Recommendations for Engrossing Summer Reading and Viewing
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The Immigrants Fueling the Gig Economy
The Atlantic
The short-term promise of easy cash can trap individuals in bad long-term conditions. This article is the third in a series about how the gig economy is shaping the future of labor and what that means for workers.
Religious Extremism is at the Heart of US Support for Israel
Electronic Intifada
One of the most important elements of the Israel lobby in the United States is right-wing Evangelical backing – or Christian Zionism.
A Climate Constitution in the Courts and the Streets
Portside
What’s the Constitution got to do with climate? Current legal cases are now addressing that question.
Legalized Xenophobia - Poster of the Week
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Deplorably, legalized racial profiling continues today.
Why We Should Be Alarmed That Israeli Forces and U.S. Police Are Training Together
Foreign Policy in Focus
The Israeli forces mowing down unarmed Palestinian protesters also train U.S. police forces that brutalize communities of color.
The Pact for Mexico after Five Years: How Has It Fared?
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Five years after "Pact for Mexico", Mexico's economy is mired in a trap of low investment and low growth and imperiled by liberalization of financial markets making it vulnerable to rate increases by the US Fed and global financial turbulence.
Mexico’s Next President Likely to Defy Trump on Immigration
The Conversation
Presidential front-runner Andrés Manuel López Obrador says Mexico can no longer play ‘piñata’ to the United States.
Inside the White House’s Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening
The New York Times
In subtle and not so subtle ways, the White House waged a quiet campaign to ensure that Mr. Trump had a second opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court Justice in his first 18 months in office.
What Did Ancient Whales Look Like?
Science Friday
Author and curator Nick Pyenson describes the similarities and differences between humans and our distant mammalian relatives.
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