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Trump Criticizes Boston Globe

Michael Levenson, Christina Prignano The Boston Globe
Because the Globe organized newspapers to publish editorials supporting the free press.

Are Bosses Dictators?

Joshua Rothman The New Yorker
A book posits that widespread oppression at work is a failure of America’s political system.

Lillian Hellman’s Days to Come

Jane LaTour ZNetwork
The great mystery to me, is why the play was a failure. Originally it ran for only 3 days, and then closed. Hellman was responding to an all-too-common ethical dilemma that persists down to today. Her own sympathies lay with the striking workers.

Friday Nite Videos | August 17, 2018

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John Oliver: Astroturfing. A Ride Through Oakland With Boots Riley. Amos Lee - “Dying White Light”. Movie | Fahrenheit 11/9. Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson Remember Aretha Franklin.

Elizabeth Warren Proposes a Second New Deal

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
Her new bill would compel corporations to dump “maximizing shareholder value” and put worker representatives on their boards.

When a Young Trump Went to Russia

Craig Unger The New Republic
In 1987, the real estate tycoon visited the country to explore a hotel deal. Is that when he became compromised by Russian security services?