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Survivor to Rubio: Will You Reject NRA Money?

February 23, 2018

Cameron Kasky, one of the students who survived the shooting at Stoneman Douglas high school, asks Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) if the senator would continue to take campaign donations from the National Rifle Association.

Why The Rich Love Destroying Unions

February 23, 2018

Unions are on their last legs, and right-wing billionaires are getting ready to deal the final blow. And if you like having weekends, less than a 60-hour workweek and a living wage, then this is a big deal.

"Black Panther": Just a Dope-Ass Black Movie

February 23, 2018

Roy Wood Jr. explains why black audiences are so excited to celebrate the release of the movie "Black Panther."

February 23, 2018

Remember This Week: It’s the Beginning of the End of the NRA’s Reign of Terror

Joy-Ann Reid Daily Beast

Assault rifle, muzzled plugged by pencils

Yes, it’s been said before, and no, it won’t happen fast. But this time it really is different. And the Parkland Kids are leading the charge.

February 23, 2018

6 States Where Voters Could Push Democracy Forward in the Midterms

Kevon Paynter Yes! Magazine

From raising the minimum wage to enacting police reforms, here are ballot initiatives progressives should watch in 2018.

February 23, 2018

Sex, Drugs and Self-Control: How the Teen Brain Navigates Risk

Kerri Smith Nature

In more ways than one, there is a lot going on in a teenager’s head. “In fact, it’s just beautiful,” says B. J. Casey, a neuroscientist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. “It’s amazing that it unfolds correctly most of the time.”

February 23, 2018

Dispatches from Barbed Wire

Abigail Carl-Klassen Huizache: The Magazine of Latino Literature

The Wall goes on, but as the El Paso poet Abigail Carl-Klassen announces: “We’re still here. In protest. In Pachanga. Fists raised.”