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August 12, 2023

Argentina’s Slow Crawl to Justice

Amelia Rayno The Progressive

As family members of the disappeared pass away, the momentum of the fight slows. Argentina’s media outlets don’t often cover the trials, or the ensuing sentence mitigations, so many don’t realize that most convicted state terrorists aren't in prison.

August 11, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | July 11, 2023

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Is Donald Trump a Fascist? | Robert Reich. This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues. We Went To a Trump Rally: What We Heard. Dark Winds Season 2. The High Schooler Who Solved a Prime Number Theorem.

August 11, 2023

Jack Smith Wants a January Trial in D.C. — He Might Actually Get Something Close

Jordan Rubin MSNBC

It could be for the best, in the Justice Department’s view, that Judge Cannon didn’t grant the government’s requested date in Florida.

August 11, 2023

More Than Half of Earth’s Species Live in the Soil, Study Finds

Phoebe Weston The Guardian

Soil is estimated to be home to 90% of the world’s fungi, 85% of plants and more than 50% of bacteria, making it the world’s most species-rich habitat

August 11, 2023

Gen Z Gets a PAC

Elena Moore NPR

'We're not just voting. We're also running': David Hogg launches a young candidate PAC. The success of Maxwell Frost, advocate-turned-politician and the youngest member of Congress, is a motivator, says Hogg.

August 11, 2023