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When Earth Was a Planet of the Apes

May 28, 2021

More than ten million years ago, the world was brimming with a wide variety of apes. New studies of ape fossils provide clues how humans evolved.

Chile: Left and Independent Forces Win Big

May 28, 2021

A new constitution that will likely shape Chile's future for decades will be written by victorious left and independent candidates, who decisively defeated the conservative coalition of President Sebastian Pinera.

May 28, 2021

'Filibuster or Democracy' After GOP Nixes 1-6 Commission

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

"Unless we abolish the filibuster, there will be no progress on any agenda focused on justice, fairness, or basic survival," said Sen. Ed Markey.

May 28, 2021

What Is Sovereignty? A Conversation About American Colonialism

Jason Wilson The Guardian

Jacqueline Keeler, the author of a new book on standoffs with the government, tells Jason Wilson why the colonial relationship on which the US was founded needs to be renegotiated

May 28, 2021

Capitalism and the Caring Economy

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect

The entire caregiving sector needs to be separated from the commercial economy. Otherwise, we pay exorbitant costs for inadequate services and abuse workers and patients alike.

May 28, 2021

Biden Banks on $3.6 Trillion Tax Hike on the Rich and Corporations

Alan Rappeport The New York Times

The White House is proposing substantial increases in personal income tax rates for those earning about a half-million dollars and higher tax rates on large corporations. Republicans are aghast.

May 28, 2021

Bosses are acting like the pandemic never happened

Anna North Vox

Now, with vaccinations on the rise and summer approaching, a lot of employers are going back to business as usual. Workers have leverage at this moment.

May 28, 2021

27 Million Soviet Citizens Lost Their Lives Fighting the Nazis, Westerners Comparing USSR to Hitler's Germany Insult Their Memory

Bradley Blankenship Russia Today

With Victory Day here again, World War II historical revisionism kicks back into gear. The reason this is becoming such a hot issue once again is that the debate over the past has serious implications for today’s geopolitics.

May 28, 2021

And for a Time we Lived

Rebecca Foust New Letters

California poet Rebecca Foust addresses an accustomed high standard of living that we know is precarious, evanescent.

May 27, 2021

The Left Turn - Are We Entering a New Political Era? (long)

Andrew Marantz The New Yorker

The neoliberal order seems to be collapsing. A generation of young activists is trying to insure that it’s replaced by progressive populism, not by the fascist right.