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'Job Shaming' Actor Geoffrey Owens Totally Backfired

September 7, 2018

Actor Geoffrey Owens (“The Cosby Show”) speaks out after articles from Fox News and other media outlets attempted to “job shame” him for working at Trader Joe’s. Owens says the Fox News article about him was “an attempt to make someone feel small about what they do for a living” but it has “totally backfired”.

Skin Deep | Buddy Guy

September 7, 2018

Playing For Change and Buddy Guy unite to record and film his anthem, “Skin Deep.” The song includes over 50 musicians from coast to coast.

Rudy Giuliani Defends Trump | Our Cartoon President

September 7, 2018

President's attorney Rudy Giuliani appears on Anderson Cooper to defend President Trump

Obama Rebukes Trump Ahead of Midterm Elections

September 7, 2018

Barack Obama says Donald Trump is a "symptom, not the cause" of division and polarization in the U.S.

Inside the Trauma of Family Separation

September 7, 2018

An unflinching look at one family's chaotic experience being forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

September 7, 2018

Holding a Place for Humankindness to Go

Phyllis Klein Portside

The subject of Phyllis Klein’s poem is homelessness and a simple, albeit personal solution.

September 6, 2018

While Trump Clearly Horrible President, Critics Denounce Right-Wing 'Unelected Cabal' Represented by Anonymous Op-Ed

Jon Queally Common Dreams

Trump is a threat, but so too are the right-wing ideologues who surround him imposing a form of efficiency to implement their agendas. We should fear Trump, and we should fear the oped author. Both are dangerous.

September 6, 2018

What Would a Socialist America Look Like?

Politico Magazine Politico

We asked thinkers on the left—and a couple of outliers—to describe their vision for a re-imagined American economy. Just a decade ago, “socialism” was a dirty word in American politics. Not anymore.

September 6, 2018

It's Not the 'Future of Work,' It's the Future of Workers That's in Doubt (long)

Sarita Gupta, Stephen Lerner, & Joseph A. McCartin The American Prospect

A call for a new union strategy from three prominent workers' advocates. It is the concentration of wealth and power in this new economy, not computerization or artificial intelligence, that represents the gravest threat to our future.

September 6, 2018

From Mollie Tibbetts' Father: Don't Distort Her Death to Advance Racist Views

Rob Tibbetts, Guest columnist Des Moines Register

Politicians and pundits used Mollie’s death to promote various political agendas. We appealed to them and they graciously stopped. Sadly, others have ignored our request. They have instead chosen to callously distort and corrupt Mollie’s tragic death