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The Story of Woody Guthrie’s Fight with Trump

Woody Guthrie hated "Old Man Trump." The story of Woody's fight against the racist housing practices of Guthrie’s landlord, Donald's father, with full lyrics and a play along,

How Taxes Drive Inequality

Inequality.org
Stock buybacks. Sales taxes. Loopholes. ... Let's count the ways that tax reforms to benefit the rich and big corporations have exacerbated inequality and drained resources from funding vital public programs.

Sotomayor in Dissent: None of Our Rights Is Safe

Shirin Ali Slate
The three dissenting justices use stark language to frame the threat: “The Court’s decision is nothing less than an open invitation for the Government to bypass the Constitution. ... No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.”

Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism

Rivka Galchen The New Yorker
It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. The domestic stoking of anti-vaccine sentiment is itself infectious—a disease-carrying rat population on the ships exporting American culture.

NYC Labor and Zohran Mamdani’s Victory

Duncan Freeman The Chief
Photo of a large group of UAW members with Zohran.
Most of the city unions endorsed the former governor, but a few believed in Mamdani. “It means that for the first time our members will really have a mayor who supports workers,” said Brandon Mancilla, Director of UAW Region 9A.

Jerusalem Revisited

Mary Mackey
In "Jerusalem," William Blake vowed to fight the 'dark Satanic Mills' of early capitalism. Answering Blake, poet Mary Mackey recognizes contemporary capitalism's failures, but vows to embrace what's still good in life, not just belabor what's awful.

At a Bleak Political Moment, Zohran Mamdani Offers Hope

Liza Featherstone Jacobin
Zohran Mamdani’s victory last night was a straightforward triumph of people over money, the kind capitalist elites try so hard to convince us is impossible. Cuomo’s campaign was bankrolled by $25 million from some of the worst actors in American life