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The Left’s Diminished DNC Presence

Tom Gallagher The Stansbury Forum
At the moment there is no one obviously positioned to take up the Sanders mantle in the 2028 presidential campaign. But we may have to make it our business to find one.

How Refrigeration Ruined Fresh Food

Allison Arie MIT Technology Review
Refrigeration is such a significant contributor to global warming and ozone depletion that Project Drawdown points to refrigerant management as the No. 1 thing we can do to mitigate climate change.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 12–18

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Photo of statue entitled Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing! (1900), Michigan Rejects the So-Called Fugitive Slave Act (1855), Our Place in the Universe (1990), Confronting a Campaign of Terror (2015), An Outrageous Verdict, Reversed on Appeal (1970)

Who Is Behind Trump’s Intimidation of South Africa?

Max Du Preez Vrye Weekblad
Donald Trump's bizarre, fact-free threat against South Africa did not just arise in the back of his head last week. It is the initiative of alt-right ex-South Africans in America and like-minded people here (in South Africa) who are urging them on.

Unionized Grocery Workers Are a Sleeping Giant

Isaac Soto Caitlyn Clark Jacob Eshom Jacobin
Colorado Kroger workers are striking this week, and 130,000 union grocery workers are bargaining contracts this year. Reformers see it as a chance to transform the UFCW from America’s largest private sector union into a fighting force.