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January 13, 2023

Nurses’ Strike Ends in New York City After Hospitals Agree To Add Nurses

Sharon Otterman, Joseph Goldstein and Jenny Gross The New York Times

Nurses with signs rallying.

The strike exemplified a problem in hospitals across the nation, where cost-cutting had resulted in staffs stretched well beyond recommended safe staffing ratios even before emergency conditions began.

January 13, 2023

From Champion of the Oppressed to Truth, Justice, and the American Way: Who Took the Socialism Out of Superman?

Hank Kennedy Cosmonaut Magazine

Hank Kennedy traces the ideological history of Superman, arguing that the populism of the character’s early iterations would eventually be shed as a result of commercial interests.

January 13, 2023

Are You Siding With Harry or the Palace? Either Way, You Fall Into the Royalist Trap

Polly Toynbee Guardian

Prince Harry’s tell-all media blitz was meant to lift the lid on royal failings. Even more clearly, it shows the price Britain pays for monarchy.

January 13, 2023

Maybe the Biden Classified Docs Won’t Become the Next BUT HER EMAILS False Equivalency?

Liz Dye Above the Law

Don't worry, there's always Hunter Biden's dick pics.

January 13, 2023

A Tale of Two Exceptionalisms: Russia and the USA

Rebecca Gordon tomdispatch

Russia is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court, which means that its nationals can’t be tried at the ICC for war crimes in Ukraine. The United States is the other Great Exception to the rules of war.

These Creatures Were Darwin's Greatest Enemy

January 13, 2023

They may not look like much, but beneath that shell lies an evolutionary mystery - one that stumped the biggest names in natural history for over a hundred years.

Congresswoman Shares Stillbirth Story Pre-Roe v Wade

January 13, 2023

As Republicans push for anti-abortion measures, a Florida congresswoman shared her experience of being forced to carry a dead baby decades earlier

Where Did All the Gold in the Universe Come From?

January 13, 2023

That ring on your finger? New evidence shows how those atoms were created by an event more violent than a supernova.

Baseball vs Football

January 13, 2023

George Carlin reveals why baseball may be the national pastime, but football is actually our most popular sport

Earth, Wind & Fire | Documentary

January 13, 2023

The fascinating story of the genre-spanning Earth, Wind & Fire, one of the most popular funk bands of the 70s. RIP † Fred White (Born Jan, 13, 1955. Died: Jan. 1, 2023).