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April 28, 2018

Capitalism Got You Down? Try a Worker Cooperative

Robert Ramin Raymond The Bold Italic

How the cooperative work structure is making a comeback to democratize labor

April 27, 2018

Before the Chalk Dust Settles: Building on the 2018 Teachers’ Mobilization

Maurice Bp-Weeks, Stephen Lerner, Joseph A. Mccartin, & Marilyn Sneiderman The American Prospect

By bargaining for and with the larger community, teachers are reinventing collective bargaining.

April 27, 2018

Paul Ryan Fires Jesuit Chaplain and Catholics Aren't Happy

Heidi Schlumpf National Catholic Reporter

Some House members speculated the resignation was prompted by Conroy's invitation of a Muslim cleric to offer an opening prayer or because of a prayer by Conroy that was perceived as being critical of the GOP tax cut bill.

April 27, 2018

Did Trump Jr. Talk to His Dad About the Trump Tower Meeting?

Dan Friedman Mother Jones

Did Trump Jr. Talk to His Dad About the Trump Tower Meeting? Republicans don’t want to know.

April 27, 2018

Evictions Up 400% Since Sean Hannity Bought Georgia Apartments

Jon Swaine The Guardian

Records show 61 different residents have received notice to vacate their homes in Perry complex since Hannity took over in 2014

April 27, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | April 27, 2018

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Pain and Terror: America Remembers Lynching. All Along the Watchtower | Playing for Change. How Michael Cohen Pleading the 5th Could Backfire on Donald Trump. Trump Freaks Out on Fox & Friends. Kanye West Ignites a Debate About Racism.

Pain and Terror: America Remembers Its Past

April 27, 2018

More than 4,400 enslaved black men, women and children were lynched by white mobs between 1877 and 1950. As America’s first memorial and museum dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people opens in Montgomery, Alabama, Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington meets founder and racial justice lawyer Bryan Stevenson

All Along the Watchtower | Playing for Change

April 27, 2018

The Bob Dylan classic performed by artists from India, Ghana, Argentina, Italy, Niger, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Ghana, Japan, Mali and many of the United States

How Michael Cohen Pleading the 5th Could Backfire on Donald Trump

April 27, 2018

In a special legal report, Ari Melber examines Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s decision to plead the 5th in matters relating to the Stormy Daniels case. Melber points out Nixon’s own lawyer plead the 5th during a Watergate grand jury, but eventually flipped.

Trump Freaks Out on Fox & Friends

April 27, 2018

Seth takes a closer look at President Trump freaking out about the various criminal investigations around him during a rambling interview on Fox & Friends.