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May 23, 2023

Americans Love Unions. The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Gutting Them

Joe Mayall Balls and Strikes

For decades, union-busting bosses and Republican politicians have had a powerful ally in their war on organized labor: the United States Supreme Court.

May 23, 2023

The Serbian Movement Against Violence

Mira Oklobdzija Foreign Policy in Focus

In the aftermath of the two mass killings in and around Belgrade, Serbian citizens have handed over a huge number of illegal weapons. That is surely a positive step, but much more must be done.

May 23, 2023

Global South Saw More Than 90% of All Extreme Weather Deaths in Last 51 Years: UN Agency

Olivia Rosane Common Dreams

The findings from a World Meteorological Organization report released Monday are another example of how those who did the least to cause the climate crisis are most vulnerable to its impacts.

May 23, 2023

The Democrats Have Already Lost the Debt Ceiling Fight

Alex Shephard The New Republic

Party leaders thought they had set a trap for Republicans. It hasn’t worked out that way at all.

May 23, 2023

Reaffirming the Progressive Project in 2023

Harry Targ Diary of a Heartland Radical

For today and tomorrow, demanding a return to the reforms of the New Deal/Great Society period provides the only way to defeat the Right.

May 23, 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon Review – Scorsese’s Remarkable Epic About the Bloody Birth of America

Peter Bradshaw The Guardian

Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star in this macabre western about serial murders among the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma, which reflects the erasure of Native Americans from the US

May 23, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 23, 2023

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Students show their antifascist colors

July 25, 2014

Friday Nite Videos -- July 25, 2014

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Quantum Entanglement: A Poem. Why Do We Sleep? Buffy Sainte-Marie - The Universal Soldier. Meet Jibo, a Social Robot for the Home. Immigrant America: The Worst Job In New York.

How Would You Like a Science Teacher Like This?

July 25, 2014

Science teacher Taylor Gaar recites original poem 'Quantum Entanglement for the 5th Grade Classroom' at Kinnection Campout 2014

Russell Foster: Why Do We Sleep?

July 25, 2014

Russell Foster studies the sleep cycles of the brain. What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do one-third of our lives. Foster shares popular theories about sleep, busts some myths and hints at some bold new uses of sleep.