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The House Rent Boogie

March 21, 2014

John Lee Hooker's House Rent Boogie dates to the late 1950s, but it speaks to today's housing crisis.

March 21, 2014

Enough Recrimination. Let’s Build a Populist Movement.

Richard Eskow OurFuture.org

Even under a progressive hero like FDR, we needed an independent left. Imagine how much more one is needed today.

March 21, 2014

The Truth About Venezuela: A Revolt of the Well-Off, Not a 'Terror Campaign'

Mark Weisbrot The Guardian

John Kerry’s rhetoric is divorced from the reality on the ground, where life goes on – even at the barricades

March 21, 2014

The NCAA-Killing Lawsuit Might Finally Be Here

Barry Petchesky Deadspin

This lawsuit does not seek damages. It wants to tear down the NCAA.

March 21, 2014

Telescope Captures Peek at 'The Beginning of Everything'

Ron Cowen Nature

Images of the infant Universe reveal evidence for rapid inflation after the Big Bang.

Big Bang Gravitational Waves Discovered

March 21, 2014

Evidence that the universe rapidly expanded in its first few nanoseconds has been found by an instrument in Antarctica: Gravitational waves, which have long eluded astronomers, were spotted, supporting this cosmic inflation model.

March 21, 2014

Insurgent Slate Wins Big in Leadership Race for L.A. Teachers Local

Samantha Winslow Labor Notes

A reform-union activist slate has won the election for Officers in the Los Angeles Teachers Union. This is the second largest teachers local union in the country. They have a long road to walk due to a discouraged membership.

March 21, 2014

Future Find

Tom Toles - Washington Post GoComics

March 21, 2014

'The Timidity Trap'

Economist Paul Krugman Common Dreams

March 20, 2014

Huge Chicago Vote - 87 Percent Vote for a $15-an-Hour Wage

John Nichols The Nation

The results were overwhelming. With 100 of the 103 precincts where the issue was on the ballot reporting, 87 percent of voters were backing the $15-an-hour wage. Just 13 percent voted against the advisory referendum. That huge level of support will strengthen the hand of activists who are encouraging the city council to consider a major wage hike.