Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

Robert Reich Robert Reich's blog
Some argue that the broadband market already has been carved up into a cartel, so blocking the acquisition would do little to bring down prices. Washington should examine a larger question beyond whether the deal is good or bad for consumers: Is it good for our democracy? We haven’t needed to ask this question for more than a century because America hasn’t experienced the present concentration of economic wealth and power in more than a century.

Did Israel Steal Bomb-grade Uranium from the United States?

Victor Gilinsky and Roger J. Mattson Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Last month newly released U.S. government documents shed additional light on the so-called NUMEC affair - the story that won't go away - the possibility that in the 1960s, Israel stole bomb-grade uranium from a US nuclear fuel-processing plant. Nearly 50 years have passed since the events in question. It is time to level with the public.

Season of Emancipation

Samantha Sarra, Truthout - Op-Ed Truthout
During this week of Passover, one of the most sacred of Jewish observances, commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt, it behooves us to remember that captivity in many forms for many people continues.

Charlie Chaplin's Legacy Looms Large - He would have been 125 April 16

Ed Rampell The Progressive
Most people know Charlie Chaplin, whose 125th birthday was April 16, as a giant figure in the history of film. Chaplin's films were as funny as they were deeply revelatory of the human condition. His raucous cinematic assault on fascism, discussed here, helps enrich our understanding about what made this clown one of our most sublime and important artists.

Friday Nite Videos -- April 18, 2014

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Playing for Change: 'Clandestino.' Tax Day 2014: Are Taxes Fair? 'What's Up With Chicks and Science?' Book: 'Kill Anything That Moves'. StopRush Is Stopping Rush.

Playing for Change: 'Clandestino'

"Clandestino" is a song of the people. An Oud master in Morocco, gypsies in Budapest layered in bass, percussion, strings and vocals from Manu Chao and friends, it forms a Global Roots Reggae-Latin jam.

Tax Day 2014: Are Taxes Fair?

Robert Reich explains why the wealthiest 1% pay a much lower tax rate than the rest of us--and what we can do about it. 

Book: 'Kill Anything That Moves'

Nick Turse talks about the reaction to his book about the atrocities committed by American troops during the Vietnam War.