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Brazil: the Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Named Sergio Moro

Daniel Cerqueira OpenDemocracy
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro march on May 5, 2020.
On the rise and fall (for now) of Operation Car Wash’s patron in Brazil, former judge and now former Bolsonaro minister of Justice Sergio Moro. Is the judge who convicted former President Lula da Silva positioning himself to run for President?

In Times of Emergency: No Sacrifices of the Public Interest

Adam M. Sowards The Revelator
President Trump meets with energy executives on April 3, 2020.
The Trump Administration continues to strip away environmental protections in the face of the pandemic. But Trump isn’t the first to try to use emergencies to implement regressive policies, and history shows that the people can fight back — and win.

The Pandemic is the Time to Resurrect the Public University

Corey Robin The New Yorker
Sending students, professors, and workers back to campus, amid a pandemic, because colleges and universities need the cash, is a statement of bankruptcy more profound than any balance sheet could ever tally.

Friday Nite Videos -- September 5, 2014

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Why We Love Beethoven's Fifth. Movie: Rosewater. Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster. Science, Religion and the Big Bang. Fast Food Workers Stage Nationwide Actions.

Why We Love Beethoven's Fifth

Da da da dum. Three short, one long. Gerard Schwarz takes us inside Beethoven's brilliant improvisations on the most famous short theme in all of music.

Movie: Rosewater

The true story of a journalist detained in Iran for more than 100 days for reporting on Iranian elections. Written and directed by Jon Stewart.
 

Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster

A team of astronomers based in Hawaii has redrawn the cosmic map, redefining our home supercluster of galaxies, which they name Laniakea (‘immeasurable heaven’ in Hawaiian).