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February 18, 2023

The Endgame of the Cuban Missile Crisis

William Burr & Leopoldo Nuti National Security Archive

Most of the documents in this posting are never-before-published records discovered at the U.S. National Archives among the State Department’s central files and the records of the U.S. Embassy in Rome.

February 18, 2023

California Law Against Forced Arbitration Invalidated

Anita Alem onlabor

Arbitration agreements prohibit employees from vindicating their legal rights in courtrooms, and instead require them to pursue claims in private, confidential forums.

February 18, 2023

Senate GOP Offers D.C. ‘Adult Supervision,’ Pushes To Overturn Criminal Code Bill

Martin Austermuhle DCist

Congressional interference in local affairs is not about an earnest desire to improve public safety or democracy in D.C. It’s political theater: hyperpartisan combatants in our divisive, national discourse seeking to score points for their next hometown election cycle.

February 18, 2023

Is the Life of a Poor Person Worth Less Than a Rich Human?

Hannah Story Brown and Emma Marsano Common Dreams

Why on earth are people's lives being valued differently depending on the country they live in?

February 18, 2023

Eddie Conway (1946–2023)

TRNN The Real News

Even in the darkest of times, in the most hopeless of places, Eddie’s commitment to organizing for liberation was unwavering. And, despite the unimaginable toll that 44 years of incarceration had taken on him, Eddie’s organizing did not stop when he walked out of prison.

February 17, 2023