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April 30, 2019

Workers Barely Benefited from Trump’s Sweeping Tax Cut, Investigation Shows

Peter Cary and Allan Holmes The Guardian

Big companies drove the 2017 Tax and Jobs Act, but did not commit to any specific wage hikes, the Center for Public Integrity found.

April 30, 2019

Clinton-Era Politics Refuses to Die. Joe Biden is Its Zombie That Staggers On

Hamilton Nolan The Guardian

Biden thinks he’s well positioned because after the shock of the Trump years, people want to go back to where we were. Wrong

April 30, 2019

Clashes Rock Venezuela as Guaido Urges Opposition Uprising

Scott Smith and Christopher Torchia AP

Violent street battles erupted in parts of Caracas in what was the most serious challenge yet to Maduro’s rule. Still, the rebellion, dubbed “Operation Freedom,” seemed to have garnered only limited military support.

April 30, 2019

Tennessee Governor Leads Anti-Union Captive Audience Meeting at VW

Chris Brooks Labor Notes

A recording of the governor’s speech, obtained by Labor Notes, reveals a raucous meeting in which the governor tried to praise workers while encouraging them to vote against the union.

April 30, 2019

I'm Dying From ALS and Here's My Message: No More Half Measures. Only Medicare for All

Ady Barkan Common Dreams

"Some people argue that although Medicare for All is a great idea, we need to move slowly to get there. But I needed Medicare for All yesterday. Millions of people need it today. The time to pass this law is now."

April 30, 2019

Roberto Gavaldón: Mexico’s Auteur of Noir

Will Noah The New York Review of Books

The film series “Roberto Gavaldón: Night Falls in Mexico” at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) showcases the rarely screened signature achievement of the Western hemisphere’s second-most-robust film industry in the decades surrounding World War II.

April 30, 2019