Friday Nite Videos | September 4, 2026

Bernie Sanders vs 15 Gen Z On AI Use. '60 SECONDS' - Trump Renames Everything (SATIRE). Filipinana | Movie (2026). The Nerd Reich | Jesse Welles. Meta’s Legal Troubles Are Worse than You Think.

The Hugging Face Attack Was Worse Than We Thought

The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?

Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay

When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role is to remind us how far we have come.

How We Get to Medicare for All

Health care should be available to everyone in America as a right—automatic and free of charge when we need it. Rich or poor, sick or healthy, old or young, no matter where you live, everyone should have high-quality health care.

Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters

Though voting-related investigations have yielded only a small number of prosecutions, voter advocacy groups worry the Trump administration will use them to justify more extreme interventions.

Hegseth Must Go

Hegseth is the most incompetent person in the Trump regime — with the exception of Trump himself — and a clear and present danger to the security of the United States and the world.

A Casualty of a Cruel Immigration Policy

Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died by suicide after being fitted with a tracking device by ICE. ‘That ankle monitor is what killed him,’ a family friend said.

Indonesia Hasn’t Come to Terms With Suharto’s Crimes

Nearly three decades after the fall of Suharto, human rights organizations describe Indonesia as a state undergoing democratic backsliding, accompanied by pressure on protesters and journalists and by an expanding military role in civilian affairs.

These Generals Now See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat

A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society behaves this way that society is doomed,” one said

Reader Comments & Tidbits, Sept. 3, 2026

Reader Comments: Oil Imperialism; Trump Lies on Medicare for All; Rev. James Lawson; Dolly Parton; DHS Historic Legacy; NYC-DSA’s Socialist Sweep Volunteers; The Strait of "Horn-Moos"; What Goes On Inside Israel’s Prison System; Lots of Events;
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Culture

books

Muriel Rukeyser and the Poetry of Antifascism

Jeremy Wang-Iverson Rain Taxi
This new collection of essays, articles, and radio scripts should help bring renewed attention to this too-little-known modernist left wing poet and writer.

food

Tech Alone Won’t Future-Proof the Food System, Experts Warn

Rich Bellis Agfundernews.com
There’s broad consensus that the food system needs updating but little agreement about how to do it. Calls for ambitious policy responses to climate and geopolitical risks in the current food system are growing louder.

poetry

Masters of War

Bob Dylan
Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan aims his words at those who profit from war and its weapons.

books

How To Fix the System

Steven Poole The Guardian
The Nobel-winning economist takes aim at elites for no longer meeting the needs of the masses.

Labor

labor

I Refused To Train the AI That Could Replace Me

James Maisiri rest of world
AI companies are paying highly educated workers to teach machines the judgment they spent years developing — even when those systems could eventually replace them.

labor

Denver Library Workers Unionize With Overwhelming Vote

Paolo Zialcita Denverite
Nearly 600 workers at Denver Public Library will be represented by a collective bargaining unit after employees voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming Denver’s first union under newly afforded labor rights.

labor

Dolly Parton Was a Proud Union Sister

John Nichols The Nation
Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years.

Friday nite video

Filipinana | Movie (2026)

This grippingly understated drama of class on a luxury Philippine golf course is an invitation to look closer and question why these systems are still in place. Read a full review here.

video

I Tracked Down the Company Ruining Fruit

America’s biggest berry empire doesn’t actually grow berries. A middleman controls the genetics, reaps the profits, and then shifts blame.