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July 10, 2020

Workers Fight Back as US Hotels Try to Lay Off Staff and Hire On the Cheap

Steven Greenhouse The Guardian

New legislation in California and other states aims to stop big firms using the pandemic to dismiss long-serving employees

July 10, 2020

False Flag

Jed Myers

After nights of fire and looting, the poet Jed Myers asks in “False Flag” the simple question: who is shifting the blame to whom?

September 19, 2014

Friday Nite Videos -- September 19, 2014

Portside

Brother Earth (Boots Riley). Playing for Change: La Bamba. Sarah Jones: The Future. Colbert: No Boots on the Ground in Iraq. 300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds.

Brother Earth (with Boots Riley and Josh Healey)

September 19, 2014

Overheating and fed up, Brother Earth delivers one final PSA (Planetary Service Announcement) to the people of the world.

What Does the Future Hold? Quirky Characters Answer

September 19, 2014

In a laugh-out-loud performance, Sarah Jones invites 11 "friends" from the future on stage—from a fast-talking Latina to an outspoken police officer—to ask them the questions all of us want answered.

Colbert: No Boots on the Ground in Iraq

September 19, 2014

The Colbert Report
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President Obama insists that the U.S. won't be deploying ground troops to Iraq, prompting Fox News pundits to speculate about the meaning of "boots."

300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds

September 19, 2014

Fossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now, we need to manage the transition to a post-carbon economy.

September 19, 2014

Ferguson: Forgotten Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement

Charles Cobb The Washington Post

The protests in Ferguson, Missouri mirrored images from the Civil Rights Movement 50 years earlier. But that’s where the similarities ended.

September 19, 2014

Bowl Half Empty: Dogs Can Be Pessimists

Richard Farrell Discovery News

Some dogs respond to an ambiguous signal with the kind of enthusiasm they have for a treat. These are the bowl-half-full dogs. Other dogs do not respond to an ambiguous signal. These are bowl-half-empty'ers, with Eeyore-ish personalities.