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Why Millennial Precarity Should Change The Way We Think About Class

Lauren Nicole Clark The Establishment
With the bleak future millennials are facing, it must be asked: Will the cultural capital of middle classness retain the same meaning as the middle class in America continues to erode? Or will class culture and consciousness evolve?

Media Delegitimize Venezuelan Elections

Alan MacLeod FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Despite an opposition boycott making the result predictable, Maduro received the vote of 28 percent of the eligible electorate, around the same as Barack Obama received in 2008 and more than he got in 2012, or Trump in 2016, despite these being hotly contested elections.

Dems Help Pass Huge Military Budget

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams
131 House Dems Help GOP Pass Massive Pentagon Budget That Includes Billions for Expanded Nuclear Arsenal "Instead of a blueprint for peace and security, this NDAA continues the practice of endless war with no input or oversight from our congressional leaders," lamented Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

How Foreign Abortion Foes Tried to Hijack Ireland’s Historic Pro-Choice Vote

Lara Whyte, Claire Provost, and May Fitzgerald. Open Democracy
Ireland Pro-Choice Demonstration
Foreign anti-abortion money, Facebook ads and canvassers poured into Ireland to defeat its historic pro-choice referendum. OpenDemocracy outlines six methods anti-abortion forces used against the repeal of Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortions.

Friday Nite Videos | May 25, 2018

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Trump Cancels NK Summit, Pushes Crazy Spy Claim. Teach Your Children | Playing For Change. The Break With Michelle Wolf. The Truth About the Money Bail Industry | John Legend. How Researchers Are Teaching AI to Learn Like a Child.

What's Wrong With University Secret Donor Agreements

Alexa Capeloto The Conversation
Once courts resolve whether university-linked foundations are subject to disclosure requirements, the public might finally see whether their state schools are offering academic influence to all big donors – not just the Koch brothers.

What Was So Remarkable About That Royal Wedding Sermon

Ed Simon History News Network
Michael Curry delivered a homily both impassioned and erudite. Based on the faces of the assembled British royals, aristocrats, and celebrities, it was also clearly something that hadn’t quite been heard at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle before.