Public Servants Are Losing Their Foothold in the Middle Class

Patricia Cohen and Robert Gebeloff The New York Times
For generations of Americans, working for a state or local government — as a teacher, firefighter, bus driver or nurse — provided a comfortable nook in the middle class. But they are now finding themselves financially downgraded.

The Border Fetish, The U.S. Frontier as a Zone of Profit and Sacrifice

Todd Miller TomDispatch
A “war” against immigrants had been declared long before Trump signed the memo to deploy 2,000-4,000 National Guard troops to the border. Indeed, there has been a continuous military presence there since 1989 and the Pentagon has played a crucial role in the expansion of US border security...

Friday Nite Videos -- Oct 31 (Rock the Vote 2014)

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Bad Reputation (music video). Rock The Vote Presents: #TURNOUTFORWHAT. Democalypse 2014 -- Ad of Brothers. Lewis Black Says F#%! Voter Suppression. What Would Happen Under a Republican Senate?

Bad Reputation (Music Video)

In 2013, there were more laws passed to limit women’s reproductive rights than in the entire previous DECADE.

Rock The Vote Presents: #TURNOUTFORWHAT

Rock The Vote Presents #TURNOUTFORWHAT starring Lil Jon and featuring Lena Dunham, Whoopi Goldberg, Natasha Lyonne, Fred Armisen, E.J. Johnson, Darren Criss, Sophia Bush, Ireland Baldwin, Devendra Banhart, Ioanna Gika and Gabriel Valenciano.