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Who’s Afraid of Fare-Free Public Transit?

Josh Cohen Next City
Most of the fare-free systems are in Europe, with 21 in Poland, 20 in France and another 15 elsewhere. Estonia’s capital Tallinn, home to about 450,000 people, is the largest city in the world with a fully fare-free transit system.

Book Review: Necessity by D.W.Buffa

The Real Book Spy
A President who cavorts with Russian oligarchs, and presents a threat to democracy is murdered. The arrested Senator pleads that is was necessary to kill him.

Trumpism Before Trump

Robert Tsai, Calvin TerBeek Boston Review
Well before the 2016 presidential election cycle, these men saw immigration politics as the key to mobilizing a predominantly white electorate around questions of race, status and safety, concerns of cultural degeneration...

Corporate Wage Theft

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
An eye-opening new report has documented billions of dollars of corporate theft from workers. The government is turning a blind eye.

Rebooting Poor People’s Campaign 50 Years Later

Russell Contreras Chicago Sun-Times
The new Poor People's Campaign is preparing for 40 days of non-violent "direct action" in about 30 states that will climax with a rally in Washington this June.

Marches Across the U.S. Protest Separation of Migrant Families

Tim Arango and Kayla Cockrel The New York Times
Demonstrators in Los Angeles were joined by activists in dozens of other cities across the country on Thursday evening to protest the separation of migrant families under President Trump’s zero-tolerance crackdown on illegal immigration.

Friday Nite Videos | June 15, 2018

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Jeff Sessions Cites the Bible in Separating Children From Parents. Mississippi John Hurt | You Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley. The Courage to Change | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Stupid Watergate II. Where Did Viruses Come From?

Choosing to Study Medicine in Cuba

Anakwa Dwamena The New Yorker
The Latin American School of Medicine, or E.L.A.M., was established by the Cuban government, in 1999. All of the students are international. Many come from Asia, Africa, and the United States, coming from low-income and marginalized communities.