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Knoxville Is Building The Biggest Community-Owned Broadband Network In U.S. History

2 years 6 months ago
Knoxville, Tennessee is making progress on an ambitious, $700 million plan to deliver $65 gigabit fiber connections to every last city resident. With no usage caps, weird fees, or long-term contracts. Once completed, the city-owned fiber network, run through the city’s existing city-owned electrical utility, will be the biggest community-owned broadband network in the U.S. […]
Karl Bode

Teamsters authorize strike at Anheuser-Busch

2 years 6 months ago
A strike is set for 2024 if Anheuser-Busch fails to negotiate a new agreement with their employees, according to the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee. Around 99% of the brewery's unionized workers reportedly voted in favor of the strike. Anheuser-Busch is a unit of Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), which has its North American headquarters in St. Louis. The members of the union are demanding the following changes: improved wages protection of jobs secure healthcare retirement…
Genell Reynolds, Annie Krall and Hunter Bassler

Brilliant and Searing, The Iron Claw Isn't Just Another Sports Movie

2 years 6 months ago
How many different sports movies am I summing up in this one sentence? “Against all odds, an athlete claws their way to the top.” Based on a true story or not, this narrative trope has always been a key component of the subgenre and its seemingly limitless appeal. 
Kayla McCulloch