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Do You Love Me?

They may not have soul, but they've definitely got moves. The Boston Dynamics menagerie lightens up the New Year.

The Worst Idea of 2020

Brian Resnick Vox
Let “natural herd immunity” as a pandemic relief strategy be extinguished with the end of 2020.

Trump’s Vilest Legacy

Rober Robert Reich
The acceptance of Trump’s behavior by millions of his supporters will be his vilest legacy.

The Iranian Ode to Joy

Majid Naficy
The Persian American poet Majid Naficy warns of celebrating a change of regimes too soon.

Dollar Meals and Diabetes

Elizabeth Oram Alliance for Sustainable Communities
The world’s healthiest societies are those with the lowest inequality—societies where leftwing forces are strong.

Jobs, Jobs Everywhere, But Most of Them Kind of Suck

Eric Levitz New York Magazine
Gallup asked 6,600 U.S. workers what they saw as the defining characteristics of a “good” job, then used their answers to construct a “job-quality index.” As measured by the index only 40 percent of Americans currently have “good” jobs.

Rap Brown Law Today

Michael E. Tigar Monthly Review
The Rap Brown Law is based on the idea that one person, crossing a state line with the intent to participate in mischief, ought to be prosecuted based on his or her writings or speech, duly intercepted, or by the compelled testimony of his comrades.