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This type of labor suppression is a major reason wages have not kept pace with productivity gains for the past 45 years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

“If you are a major agricultural producer, then you have a vested interest, as does your insurer, to make sure that you don’t have catastrophic floods,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

We also saw the debut of Poetic Kinetics’ “Escape Velocity,” a.k.a. the Coachella astronaut, and the mirrored “Reflection Fields” by Phillip K. Smith among the festival’s major art installations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The New York Times published a major feature on him in February.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The facts might point to no cure, but if scientists let every obstacle get in their way, then there’d never be any major scientific discoveries.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas