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February 12, 2021

Gig Workers’ Data Rights Should Be Prioritized in Labor’s Next Fight

Phela Townsend Truthout

Three people getting into a car with a Uber sign on the windshield.

Data is like sunlight on employers’ wider patterns of technology use: without it, workers have little recourse to effectively address workplace concerns or combat violations of labor law.

February 12, 2021

In This Place (An American Lyric)

Amanda Gorman Split this Rock

“There’s a poem in this place--/a poem in America/a poet in every American,” writes Amanda Gorman in a celebration of the varieties of what is an American.

June 23, 2017

Friday Nite Videos | June 23, 2017

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Mueller Team Paints Picture of Trump-Russia Investigation. Jesse Winchester | Step by Step. We May Not Have Heard the End of the Tapes. Trumpcare Protesters Block Hallway Outside McConnell's Office. Randy Bryce Announces for Paul Ryan's Seat in Congress.

Mueller Team Paints Picture of Trump-Russia Investigation

June 23, 2017

Who's on Special Counsel Mueller's Russia investigation team and what do their qualifications say where the investigation is going?

We May Not Have Heard the End of the Tapes

June 23, 2017

Lawrence O'Donnell says Trump initially tweeted about "tapes" only because he can't keep himself from lying.

Randy Bryce Announces for Paul Ryan's Seat in Congress

June 23, 2017

Randy Bryce, local community activist and life-long resident of southeastern Wisconsin launches campaign for Congress in Wisconsin's first district to take on Speaker Paul Ryan.

June 23, 2017

We Have the Secret Trumpcare Bill. Here’s How We Kill It.

The Indivisible Team Daily Kos

Senate Republicans don’t have the votes...at least, not yet. If we peel off just 3 senators, we win.

June 23, 2017

Voter Suppression Hacked the Election

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

"We would not be having this healthcare deconstruction if we had the Voting Rights Act!"

June 23, 2017

A Grand New Theory of Life's Evolution on Earth

Sarah Zhang The Atlantic

A series of energy revolutions—some natural, some technological—built upon one another to give us our rich, diverse biosphere.

June 23, 2017

American Slavery: Separating Fact From Myth

Daina Ramey Berry The Conversation

American slavery happened – we are still living with its consequences. I believe we are finally ready to face it, learn about it and acknowledge its significance to American history.