“China is the major producer of solar panels, and it relies heavily on imports of high-quality quartz from Spruce Pine.” www.npr.org/2024/09/30/n...

A tiny town just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry

Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

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Trump or Harris – who proposed it? Take our US economy policy quiz

The economy is one of the election’s major issues – but do you know which policy was put forth by which candidate?

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Sabor Judío | Ilan Stavans | University of North Carolina Press

Sabor Judío celebrates the delicious fusion of two culinary traditions, Jewish and Mexican. Written with joy and verve, Ilan Stavans and Margaret Boyle’s ...

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“Pres. LBJ had asked Bayh to work on reforming the electoral college, but after studying it, he decided it couldn’t be reformed & had to be abolished.” Read the whole story in this article! Spoiler alerts: George Wallace. Easily cleared the House. Strom Thurmond. Filibuster. 3/3

“1st, he wrote the 25th Amendment, which outlines rules for presidential replacement due to incapacitation... Later, he did the same w the 26th Amend., lowering the voting age to 18. He also wrote the Equal Rights Amend., which fell just short of ratification in the 1970s. 2/3

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Of the 700 attempts to fix or abolish the electoral college, this one nearly succeeded

In 1969, Congress almost approved a constitutional amendment to get rid of the electoral college. Instead the body will meet Dec. 14 to ratify Joe Biden’s election, despite President Trump’s refusal t...

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