The Post-Hope Democrats

Doug Henwood Jacobin
There's a perverse form of American exceptionalism circulating around the Clinton camp: just because things work in other countries doesn't mean they can work here. As Hillary herself put it, "We are not Denmark. I love Denmark, but we are the United States of America." True enough, but that has no bearing on why single-payer couldn't work here. The only obstacles are political -- elites, which include Hillary and Starr, don't want it.

'You're Fired!' The Abuses of 'Skilled' Worker Visa Programs

Sarah Jaffe The Progressive
The H-1B visa program is supposed to have safeguards against abuse, including rules designed to ensure that guest workers are not a significantly cheaper option for companies looking to save a buck. But Costa says 83 percent of the H-1B recipients are paid wages below the average for that occupation, because of flaws in the system.

Gravitational Waves Hit the Late Show

What are gravitational waves, and why does it matter that we've seen them? Brian Greene stops by to demonstrate an exciting new scientific discovery.

Afghanistan: How a Pink Flower Defeated the World’s Sole Superpower

Alfred W. McCoy TomDispatch
Each stage in Afghanistan’s tragic 40-year history of intervention-- the 1980s covert war, the 1990s civil war, and the U.S. occupation since 2001 --- helped transform this remote, landlocked nation into the world’s first true narco-state --where illicit drugs dominate the economy, fuel corruption and determine the fate of foreign interventions. Afghanistan can only progress when it is no longer a client narco-state with its rural areas dependent upon the opium crop.

Gimme Shelter | Playing For Change

This song expresses the urgency we all face to unite together as a planet and offers us wisdom with the words, "War, children, it's just a shot away... Love, sister, it's just a kiss away". Dedicated to all the lost, homeless and forgotten people in this world. It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.

Friday Nite Videos -- February 26, 2016

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Get Up Stand Up | Song Around The World. The Big Lebowski Silences Donald Trump. Gravitational Waves Hit the Late Show. Trump Ad by the Poorly Educated. Boots Riley Performs "Underdogs."

Trump Ad by the Poorly Educated

One group of voters that Donald Trump did especially well with in the Nevada caucuses were the poorly educated. He even touted this fact during his victory speech.