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August 7, 2022

Restoration of Pig Organs After Heart Stopped Raises Hopes for Transplants

Linda Geddes The Guardian

Findings point to improvements in organ transplants and raise questions over nature of death

August 7, 2022

The Fed Keeps Getting More Powerful. Is It Bad for America?

Jesse Eisinger ProPublica

ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger interviews law professor Lev Menand about his new book critiquing the role of the Federal Reserve.

August 7, 2022

Africa: Western Colonialism vs The Legacy of the Soviet Union

RAMZY BAROUD Common Dreams

Moscow - along with Beijing - is preparing for a long-term geopolitical confrontation in Africa.

August 7, 2022

West Chicago Is Cleaning Up the Last of Its Nuclear Contamination. Residents Exposed to Radiation Say ‘It’s Not Over’

Liuan Huska Borderless

A local factory was once the largest producer of thorium in the world. This fall, the “radioactive capital of the Midwest” is doing one last cleanup.

August 7, 2022

115,000 Railroad Workers Are Weighing a National Strike

Jeff Schuhrke Jacobin

US labor law is designed to prevent railroad strikes like the kind that shook America in the past. But the constant cuts to staffing levels and erosion of conditions for rail workers could produce a national rail walkoff by September.

August 7, 2022

Reservation Dogs Review: Season 2 Is Funnier, Sadder, and Bigger

Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly

The FX comedy "Reservation Dogs" returns in an expansive mood.

August 7, 2022

Diablo Devs Say Activision Back to Its Old ‘Union-Busting’ Tricks

Ethan Gach Kotaku

DIablo devs accuse the Call of Duty publisher of spending hundreds of thousands on defeating the latest union drive

June 28, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | June 28, 2019

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The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts. Prophets Of Rage | Made With Hate. The Amazing Brains and Morphing Skin of Octopuses. AOC, Tiffany Cabán and the Struggle for a People's DA in Queens. These Photos Ended Child Labor in the US.

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

June 28, 2019

The Mueller Report shows that President Trump likely obstructed justice and that his campaign not only knew Russia wanted them to win, but welcomed it. The Investigation was written by Robert Schenkkan, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning screenwriter and playwright. The live cast includes Annette Bening, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Frederick Weller, Ben Mckenzie, and many more.

Prophets Of Rage | Made With Hate

June 28, 2019

A new song from Prophets of Rage (Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill) warns, "This is not a drill/this is fascism"