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Truck driver, Truck, Trade union, Whole Earth, Bus, Human

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On Jul 26, 2022
RT @jake_bittle: Stop what you're doing and read this essay by @Jasper_Craven. It's about him trucking a gigantic gorilla statue across the country in service of would-be crypto barons. I won't say anything else. Just read it. https://t.co/2SozKtTi89
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Banana Nation

Sapien Nation is eager to upend nettlesome American principles like rugged individualism, self-seriousness, and capitalism—or so they claim.

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On Jul 26, 2022
RT @jake_bittle: Stop what you're doing and read this essay by @Jasper_Craven. It's about him trucking a gigantic gorilla statue across the country in service of would-be crypto barons. I won't say anything else. Just read it. https://t.co/2SozKtTi89
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Banana Nation

Banana Nation

Sapien Nation is eager to upend nettlesome American principles like rugged individualism, self-seriousness, and capitalism—or so they claim.

Why Trucking Can’t Deliver the Goods

Why Trucking Can’t Deliver the Goods

The yearly turnover rate among long-haul truckers is 94 percent. And you wonder why you’re not getting your orders on time?

He Chased Silicon Valley Dreams Amid the Cannabis Boom. But Did His Ambition Lead to His Murder?

He Chased Silicon Valley Dreams Amid the Cannabis Boom. But Did His Ambition Lead to His Murder?

Tushar Atre aimed his money and his talents at revolutionizing cannabis extraction. Two years in, he was dead--leaving behind a cloud of questions about the true nature of America's newest ...

On Floating Upstream

On Floating Upstream

In a review of Markoff’s biography of Stewart Brand, W. Patrick McCray notes that Brand’s ability to recognize and cleave to power explains a great deal of his career....

Krugman Needs a Lesson on Why Truckers Are Paid Less Now than in the 1970s

Krugman Needs a Lesson on Why Truckers Are Paid Less Now than in the 1970s

To put it another way, the ICC regulated trucking in the same way it did passenger airlines and railroads and, not surprisingly, many of the gains fell to the

This Is America #67: In the Face of the Storm

This Is America #67: In the Face of the Storm

Welcome, to This Is America, April 6th, 2019. On this show we feature an interview with someone from Wounded Knee, which is located within the Pine Ridge reservation, on Oglala Lakota land, ...

Convoy Co-Founder Gets Straight Talk From Drivers On His Trucking Reality Road Trip

Convoy Co-Founder Gets Straight Talk From Drivers On His Trucking Reality Road Trip

Convoy co-founder and CXO Grant Goodale wanted some straight talk from commercial truckers on their concerns. So he spent about 1,200 miles on the road riding with A truckin' social media ...

In Memory of David Bensman, 1949–2020

In Memory of David Bensman, 1949–2020

We remember longtime Dissent editorial board member David Bensman.

Hitting the road

Hitting the road

Why a growing subset of the van life community is converting school buses into homes