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Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn Recalls Racial Abuse During Jan. 6 Riot

July 30, 2021

"You all tried to disrupt democracy that day. You failed," Dunn said.

How Do People Get Sucked Into Online Conspiracies… and Find a Way Out?

July 30, 2021

A Bernie supporter and Biden voter in QAnon? Desi Lydic sits down with a former online conspiracy theorist to discuss the appeal of conspiracy groups to people across the political spectrum and the path to getting out. #DailyShow #DesiLydic #QAnon

Why the US Army Tried to Exterminate the Bison

July 30, 2021

And then took credit for “saving” them.

July 30, 2021

‘We’re Not Animals, We’re Human Beings’: US Farm Workers Labor in Deadly Heat With Few Protections

Michael Sainato The Guardian

Advocates want Osha to issue federal heat standards, requiring water, shade and rest breaks

July 30, 2021

Driving While Black and Jewish

Esther Cohen

Nothing pushes the panic button faster than the sound of a police siren coming up behind you, as New York-based poet Esther Cohen reports.

July 29, 2021

Here’s a Long List of Top Republicans the 1/6 Committee Should Question

David Corn Mother Jones

The much tougher task for the committee will be investigating what Trump and his minions did in the months, weeks, days, and even hours leading up to the assault and what actions Trump and his aides took (or didn’t take) during the seditious riot.

July 29, 2021

Real Estate Groups Paid GOP Lawmakers Huge Sums to Reinstate Evictions

Sharon Zhang Truthout

As the national eviction moratorium, originally created for the pandemic, is set to end on July 31, a new report finds that the real estate industry has been lobbying for federal regulators to end the policy for months.

July 29, 2021

‘WE ALL QUIT’: How America’s Workers Are Taking Back Their Power

Lauren Kaori Gurley VICE

Something remarkable is happening in fast food establishments, retail stores, and restaurants across America. You may have seen photos of it go viral. You may have even experienced it and the hostess apologizes for extra-long wait times.

July 29, 2021

Cuba: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise

Frei Betto El Cohete

I do not wish the future of Cuba to be like the present of Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras or even Puerto Rico...The United States was never satisfied with having lost the Cuba subjected to its ambitions.

July 29, 2021

Tidbits - July 29, 2021 - Reader Comments: Right Wing Crusade - Cultural War; Bob Moses Remembered; Olympics, Simone Biles Hero; Masks and Vaccines Because They Work; Cuba; China; Korean War; Puerto Rico; Black Lung; and more ....

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Reader Comments: Right Wing Crusade - Cultural War; Bob Moses Remembered; Olympics, Simone Biles Hero; Masks and Vaccines Because They Work; Cuba; China; Korean War; Puerto Rico; Black Lung; and more ....