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TGIF: Inflation Rises. Russiagate Falls Apart. And J.K. Rowling Is Erased.
TGIF: Inflation Rises. Russiagate Falls Apart. And J.K. Rowling Is Erased.
The price of a gallon of milk is up 26% — an average of $3.59 — since bottoming out at $2.84 in July 2018. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Plus: The challenge of reporting about Kenosha in the aftermath of the riots.
By Nellie Bowles
11.19.21 — TGIF
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TGIF: Inflation Rises. Russiagate Falls Apart. And J.K. Rowling Is Erased.

Welcome back to TGIF. We’ve got the news that fills our group chats, a few good reads, and a summary of this week in Common Sense.

You’ll find a short interview with the economist Tyler Cowen about why the political left can’t talk about inflation — and why the political right is a little nervous, too. Plus a personal story of what it was like trying to …

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Nellie Bowles

Nellie Bowles is a reporter for The Free Press and its head of strategy. She was previously a reporter at The New York Times, where she won the Gerald Loeb Award for investigative journalism and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She started her career at her hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle.

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