A Tough-Love Letter to the Left

Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic
A new book urges activists to avoid insularity and purism--and to focus on winning.

Just ‘An Island in the Pacific’: An Enduring Colonial View

Jon Letman Foreign Policy in Focus
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ arrogant dismissal of a federal district judge’s ruling against the Trump Administration’s ban on refugees and certain Muslim travelers, because he presides on an “island in the Pacific,” is a reminder of how islands in the Pacific have been colonized, commodified, and militarized. From Hawaii to Okinawa, Pacific islanders are demeaned and their islands relegated to vacation getaways and military outposts for the U.S. empire.

Friday Nite Videos | April 28, 2017

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Ivanka & Jared. Guantanamera | Playing For Change. Bill Nye at March for Science. "President Trump" Crashes The Daily Show. Documentary: Oklahoma City.

Ivanka & Jared

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner hold an incredible amount of political power. That's troubling considering their incredibly small amount of political experience.

Guantanamera | Playing For Change

Starting with Carlos Varela in Havana and featuring over 75 Cuban musicians around the world, from Havana and Santiago to Miami, Barcelona and Tokyo. 

"President Trump" Crashes The Daily Show

Donald Trump (Anthony Atamanuik) of The President Show explains how he'll pay for his U.S.-Mexico border wall, reform taxes and make Comedy Central great again.

Documentary: Oklahoma City

Variety: "The complex story of how McVeigh came to be the righteous and violent sociopath he was. He saw himself as a freedom fighter going to war against the evils of big government."