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August 25, 2023

Bill Bragg Answers a Divisive Song With a Song of His Own

Billy Bragg The Guardian

The No 1 hit Rich Men North of Richmond rails against billionaires but punches down on the poor. So I decided to write a song in reply.

August 25, 2023

New York Workers Are Waiting on $79 Million in Back Wages

Marcus Baram, Documented, with data analysis by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Lam Thuy Vo, special to ProPublica ProPublica

The New York State Department of Labor still needs to recover 63% of stolen wages during a five-year period analyzed by ProPublica and Documented. The problem? An understaffed agency with poor tools for recovering wages and enforcing judgments.

August 25, 2023

Indictments of Trump and Allies Highlight Need To Protect Election Systems

Derek Tisler and Lawrence Norden Brennan Center for Justice

The Georgia RICO indictment details the targeting of both election machines and election officials.

Billy Bragg | Rich Men Earning North of a Million

August 25, 2023

The ghost of Woody Guthrie whispered in Billy Bragg's ear: you should write an answer song to Rich Men North of Richmond. Read the whole story.

Georgia Prosecutor and Judge Call Trump Ally’s Bluff

August 25, 2023

The first Georgia RICO trial could begin as early as October 23.

Watch a Climate Scientist Fact Check an Alarming PragerU Video

August 25, 2023

Florida schools are a place where the teaching of history goes to die, but climate pseudo-science is freely taught.

The Day Women Shut Down Iceland

August 25, 2023

The strike that helped close the gender pay gap in Iceland.

A Storm Foretold | Roger Stone Documentary

August 25, 2023

A stunning full-length documentary by Danish documentarian Christoffer Guldbrandsen, with extensive footage of Roger Stone's unguarded moments.

August 25, 2023

The Winner and Still Champion

Jeannette Ferrary

Poet/photographer Jeannette Ferrary finds no small irony in the fact that Mattel has turned its products into a movie and the movie into more products, another merchandise opportunity.

August 24, 2023

The GOP Debate – Trump and the MAGA Party

Harold Meyerson DSA - Democratic Socialists of America

Even without Donald Trump on stage, in the first GOP debate, the treatment the crowd gave Trump’s critics made it vociferously clear - this is a MAGA Trump Party.