Too Hot to Work
Union of Concerned Scientists
Assessing the Threats Climate Change Poses to Outdoor Workers
Attack of the Superweeds
The New York Times
Herbicides are losing the war — and agriculture might never be the same again.
The Contemporary U.S. Right’s Roots in 1930s Union-Busting
Jacobin
The roots of the modern US right lie in the California fields of the 1930s, where large growers ferociously resisted farmworker organizing. It’s a reminder that opposing working-class power has been central to the US right from the very beginning.
Revelations of Carter’s Former Advisor : ‘Yes, the CIA entered Afghanistan before the Russians' …(1998)
David N. Gibbs
The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, [into Afghanistan] I wrote to President Carter, essentially: “We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war." -- Zbigniew Brzezinski
The Groundbreaking Decision That Just Struck a Blow to Our Racist Immigration Laws
The Nation
Nearly 100 years ago, Congress passed a law making it a felony to reenter the US after being deported. Now a judge has found it too racist to be allowed.
The White Lotus Is a Perfect Satire of Today’s Rich
Jacobin
HBO’s brilliant The White Lotus reminds us that class society permeates everywhere, even on a tropical island — something that US television traditionally does its best to hide.
Amazon? There Has to be a Better Way
The Stansbury Forum
Jeff Bezos may be going to the moon soon, but down here on terra firma unions are trying to organize and protect Amazon workers, and we seem to be the ones lost in space.
Friday Nite Videos | March 29, 2019
Portside
All the Other Reasons Trump Is a Bad President. Seeds of Freedom | Manu Chao. Jacinda Ardern's Full Christchurch Speech. Brexit Teens: Coming of Age During Political Chaos. Movie | US.
All the Other Reasons Trump Is a Bad President
With prosecutable collusion with Russia off the table, Stephen updates the 'Reasons Trump is a Bad President' board.
Seeds of Freedom | Manu Chao
Playing for Change's first song of 2019, "Seeds Of Freedom." We started filming and recording Manu Chao playing guitar and singing in a garden in Barcelona, Spain, and then we added musicians around the world to enhance the universal message of the song.
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