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Misguided Protests of Russian Restaurants in NYC

March 18, 2022

“Just because we are a Russian establishment doesn’t mean we write a check to Putin or his regime.” Desi Lydic investigates how Russian restaurants in New York City have been unfairly targeted by protesters of the war in Ukraine. #DailyShow

Hunting for Missing Women the Media Ignores

March 18, 2022

Tens of thousands of Black girls and women go missing every year, but their faces are rarely the ones we see on the news.

March 18, 2022

Will Ukraine Write the Alt-Right’s Epitaph?

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus

Most of the leaders of the alt-right are scrambling to distance themselves from Vladimir Putin. It might be too late.

March 18, 2022

The US Would Be on Firmer Ground Declaring Putin a War Criminal If George W. Bush Had Been Tried

Juan Cole Informed Comment

I make no excuses for Putin, who is an execrable excuse for a human being, or for his war, which is barbarous. And, we should all have learned in kindergarten that two wrongs don’t make a right. But. But, Senators, we see you.

March 18, 2022

Plantations Could Be Used To Teach About Slavery If Stories Were Told Truthfully

Amy Potter and Derek H. Alderman The Conversation

Our research found that many plantation museums are reluctant to highlight Black lives and histories. But there is promising evidence of change at sites like McLeod Plantation in Charleston and Whitney Plantation in Louisiana.

March 18, 2022

Vladimir Putin Has Fallen Into the Dictator Trap

Brian Klaas The Atlantic

Reality doesn’t conform to the theory of the rational, calculating despot who can play the long game.

March 18, 2022

Murfreesboro Starbucks in Nashville Joins Nationwide Labor Organizing Push

Stephen Elliot Nashville Scene

More than 100 locations across the country are trying to establish unions

March 18, 2022

Kaddish

Esther Kamkar

Esther Kamkar’s prayer for the dead addresses the vast universality of war’s human tragedy.