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November 16, 2018

Noam Chomsky Calls Trump and Republican Allies "Criminally Insane"

John Horgan Scientific American

The great linguist and political critic remains hopeful that we can overcome global warming and other threats

Oil | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

November 16, 2018

How America became the number one producer of oil in the world and what that could mean for the environment.

Boy Erased | Movie

November 16, 2018

There are 77,000 people currently being held in conversion therapy across America. This is one gripping story.

Ice Cube | Arrest the President (LYRICS)

November 16, 2018

Ice Cube takes aim at the President for the unprecedented level of corruption in his administration

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins Climate Change Activists in Protest at Nancy Pelosi's Office

November 16, 2018

Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has joined about 200 climate-change activists as they stage a protest at the office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

November 16, 2018

POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN AMERICA, 2018

Charlotte Muse

It’s the opposite of attention deficit disorder, observes poet Charlotte Muse; we inhabit “a cloud of mosquitoes,” while the other guy gets richer, stronger.

November 15, 2018

Despite Famine, Khashoggi, and School Bus Massacre, House GOP Moves Swiftly to Keep US Involved in Saudi-Led War on Yemen

Julia Conley; Alex Emmonsand Aída Chávez Common Dreams

"Apparently, neither Saudi Arabia's brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi nor its mid-summer bombing of a school bus packed full of children were enough to break the ice surrounding House Majority Leader Paul Ryan's heart."

November 15, 2018

A New Generation of Activists Is in the House

John Nichols The Nation

Democrats have to keep reminding themselves, and America, that they beat Trump and the Republicans in the competition that mattered most - the only truly national competition this fall. The Democratic mandate is not overwhelming. But it is real.

November 15, 2018

Domestic Workers Recall Their Struggle Ahead of the Second Global Congress

Pavan Kulkarni People’s Dispatch

Only 25 countries have ratified ILO convention 189 that declares domestic workers should enjoy the same rights as other workers. Nonetheless, important advances in their struggle have been made world-wide.

November 15, 2018

When Media Say ‘Working Class,’ They Don’t Necessarily Mean Workers — but They Do Mean White

John McCullough FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

Since the 2016 elections, corporate media narratives about US politics have fixated on the “white working class” as a pivotal demographic, presented as a hardscrabble assortment of disaffected outsiders.