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James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the issues surrounding, and the anger resulting from, the move by President Joe Biden, the self proclaimed “most pro union president,” to use a nearly 100 year old law to undercut railway unions in order to avert a national rail strike as the holidays approach. (01:42). The guys also react to some recent comments made by Michelle Obama about marriage, including what comes along with making one work, and consider why some seemed thrown off by some of her insight (39:09).
Senate votes to avert national rail strike by forcing agreement between unions, employers (ABC News)
How an arcane 96-year-old law stopped the rail strike (CNN)
After forcing rail deal, Biden works to smooth over labor relations (WaPo)
Contagion Nation 2020: United States Still the Only Wealthy Nation without Paid Sick Leave (CEPR)
What other countries offer workers that the US just doesn't (Today)
Michelle Obama Said There Is "Discomfort" In Marriage And Threw The Internet Into A Frenzy (Yahoo)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business,” the 1985 book that...
Another named variant of the 2019 coronavirus has emerged, and James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the emerging Omicron variant, society’s initial reaction to...
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Yuval Harari’s bestseller “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” a book that tracks the growth and development of...