The Automation Charade
Logic
The rise of the robots has been greatly exaggerated. Whose interests does that serve?
For People Behind Bars, Reporting Sexual Assault Leads to More Punishment
Truthout
By the end of 2015, jails and prisons nationwide reported 24,661 allegations of sexual abuse, nearly triple the number in 2011. More than half (or 58 percent) of these allegations were against prison staff.
What’s the Deal with Tariffs?
Organizing Upgrade
So is Trump the worker’s hero? Will increased tariffs return jobs to the US? The left has been weak on this issue. The left lacks a real program to address the real concerns of those impacted by trade deals.
In Yemen and Beyond, U.S. Arms Manufacturers Are Abetting Crimes Against Humanity
Foreign Policy in Focus
Our leading weapons dealers have developed a business model that feeds on war, terrorism, chaos, political instability, and human rights violations.
Ten Years On, the Crisis of Global Capitalism Never Really Ended
Roar Magazine
With inequality on the rise, global debt higher than ever and international tensions intensifying, the political backlash to the crash of 2008 has only just begun.
Friday Nite Videos | July 27, 2018
Portside
Mark Ruffalo and Common Speak Out on Humanitarian Crisis at Border. Amber's Minute of Fury: R. Kelly. Songs That Bring History to Life | Rhiannon Giddens. A New Possible | Kaniela Saito Ing. Diversity in Comics Makes Bigots Mad.
Mark Ruffalo and Common Speak Out on Humanitarian Crisis at Border
Mark Ruffalo, Common, parents and children at the border, and humanitarian workers discuss how kids are still being kept in cages, and parents are being forced to pay thousands of dollars to get them back.
Amber's Minute of Fury: R. Kelly
Late Night writer Amber Ruffin focuses a minute of fury on R. Kelly, whom after decades of accusations of sexual misconduct released a 19-minute song called "I Admit It."
Songs That Bring History to Life | Rhiannon Giddens
Rhiannon Giddens pours the emotional weight of American history into her music
A New Possible | Kaniela Saito Ing
Political insurgency comes to Hawaii
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