Elon Musk and the Age of Shameless Oligarchy

Whizy Kim Vox
Musk is showing other members of the ultra-wealthy a bold alternative to stealth politics, urged on by a president-elect who has embraced giving billionaires a seat at the table. If you're rich enough, you can grab power in full public view.

Mexican President Sheinbaum’s Letter to Donald Trump

Joel Cano infobae.com
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to president-elect Donald Trump, addressing the issues of border crossings and labor mobility, the fentanyl epidemic, illegal arms trafficking, and tariffs

Extinct Hominin Species Lived Side by Side 1.5 Million Years Ago

Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Kevin Hatala and Purity Kiura The Conversation
These fossil footprints are the first definitive evidence ever that two hominin species – one our likely ancestor and the other a more distant relative – actually coexisted at the same time and place on the muddy shoreline of Lake Turkana

Dr. Strangekennedy

Rick Perlstein The American Prospect
The reactionary playbook frames all COVID-era public-health measures as an elite conspiracy to enrich what it calls “a small group of highly paid and unaccountable insiders.” It's also flypaper for conspiracy theorists on the left.

The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus

Stephania Taladrid The New Yorker
Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state. A new reality set in for ob-gyns in Texas - “The standard of care can now be construed as a felony.”

6 Thanksgiving Myths and the Wampanoag Side of the Story

Vincent Schilling Indian Country Today
The Thanksgiving Day Celebration originated From a Massacre - Let's Hear the Wampanoag side of the story. Here are some of the most common misconceptions about the November holiday.(from Indian Country Today, original published 2017.)