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Do You Love Me?

January 1, 2021

They may not have soul, but they've definitely got moves. The Boston Dynamics menagerie lightens up the New Year.

What $1.7 Trillion in Student Debt Looks Like

January 1, 2021

More than other mind-blowing sums. More than $1 million per day since the birth of Jesus.

Bernie Sanders Slams Mitch McConnell On $2,000 Stimulus Checks

January 1, 2021

Bernie Sanders says "socialism for the rich" is Amazon, owned by Jeff Bezos, the richest man on Earth, paying no taxes and getting millions of dollars in rebates.

The 2020 Song - A Year In Review We Didn't Start The Fire Parody

January 1, 2021

It's been an extremely rough year. We deserve a review in song that doesn't bring us down.

All the Ways Georgia Is Suppressing the Vote

January 1, 2021

Georgia voters are still being suppressed. But who will take home the prize for most suppressed? Roy Wood Jr. and Desi Lydic host America’s Got Suppression to find out. #DailyShow #RoyWoodJr #DesiLydic

January 1, 2021

Seven Reasons Why We Need a Major Federal Direct Job Creation Program, ASAP

Frank Stricker National Jobs for All Network

There is work to do—and people who want to work.

January 1, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | January 1, 2021

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All the Ways Georgia Is Suppressing the Vote. The 2020 Song - A Year in Review | We Didn't Start the Fire Parody. Bernie Sanders Slams Mitch McConnell on $2,000 Stimulus Checks. What $1.7 Trillion in Student Debt Looks Like. Do You Love Me?

December 31, 2015

'What We've Achieved So Far': an Interview with Jeremy Corbyn

Hilary Wainwright and Leo Panitch Red Pepper (UK)

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, in conversation with Hilary Wainwright and Leo Panitch, talks about the meaning of ‘new plolitics,' opening up Labour’s policymaking to the people, and creating an alternative to austerity.

December 31, 2015

Sense of the Uncanny: George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine

Abby Zimet Common Dreams

George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine is an exhibit that opened in October at the Abu Jihad Museum on the campus of Al-quds University, a Palestinian university. The exhibit demonstrates the similarity in voice and situation" between the Palestinian and African American people for whom widespread incarceration of their communities is the product of a system designed to punish them for their very presence.

December 31, 2015

10 Good Things About the Not-So-Great Year 2015

Medea Benjamin CounterPunch

Although there were many horrible developments in 2015, there were some goods ones too -- and let these encourage us to bring in the new year truly striking back at the injustices of the empire.