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July 14, 2018

Global Left Saturday - July 14, 2018

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French autonomous zone; Mozambique +43; Dalits fight; Latinas insurgent; Hard right vs soft left in Ontario

July 14, 2018

Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Rural South’s Invisible Public Health Crisis

Lyndsey Gilpin Southerly Magazine

Many rural Southern communities rely on “straight-piping.”

Many poor rural Southern communities lack a decent water and sewage infrastructure; consequently, poverty-related infections, or “neglected tropical diseases,” have been discovered in southeastern Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

July 13, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | July 13, 2018

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Robert Reich: How to Prevent Future Trumps. 'Black Identity Extremists' Report Is FBI's Cointelpro 2.0. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | White Man's World. Green Day - American Idiot (With Lyrics). Movie | Sorry to Bother You Trailer.

July 13, 2018

How the Mueller News Is an Indictment of…Donald Trump and His GOP Enablers

David Corn Mother Jones

The special counsel’s charges reinforce what we already know: Trump aided an attack on America.

July 13, 2018

Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart — Or His Handler?

Jonathan Chait New York Magazine

The theory that Donald Trump is a Russian intelligence asset is mind-boggling, but plausible

July 13, 2018

See Teacher Run. Run, Teacher, Run.

Eliza Newlin Carney The American Prospect

The more that right-wing groups spend to drive teachers from their unions, the harder educators fight back—and the more they are running for office.

July 13, 2018

More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic Pollution

Matt Wilkins Scientific American

It’s a lie that wasteful consumers cause the problem and that changing our individual habits can fix it

Robert Reich: How to Prevent Future Trumps

July 13, 2018

Robert Reich argues that to stop the rise of more Trumps in the future we must go after the system that prepared the way for his rise to power.

'Black Identity Extremists' Report Is FBI's Cointelpro 2.0

July 13, 2018

Decades ago, the FBI targeted Black activists who were fighting for equality — now, this sad chapter of history is repeating itself.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | White Man's World

July 13, 2018

Acclaimed country music singer Jason Isbell tackles a world of racial inequality and injustice head-on, saying "I can't stay silent." (Review article.)