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Friday Nite Videos | January 6, 2023

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The Case for a $20/Hour Minimum Wage. The Beat, It Travels: Reggaeton. Boebert and Hannity Clash, Republicans Turn On Trump. How Physicists Created a Holographic Wormhole. What New Zealand Can Teach Us About Reparations.

The Case for a $20/Hour Minimum Wage

Workers say the $15 minimum wage is now unlivable. NY State Senator Jessica Ramos is leading a bill to raise the minimum wage to $20/hour and index it to inflation.

The Beat, It Travels: Reggaeton

Reggaeton's rich history, from Panama to Puerto Rico and beyond, is a celebration of collaboration across cultures, making it one of the world's favorite genres.

Why Socialists Need To Talk About Justice

Lillian Cicerchia Jacobin
It’s not enough for socialists to point out capitalism’s many faults — we need to explain our positive vision of the future and how it lives up to our ideals of justice.

Inside the Supreme Court Case That Could Chill a U.S. Strike Wave

Steve Wishnia Work Bites
Photo of strike signs on sticks with workers hands leaning on them.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 174 on Jan. 10. Justices Alito and Thomas might want to use this case to narrow what is considered “protected activity”. That would follow the pattern of the 2018 Janus v. AFSCME decision, which was preceded by another case where Alito disputed the 1977 precedent that public-sector unions may charge nonmembers fees for the costs of representing them.