Reading archive 2024-04-14

Opinion  I was a wildfire fighter for six years. The reason they’re quitting is simple. - "An ordinary wildland firefighter will have a pay grade from GS-3 to GS-6. In 2024, the base rate for a GS-3 was $12.93 an hour. In 2014, it was $10.57. To keep up with inflation, this summer a GS-3 firefighter starts at $12.93. No step increases — you get laid off every fall. No matter how many years you work, each one counts as your first."

In the Arctic, American commandos game out a great-power war: The Post was granted a rare embed with Navy SEALs and Green Berets as the Pentagon, wary of a conflict with Russia or China, stress-tested its preparedness

Small-time investors in Trump’s Truth Social reckon with stock collapse: Some Trump supporters who invested in his social media company have seen their share values plunge -— and see it as a test of faith

‘WHERE DO WE PUT THE BODIES?’: Migration’s human toll overwhelms a border county in Texas