Food Wage Law Is Exactly What Business Deserves
The private-sector solution—unionization—is usually preferable to regulation. But the business lobby hates unions more than big government.
January 24, 2022
Alex Park
The Fight for $15 Is Moving Beyond the Minimum Wage With a Bold New Idea
The union-led movement has a plan to give fast-food workers a say on the job. California could make it a reality.
September 1, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Happy Labor Day. Are Unions Dead?
An interview with Rich Yeselson, labor strategist and expert
March 29, 2010
Bradford Plumer
Too Much Trash? Try Giant Deodorant Guns
April 9, 2008
Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Will Cell Phones Kill You?
October 30, 2006
Zvika Krieger
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August 16, 2004
Ingrid Rowland
Pop Esoterica!
August 9, 2004
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