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The Naked ‘Survivor’ Guy Theory of U.S. Politics

Michael Hirschorn New York Times
If reality television began as a crude simulacrum of real life, today the opposite can feel true — that actual life is approximating reality television, and we’ve all been conscripted as cast members. The contagion has leaked from the lab.

Friday Nite Videos | September 13, 2024

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School Lunch | John Oliver. Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy. How to Debate | Sarah Cooper. Cherokee Author Rebecca Nagle on the Ongoing Fight for Tribal Sovereignty. The GOP’s Three-Part Plan to Subvert Elections.

Tidbits – Sept. 12 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – the Debate, Young Voters; Not One Child; Israeli Protesters, Netanyahu Sabotages Hostage Deal; Remembering Michael Lerner; Govt Knew Ethel Rosenberg Not Spy Before Trial; More…

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Reader Comments: 2024 Elections - The Debate, Young Voters; Not One Child; Israeli Protesters, Netanyahu Sabotages Hostage Deal; Remembering Michael Lerner; Govt Knew Ethel Rosenberg Not Spy Before Trial; Fight for School Integration; Announcements;

Silencing the Voice

Amy Bachrach Portside
This January 26 was the first “Australia Day” following October's defeat of landmark constitutional referendum recognizing Australia’s first nations people by enshrining in the Constitution an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament

An Uncommitted Cofounder Explains the Movement’s Strategy

Abbas Alawieh innterviewed by Alex N. Press Jacobin
We spoke with Uncommitted movement cofounder Abbas Alawieh about the movement’s accomplishments at the DNC, the disaster of a Trump presidency for Palestine, and Uncommitted’s vision to change the Democratic Party’s support for slaughter in Gaza.

Project 2025 and Its Plans for the Nation’s Public Lands

Stephanie Woodard Barn Raiser
If Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins in November, his next administration comes armed with plans for a massive deregulation of federally-owned public land—your land, our land, the basis of our shared national identity.

The Post-Debate Challenge for Harris

Ronald Brownstein The Atlantic
Buoyed by her dominant performance, the Democrat will need to reassure voters on their key economic concerns.