The Long History of Debt Cancellation

Olivia Schwob Boston Review
Moral thinking about debt has fluctuated throughout U.S. history. Today’s calls for cancellation suggest it may be poised for transformation once again.

The Strike at McDonald’s

Eli Day In These Times
It's About More Than Fighting Abuse—It’s About Workplace Democracy

NACLA on the Coup in Bolivia: Against Revanchist Violence and State Repression

Editorial Board: North American Congress on Latin America NACLA
Evo Morales, Bolivia's former president and leader of the Movement for Socialism party.
While many factors contributed to Bolivia’s current upheaval, the pattern of rightist revanchism, the role of oligarchic forces, external actors, and the military suggests we are witnessing a coup. And those resisting the coup are under great threat.

Pramila Jayapal Takes On Medicare for All’s Critics

David Dayen The American Prospect
Democratic infighting over Medicare for All is unnecessary and dangerous. To criticize a plan that is in-depth and thoughtful, and addresses the very issues we need to address, and has the support of enormous numbers of Americans, is a big mistake.

Slavery’s Lessons for the Supreme Court and the DACA case

Jamal Greene and Elora Mukherjee Los Angeles Times
“Dreamers” attend a news conference at US Capitol.
The DACA case involves some legal uncertainty. And while there are obvious differences between slavery and deportation, the way antebellum courts in free states thought about the security of their brown-skinned residents is instructive.

Friday Nite Videos | November 15, 2019

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Billionaires Freak Out About Warren and Sanders. The Report | Movie. Bernie, AOC Unveil $180 Billion Green New Deal for Public Housing. Why It’s So Hard to Get Mental Health Care | Hasan Minhaj. Understanding the Science of Climate Change.

Billionaires Freak Out About Warren and Sanders

Seth takes a closer look at billionaire Mike Bloomberg reportedly being on the brink of joining the Democratic primary as Wall Street panics about the current crop of candidates

The Report | Movie

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, CIA agents begin using extreme interrogation tactics on those they think were behind it