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February 28, 2019

Inside Every Foreigner

Jackson Lears London Review of Books

With public support rising for a living-waged Green New Deal as a job creating and environmental lifeline, its a good time to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of FDR's program. The review of his recent biography does that.

February 28, 2019

Environmental Groups, Activists Win Dismissal of Lawsuit Filed by Dakota Access Pipeline Company

Center for Constitutional Rights Center for Constitutional Rights

“Loss. Defeat. Dismissal. This is what happens when greedy corporations go after Indigenous women grounded in the power of Prayer, the power of relationship building, and the power of collective organizing,” said Krystal Two Bulls...

February 28, 2019

Haiti and the Collapse of a Political and Economic System

Jake Johnston The Haitian Times

In 2015 and 2016, backed by the international community, political and economic actors made a Faustian bargain in the name of “stability.”

February 28, 2019

What’s Behind the Teacher Strikes: Unions Focus on Social Justice, Not Just Salaries

Rebecca Tarlau The Conversation

Teacher unions have not often been leaders of broader social justice movements. That’s changing due to a new generation of union activists who see their struggle as part of the struggle for the communities in which they teach.

February 28, 2019

Apartheid Road: ‘the Borders of Our Own Bantustans’

Michele Giorgio il manifesto

‘This new road is a curse.’ The construction of Route 4370 is part of the ‘Greater Jerusalem’ project that aims to integrate the city with some colonies in the surrounding area, turning them into Jerusalem’s suburbs. But it’s also isolating Palesti

February 28, 2019

Doomsday Redux The Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Rolls Off the Nuclear Assembly Line

James Carroll TomDispatch

In the upcoming season of presidential politics, the nuclear question belongs at the top of every candidate’s agenda. It belongs at the center of every forum and at the heart of every voter’s decision.

August 22, 2014

Friday Nite Videos -- August 22, 2014

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How Economic Inequality Harms Societies. Peter Case -- House Rent Party. The Racial Wealth Gap in America. Guantanamera Around the World. The Racism of the US Criminal Justice System in 10 Charts.

How Economic Inequality Harms Societies

August 22, 2014

We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart.

Peter Case -- House Rent Party

August 22, 2014

Peter Case tells the tale of a modern day house rent party. Filmed during the Music Fog sessions at the 2010 Americana Music Festival in Nashville, TN.

The Racial Wealth Gap in America

August 22, 2014

Though the United States is one of the wealthiest countries, to many Americans this prosperity remains out of reach. Blacks and Hispanics who are striving to make a better life for themselves and their families are not given the same asset building opportunities. Full research here.