Flaming the Fans
TomDispatch
How the Age of Trump Has Changed Fandom
Facing the Facts About Gun Violence in the U.S.
Peace Voice
Misconceptions that many hold work against the development of thoughtful and effective gun policy.
Want to be a Criminal in America? Stealing Billions is Your Best Bet to Go Scot-Free
The Guardian
A wave of shoplifting crimes are attracting front-page news, while the $15 billion stolen by corporations from workers receives no coverage at all
How Oregon is Turning the Page on America's Disastrous Drug War
Independent Media Institute
While the expansion of treatment, and related social services is undeniably a good thing, drug decriminalization is ultimately about getting people out of the criminal justice system and ensuring that they are not sucked into it in the first place.
‘A Wide Range of Experiences’: Harvard Clerical and Technical Workers Incorporate Remote Work
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard’s more than 5,000 unionized clerical and technical workers have faced different transitions back to working on campus.
Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence
Journal of the American Revolution
Historical scholarship is looking anew into the ways that slavery was intertwined with the movement that created the American Revolution. Here is one of the most recent forays into that line of inquiry.
Global Left Midweek - Hard Takes on Hot Spots
Portside
A time for serious analysis, examination and history making
Friday Nite Videos -- Oct 31 (Rock the Vote 2014)
Portside
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.
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