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Is Most Published Research Wrong?

June 11, 2021

Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false. But it's a lot better than denying published science.

“Takeover”: New Doc Chronicles Historic 1970 Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx

June 11, 2021

“Takeover” follows the 12 historic hours on July 14, 1970, when members of the Young Lords Party took over the rundown Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx in New York City.

Mdou Moctar | Chismiten

June 11, 2021

"Afrique Victime" is the title track from Mdou Moctar's new album out on Matador Records, May 21,2021. Order it here: http://mdou.ffm.to/afriquevictime

How Radical Gardeners Took Back New York City

June 11, 2021

Seed bombs. The "tree lady of Brooklyn." The roots of urban gardening. The secret history of the radical act of greening cities.

June 11, 2021

History is politics by other means, and we who care about it have to fight this war better and more strategically ourselves. We need history that can get us marching but also render us awed by how much there is to learn.

June 11, 2021

The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump

Boston Globe Editors Boston Globe

Trump’s presidency made clear that our institutions are currently incapable of holding presidents accountable for breaking the law. Unless he faces consequences, the message to future corrupt leaders is that they will not face consequences either.

June 11, 2021

We’ll Probably Need Booster Shots for Covid-19. But When? And Which Ones?

Carl Zimmer New York Times

Scientists are asking a lot of questions about Covid-19 booster shots, but they don’t yet have many answers. Here’s what they know so far.

June 11, 2021

It’s Not Just Income Taxes. Billionaires Don’t Pay Inheritance Taxes Either.

Michael Mechanic Mother Jones

Rich Americans pay only about 2 percent on inherited fortunes, “less than one-seventh the average tax rate on income from work and savings.”

June 11, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | June 11, 2021

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How Radical Gardeners Took Back New York City. Mdou Moctar | Chismiten. “Takeover”: New Doc Chronicles Historic 1970 Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. Is Most Published Research Wrong? Jordan Klepper Solves Guns.

June 10, 2021

The Railway: An Adventure in Construction

Dragan Plavšić Counterfire

E. P. Thompson a leader among British youth in constructing a Yugoslav railway in 1947. The reviewer faults the book, for boosting the communist regime while exaggerating the role played by the nation’s workers, even as he lauds Thompson’s later work