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Students ‘Impossible’ Proof of Pythagorean Theorem

In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.

The Economic Philosophy of Donald Harris

The Trump campaign has portrayed the Vice-President’s father as a Marxist. He insists he’s been caricatured.

Exterminate, Expel, Resettle: Israel’s Endgame in Gaza

Debates over the details of the ‘Generals’ Plan’ distract from the true brutality of Israel’s latest operation — one that drops the veneer of humanitarian considerations and lays the groundwork for settlements.

How Will White Women Vote?

White and Black women have joined together to power progressive causes — from abolition to civil rights — but it’s a tenuous alliance.

Kamala Harris Is Not Doing Well With Union Voters

What explains Kamala Harris’s poor numbers with voters who belong to unions? The decline in real wages for union members under Biden may have something to do with it.

Investigating the Climate Impacts of Nuclear War

1983 Lawrence Livermore Study Said Nuclear Exchange Could “Dramatically Affect the Atmosphere’s Temperature”

Standardized Tests and the Eugenics Movement

A brief reflection on standardized testing: And how it is a direct outgrowth of the early 20th-century eugenics movement

A Night at the Garden With Trump and MAGA

Trump, Miller, and the rest of MAGA are telling us they plan to occupy America. They are itching to use the military to terrify, subjugate, and ethnically cleanse. The only liberation will be for their violent desires and that of their Herrenvolk.

The Racism of MAGA Is American

There are always riveting reminders century after century calling on us to not forget our past sins and to atone for them. Unfortunately, we have neither learned from or atoned for White Supremacy and bigotry.

Not Voting for Harris Could Bring Mass Deportation

Justifiable fury at the loss of innocent lives in Gaza shouldn’t lead to the destruction of millions of innocent lives here at home.
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Culture

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Voting Rites in America

Philip C. Kolin White Terror, Black Trauma: Resistance Poems about Black History
Poet and scholar Philip C. Kolin offers a succinct overview of the meanings and mis-understandings of the term “Voting Rights.”

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Bullets

Terry Adams Portside
Poet Terry Adams relates how a sensitive child might learn about the intricate relationship between bullets and death.

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Go See ‘The Apprentice’ Before It’s Too Late

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Trump supporters will never go see 'The Apprentice' and anti-Trumpers won’t be able to bear two hours watching the bane of their existence rise to wealth and power. This lack of a clear audience spells an unfortunate box-office bomb.

Labor

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CAIMAW’s 60th Anniversary

Mason Godden Rankandfile.ca
Founded in 1964, the CAIMAW was a militant trade union, committed to international solidarity, that pushed the Canadian labour movement into progressive places …. even if that progress came at the cost of significant animosity.

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Raising Minimum Wage Does Not Hurt Fast-Food Workers

Alex Park Jacobin
Fast-food corporations opposed a California minimum wage increase under the guise of concern for workers, claiming it would result in lost jobs. The bill passed, and the numbers are in: that concern was just scaremongering.

Friday nite video

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Alaska Voters Will Really Surprise You

Alaska has voted Republican in every presidential election but one since it became a state. But now voters are about to pass one of the most progressive and pro-worker ballot measures in the country.

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Lee Greenwood | John Oliver

John Oliver discusses Lee Greenwood – the man behind one of America’s most popular anthems – and suggests a better song to play at naturalization ceremonies.

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Voters May End Gerrymandering in Ohio

Voters have recently ended highly gerrymandered election maps in Michigan and Wisconsin. An initiative on the ballot this November gives Ohio voters a chance to follow their example.