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August 4, 2018

“In the World of Film, We’ve Edited out All Rebellion”

An interview with Boots Riley by Chip Gibbons Jacobin

Boots Riley on communism, "Sorry to Bother You," and what kind of political action the present moment demands.

August 4, 2018

Oregon Labor Group to Refund Worker's Union Dues

Associated Press Los Angeles Times

Melissa Unger, executive director of SEIU Local 503 in Oregon, said the union chose to settle the lawsuit rather than go through a costly and time-consuming legal battle.

August 4, 2018

Trump’s Plan to Scare Americans Into Supporting Car Pollution

Emily Atkin The New Republic

The administration says thousands more people will die in traffic accidents if vehicles are forced to become more fuel-efficient.

August 4, 2018

Advancing the Trump Administration’s Warped View of Religious Freedom Abroad

Claire Provost OpenDemocracy

Hosting last week’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, a worldwide summit of enemies of abortion and same-sex marriage, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said spreading this brand of religious freedom would be a new State Department “mission.”

August 4, 2018

Jeff Sessions’ Religious Liberty Task Force: 'Twisted and Dangerous' Views

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

On July 30th, Attorney General Jeff Sessions hosted the Religious Liberty Summit. It was clearly designed to advance the Trump Administration’s “twisted and dangerous view of religious freedom, one that uses religion to discriminate and harm others.”

August 3, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | August 3, 2018

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Thank You, Koch Brothers! Prophets of Rage | Who Owns Who. Learning Dexterity. Movie: BLACKkKLANSMAN. Fact Check: Collusion Is A Crime.

August 3, 2018

Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Awful, But There’s a Better Alternative Than the Establishment’s Version

Lawrence S. Wittner Foreign Policy in Focus

It would be a mistake to yearn for undisputed U.S. "leadership," or for U.S.-led military alliances. A better alternative is global governance.

August 3, 2018

Spike Lee: ‘This Guy in the White House Has Given the Green Light for the Klan'

Tim Adams The Guardian

The director’s award-winning new film is the story of a black detective who went undercover with the KKK. He talks ‘wokeness’, vindication and Trump’s America

August 3, 2018

Lending a Helping Paw: Dogs Will Aid Their Crying Human

Julia Meyers-Manor and Emily Sanford The Conversation

People have long believed that their dogs will come to their aid when they're in distress. Dog researchers put that belief to the test, and this is what they found.

Thank You, Koch Brothers!

August 3, 2018

Bernie Sanders thanks the Koch brothers for sponsoring a study that shows that Medicare for all would save the American people $2 trillion dollars over a ten year period. Probably not what they intended to do, but that is what a study of the Mercatus Center - significantly funded by the Kochs - shows.