Trillion Dollar Question
War remains headline news, as ever, perhaps distracting public attention from the Big Bang, so says poet Gerry Sloan.
Elmore Nickleberry, 92, Sanitation Worker in ’68 Memphis Strike, Dies
The New York Times
He was one of the last survivors of a historic walkout that demanded respect and a living wage and that drew Martin Luther King to their cause.
$15, Take a Bow. $20 in Our Sights!
The American Prospect
Workers are celebrating minimum-wage increases around the country, but the new frontier is already creeping toward $20.
The Social Housing Secret: How Vienna Became the World’s Most Livable City
The Guardian
In the Austrian capital, renters pay a third of what their counterparts do in London, Paris or Dublin. How is it possible?
Will the ICJ Find Israel Guilty of Genocide?
+972 Magazine
Israeli human rights attorney Michael Sfard outlines what could play out as the world’s top court decides if and how to intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza.
Trumpism Is Devouring the Evangelical Movement
The New York Times
There’s not going to be a post-Trump religious right — at least, not anytime soon. Evangelical leaders who started with Trump on a transactional basis, then grew giddy with their proximity to power, have now seen MAGA devour their movement whole.
Inshallah a Boy | Movie
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws
Something Weird Happens When You Keep Squeezing
Under extreme pressures, matter defies the rules of physics as we know it.
Trump: A President Can Assassinate Rivals
Trump’s lawyer claims that presidential immunity covers having rivals assassinated; why RFK, Jr. dropped out of his own birthday gala
Radical | Movie
In a Mexican border town, a frustrated teacher tries a radical new method to break through to his students. Based on a true story. In theaters.
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