The text of the writer’s speech as she received the 45th European Essay Prize on September 12..."What’s happening in India is not that loose variety of internet fascism. It’s the real thing. We have become Nazis."
His new novel, “Every Man a King,” is a hard-boiled tale of billionaires, white nationalists and a detective with a complicated past.
For the AppleTV+ production “The Pigeon Tunnel,” documentary filmmaker Errol Morris again captured elusive quarry by recording four days of interviews with John le Carré (neé David Cornwell) in fall 2019; they proved to be the acclaimed author’s last
You may have heard America’s honeybees are dying. But what does that mean for the people on the front lines—and what could it mean for what ends up on your plate?
In Sunday’s interview with Kristen Welker, Trump went with his classic playbook of vague answers and conspiracy theories.
Labor
UAW President Fain invited anyone who supports the union — “all the way up to the president of the United States” — to join strikers on the picket lines.
A novel partnership among three labor unions to organize tens of thousands of airline workers could set a national example.
Bernie Sanders headlined a United Auto Workers rally in Detroit on the first day of the strike, declaring that “every worker, white collar, blue collar, in between, has got to stand with the UAW in your struggle for justice.” We reprint his remarks
The Big 3 automakers have made record profits in recent years. Now, union workers are calling for big raises, an end to tiers, a shorter work week and a just transition.
“For the last 40 years, the billionaire class has been taking everything and leaving everybody else to fight for the scraps,” UAW President Fain said. “We are not the problem. Corporate greed is the problem.”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) takes to the Senate Floor to expose the machinations by right-wing donor interests to capture the Supreme Court. (Related Clarence Thomas story.)
A Fox-themed parody of Steven Sondheim's Comedy Tonight, with lyrics by Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby
Angelo Carusone (Media Matters for America), warns son Lachlan Murdoch has a "nihilist" worldview that could make Fox News and other properties even more extreme.
Greg Palast’s brand new documentary Long Knife centers on the billion-dollar theft of oil from the Osage by Charles Koch and Koch Oil.
One union member stuck it to the CEOs: "Do you really work 300-400x times harder than we do? No, you don't."
Rockin' Solidarity arranged and performed by Dave Welsh (vocals) featuring Reed Fromer on piano. Freedom Song Network chorus.
The last song Victor Jara ever wrote. The great Chilean singer/songwriter Jara was killed in the Santiago Stadium 40 years ago, on Sept. 15, 1973.
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