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Sarah Cooper Trump Impersonation | Compilation

May 29, 2020

Sarah Cooper (comedian) takes parody and lip-sync to the next level with her imitation/impersonation of Donald Trump.

The Legal Marijuana Industry Is Rigged | Hasan Minhaj

May 29, 2020

As rich, white business owners monopolize newly-available marijuana licenses, states continue to arrest people of color for cannabis crimes, even after it’s legal. This leads Hasan to ask: if cannabis can’t be legalized fairly, should it be legalized at all?

How Coronavirus Spreads Outdoors vs. Indoors

May 29, 2020

Can a runner give you Covid-19?

May 29, 2020

Philippine Call Center Workers Are in Danger. It’s Our Problem, Too.

Michael Galant In These Times

In the U.S., Covid-19 has brought renewed focus to the way that working-class lives are treated as expendable. But far less attention has been paid to the global dimensions of the crisis.

May 29, 2020

At the Mall, There’s a Machine That Tells You If You Are Racist

Karen Skolfield Split this Rock

Racist: takes a machine to know one? Poet Karen Skolfield parodies the obsession of skin color.

May 28, 2020

Minneapolis Council Member: 'Police in the City Failed Us' in Protest Response; The Death of George Floyd, in Context

Andy Mannix and Miguel Otárola; Jelani Cobb; Tony Williams, Leilah Abdennabi and Sheila Nezhad

The video of Floyd's death is horrific but not surprising; terrible but not unusual, depicting a kind of incident that is periodically reënacted. It's necessary and, pedestrian to observe that policing in this country is mediated by race.

May 28, 2020

Crumbs for the Hungry but Windfalls for the Rich

Nicholas Kristof The New York Times

Billions are going to zillionaires under the guise of pandemic relief. While President Trump and his allies in Congress seek to tighten access to food stamps, they are showing compassion for one group: zillionaires.

May 28, 2020

After Losing Hope for Change, Top Left-wing Activists and Scholars Leave Israel Behind

Shany Littman Haaretz

They founded anti-occupation movements and fought for the soul of Israeli society, but ultimately decided to emigrate. The new exiles tell Haaretz how they were harassed and silenced, until they had almost no choice but to leave.

May 28, 2020

Frances Was Golden: Legendary Activist and Literary Agent Leaves an Inspiring Legacy

John Tarleton The Indypendent

Frances Goldin was relentless, her enthusiasm infectious. And her life shows the value of being a long-distance runner. She fought like hell to defend her community. Frances had been a regular presence at Zuccotti Park a couple of years earlier...

May 28, 2020

Tidbits - May 28, 2020 - Reader Comments: I Can't Breathe - Again; Trump Second Term Means Tyranny; Reader's Respond on Tara Reade; Open Churches?; Vietnam; Indonesia; Chile; Nuclear Testing, Nuclear Cold War - Again; announcements; resources

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Reader Comments: I Can't Breathe - Again; Trump Second Term Means Tyranny; Reader's Respond on Tara Reade; Open Churches?; Vietnam; Indonesia; Chile; Nuclear Testing, Nuclear Cold War - Again; Resources; Events:COVID and mass incarceration; June 20th