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September 9, 2022

Bernie Sanders: The US Has a Ruling Class – And Americans Must Stand Up to It

Bernie Sanders The Guardian

We now have more income and wealth inequality than at any time in the last hundred years. And it’s not just income and wealth inequality that is plaguing our nation. It is the maldistribution of economic and political power.

September 9, 2022

A Brief History of the War

Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer Beloit Poetry Journal

“Ours in an old war,” says the poet Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer. “It has a beard and calls itself Uncle.”

May 8, 2020

Friday Nite Videos | May 8, 2020

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Trump and His Allies Have a Plan for Protecting Themselves, Not You. Stay Home | Baba Brinkman. Spike Lee's New Short Film | New York New York. Mourning in America. Filmmaker Josh Fox Responds to Michael Moore on Bombshell Climate Film.

Trump and His Allies Have a Plan for Protecting Themselves, Not You

May 8, 2020

A closer look at the Trump administration testing themselves, but not you, for COVID-19

Stay Home | Baba Brinkman

May 8, 2020

The science of the COVID-19 outbreak in rap format. Music video produced from home.

Spike Lee's New Short Film | New York New York :)

May 8, 2020

My Short Film - NEW YORK NEW YORK - Is a Love Letter to Its People.

Mourning in America

May 8, 2020

Donald Trump’s failed presidency has left the nation weaker, sicker, and teetering on the verge of a new Great Depression.

Filmmaker Josh Fox Responds to Michael Moore on Bombshell Climate Film

May 8, 2020

Oscar Nominated Filmmaker and Environmental Activist Josh Fox responds to Michael Moore's, 'Planet of the Humans.' He argues why he believes Moore misled the public on recent developments in renewable energy.

May 8, 2020

The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case

Neal K. Katyal and Joshua A. Geltzer The New York Times

It embeds into official U.S. policy a shockingly extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people

May 8, 2020

The Agonizing Story of Tara Reade

Laura McGan Vox

I started reporting on Tara Reade’s story a year ago. Here’s what I found, and where I’m stuck.