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“Democratic Socialism Is Fighting for Regular Working-Class People”

Mckayla Wilkes Interviewed by Irene Koo Jacobin
Mckayla Wilkes, a candidate for Maryland’s 5th congressional district, talks about her experiences with incarceration, how Bernie Sanders inspired her, and what it means to run a working-class campaign against a corporate-funded incumbent.

Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say

Heather Vogell and Katherine Sullivan ProPublica
Two former city employees, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told ProPublica and WNYC that they accepted money from middlemen representing the Trump Organization to lower assessments on 40 Wall St. after Trump took over the skyscraper in 1995

Trump's Travel Ban Skips Over His Golf Courses

Ryan Heath Politico
The United Kingdom, which is home to Trump Turnberry and Trump International Golf Links, and Ireland, which is home to another Trump-branded hotel and golf course at Doonbeg, are exempted from the European travel ban

Friday Nite Videos | March 13, 2020

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Six Key Issues Where Sanders Continues to Fight. Trump’s Coronavirus Address, Blooper Reel Included. Sorry We Missed You | Movie. Italy: Solidarity in Song. Katie Porter Secures Free Coronavirus Testing for All Americans.

Tidbits - Mar. 12, 2020 - Reader Comments: Coronavirus Pandemic and GOP Attack on Social Security, Medicare, CDC; Three-Fourths of Democratic Delegates Still to be Voted On; Sanders, Biden, Warren; Coronavirus Factsheet in 20 Languages; more....

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Reader Comments: Coronavirus Pandemic and GOP Attack on Social Security, Medicare, CDC; Three-Fourths of Democratic Delegates Still to be Voted On; Sanders, Biden, Warren; Coronavirus Factsheet in 20 Languages; more resources, announcements;

Whoever Wins this Election, All of Guyana Loses

Moses Bhagwan and Eusi Kwayana National Workers Union
Ten days after the Guyanese election, returns have still not been released; and today the head of Guyana's Supreme Court has ordered a partial recount of votes. Two veteran Guyanese politicians call for the creation of a government of national unity.

The Faces of a New Union Movement

Steven Greenhouse; Photography by Chris Buck The New Yorker
The American labor movement has been reinvigorated in recent years, with teacher-led Red for Ed strikes, the General Motors walkout, the Fight for $15’s push to raise the minimum wage. Sixty-seven per cent of young people 18 - 34 approve of unions.