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June 17, 2023

Time To Seek Justice, Not Hand Out the Nobel Prize, for Economic Crimes

Walden Bello Foreign Policy in Focus

Neoliberalism has caused the widespread and institutional violation of human rights.

June 17, 2023

The End of the Line for the Raunchy Billionaire Who Set the Stage for Donald Trump

Sam Pizzigati Inequality.org

This billionaire’s legacy? Two-thirds of all Italians between the ages of 18 and 34 are now living at home with their parents because Italy’s “miserable starting salaries mean young Italians generally cannot afford their own place.

June 17, 2023

Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero

Chip Gibbons Jacobin

Honoring Ellsberg requires not just recalling him as a historic figure, but carrying on his work and legacy to dismantle the machinery of war that has claimed far too many lives and end its accompanying regime of secrecy.

June 16, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | June 16, 2023

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DeSantis and Trump Among the Disciples. "We Built This" - Black-ish Season 4 Premiere. Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty in the Supreme Court. School Board President Destroys Homophobic Protestors. Why Disney World Is in Florida.

DeSantis and Trump Among the Disciples

June 16, 2023

The jaw-dropping claims of some very un-Christian politicians.

"We Built This" - Black-ish Season 4 Premiere

June 16, 2023

A reminder, on Juneteenth, of the role that Black labor has played in building the country.

Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty in the Supreme Court

June 16, 2023

Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle talks about a major victory at the Supreme Court in a case that could have gutted Native American sovereignty.

School Board President Destroys Homophobic Protestors

June 16, 2023

School Board President Jackie Goldberg showcases The Great Big Book of Families and gives a heartfelt speech about showing respect to lgbtq+ individuals.

Why Disney World Is in Florida

June 16, 2023

Disney World really is a kingdom.

June 16, 2023

‘I’ve Never Regretted Doing It’: Daniel Ellsberg (1931–2023)

David Smith The Guardian

Fifty years after exposing US lies about the Vietnam war, Daniel Ellsberg said the culture of official secrecy had gotten worse. He urged whistleblowers: ‘Don’t wait years till the bombs are falling and people have been dying’