The New Superstitions
Rattle
Oregon poet Amy Miller responds to the “inappropriate behavior” of celebrities, lamenting “the hypervigilance that women live with daily.”
New York Times’ Journalists Stage Historic Strike As Labor Tensions Mount Across Media
Los Angeles Times
Taking a defiant stand, hundreds of New York Times journalists refused to work Thursday — the largest journalist-led labor action at the nation's leading newspaper in more than 40 years.
Love Under Occupation
Under an October 2022 Israeli regulation, a foreigner romantically involved with a Palestinian must declare their relationship to the occupying Israeli government as part of their permit or permit renewal application to visit or stay in the West Bank.
Women Talking | Movie
Mennonite women meet in a barn to discuss how to respond to sexual violence in their community. Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand. In theaters.
Angela Davis Speaks After Attempted Blacklisting
Rockland County, NY high school students invited Angela Davis to speak. Protests blocked her from two different venues. She spoke in a packed church last week anyway.
Capitalism Will Eat Democracy — Unless We Speak Up | Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis, the former Minister of Finance of Greece, says that you can be in government but not be in power — because real power now belongs to those who control the economy
Sen. Raphael Warnock's Complete Reelection Victory Speech
Sen. Raphael Warnock eloquently explains what it means that, in the final chapter of the 2022 elections, a broad multiracial coalition delivered victory in Georgia for the fourth time in two years.
How the Human Brain Is Wired for Romance
The Atlantic
Humans are evolutionarily drawn to beauty. How do such complex experiences emerge from a collection of atoms and molecules?
In Rural California, Farmworkers Fend for Themselves for Health Care
David Bacon Reality Check
More than 500,000 California farmworkers play a critical role in providing Americans with the food that nourishes and sustains their health. Yet, for those workers, their own health is too often in jeopardy.
Putin’s Russia, Front and Rear
Russian Dissent
The majority of the population is already in favor of a speedy end to the war. But what bodes ill for the authorities is the confusion, disunity and mutual claims of the upper classes.
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