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Some workers start at as low as $17 at Boeing, though it is one of the world's largest defense contractors (Sophie Hurwitz)

Will Defense Dollars Keep Flowing to Fighterland, USA?

A picket line in St. Louis becomes a window into America’s shrinking defense jobs — and the growing debate over who they serve.

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  • For a century, the weapons industry has helped shape St. Louis — from the McDonnell Douglas fighters that once symbolized American air power to Boeing’s sprawling factories today. But when thousands of machinists walked off the job this year, something cracked in “Fighterland, USA.” In this episode, we head to the picket line to hear[...]
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  • San Diego’s Barrio Logan is a place defined by both proximity and resistance — pressed against naval shipyards, fenced in by freeways, and crowned by the Coronado Bridge. For decades, the community has lived with the noise, the pollution, and the promises that never quite came true. When the USS Bonhomme Richard went up in[...]
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