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July 12, 2014

The Emerging Democratic Debate

Robert Borosage Campaign for America's Future

There is a fundamental debate brewing in the party, grounded on very different perspectives that lead in significantly different directions.

July 12, 2014

Nobel Peace Laureates Slam Human Rights Watch's Refusal to Cut Ties to U.S. Government

Mairead Maguire et al. Alternet

Human Rights Watch's affiliation with ex-CIA and NATO officials generates perverse incentives and undermine its reputation for independence.

July 11, 2014

How Politics and Lies Triggered an Unintended War in Gaza

J.J. Goldberg Jewish Daily Forward

Kidnap, crackdown, mutual missteps and a hail of rockets

July 11, 2014

Friday Nite Videos -- July 11, 2014

Portside

Inequality is real, and it was created. Charlie Haden: El Quinto Regimiento. Eat kelp. NYC Women Talk Cat Calling. Epic Rap Battle: Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye.

Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was created

July 11, 2014

Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20% of the country's total income and own nearly 35% of the country's wealth. This didn't happen by accident.

Charlie Haden: El Quinto Regimiento

July 11, 2014

Charlie Haden, the great American bassist, died today at 76. This track, inspired by the anti-fascist music of the Spanish Republic, is from his 1969 album Liberation Music Orchestra

Move Over, Kale, The New Super Vegetable Comes From The Sea.

July 11, 2014

Farming the Sea: why eating kelp is good for you and good for the environment from Patrick Mustain on Vimeo.

Eat Kelp. It’s chock-full of nutrients, it mitigates climate change by sequestering carbon, improves oceans by soaking up excess nitrogen and phosphorus, and has potential as a valuable fertilizer and biofuel.

Totally Biased: NYC Women Talk Cat Calling

July 11, 2014

The women of NYC are sick of being harassed on the street so Kamau tries something different—treating them with respect. Afterwards, Kamau provides tips for men who want to make a change.

Epic Rap Battle: Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye

July 11, 2014

You knew it had to happen, and here it is: Sir Isaac Newton (gravity, calculus, optics) vs Bill Nye (Science Guy, creationist debate), with a special guest appearance by Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysics)

July 11, 2014

UK's Largest Union Backs Boycott of Israel

Jerry Lewis Jerusalem Post

The largest Union in Britain, UNITE, endorsed a call to Boycott, Divest and Enact Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, because of its treatment and occupation of Palestine. Another article explains the BDS movement.