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April 19, 2024

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The Biggest Win for Workers in Decades. Criminalizing Homelessness Won't Make It Go Away. If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof Parody). Jordan Klepper Crashes Trump's Criminal Trial. A Bombshell Supreme Court Case on Jan. 6.

The Biggest Win for Workers in Decades

April 19, 2024

Over 4,000 Volkswagen workers in Tennessee just joined the UAW. This will change the auto industry, and the future of American labor.

Criminalizing Homelessness Won't Make It Go Away

April 19, 2024

What if you stopped and listened to what they have to say? You might find their stories strikingly relatable.

Jordan Klepper Crashes Trump's Criminal Trial

April 19, 2024

Jordan Klepper went to the courthouse to probe the MAGA supporters, and met Giuliani's son.

If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof Parody)

April 19, 2024

Dear Lord, you know I love the poorly educated / So, what would be so terrible if I took all their money?

A Bombshell Supreme Court Case on Jan. 6

April 19, 2024

Democracy Watch: Marc Elias discusses the Supreme Court hearing a bombshell case related to the January 6 insurrectionists

April 19, 2024

We Watched Bob Marley: One Love, and Here Is Our Take

Playing for Change Playing for Change

An undeniable truth in both the movie and real life is the message of peace, love, and redemption, and that is what Marley and The Wailers were fighting for.

April 19, 2024

The War on Protest

Adam Federman Type Investigations

Since 2017, 21 states have passed 41 laws enhancing penalties and fines for common protest-related crimes—part of a wave of nearly 300 anti-protest bills introduced nationwide.

April 19, 2024

Dead Last (With an Emphasis on Dead!)

Juan Cole Tom Dispatch

Despite the fact that the Middle East has experienced hellish heat waves and epic floods, Middle Eastern regimes get failing grades on climate action

April 19, 2024

Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations To Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes

Brett Murphy ProPublica

A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.