Category: Politics
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‘The River’ and the limits of working class solidarity
“The River”, a 1984 film directed by Mark Rydell and starring Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson, is one of the more underrated political films of the 1980s. The story centers on Tom and Mae Garvey, Tennessee farmers who are barely holding onto their land during an economic crisis. As we begin, their farm is nearly…
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The traffic congestion con
The city of Springfield is going to toss $2M towards widening I-44 between 65 and Kansas Expressway. While 2 million is a drop in the bucket compared to theย proposed FY22 budget, we should probably expect the city and county will end up spending a lot more once the project is approved and construction begins in…