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Not Going Quietly: The Life of Ady Barkan | Documentary

August 13, 2021

A powerful documentary film about the life and activism of Ady Barkan, who has remained a powerful advocate for justice and health care while suffering from ALS. In select theaters Aug 13.

Jimmy Cliff | Human Touch

August 13, 2021

A brilliantly animated new single “Human Touch” by Jimmy Cliff celebrates the irreplaceable personal interaction that we are currently deprived of.

The Sacklers and Opiods: You Judge

August 13, 2021

John Oliver explains how the Sackler family has been handling opiod lawsuits and why you should judge the situation for yourself.

August 13, 2021

Flawed From the Start, Afghan War's Bitter End Was 'Inevitable'

Andrea Germanos Common Dreams

"No one will look back through history with anything but shame and sorrow for the human suffering wrought and the repeated failures of the U.S. war machine."

August 13, 2021

Changing Face of the USA: More Hispanic, Asian and Multiracial

Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gebeloff The New York Times

Overall population growth slowed substantially over the past decade, but the number of multiracial Americans more than doubled.

August 13, 2021

Richard Lewontin: Race Science for the People

Joseph L. Graves Jr. Science for the People

We can now say with great confidence that our species, anatomically modern humans, does not have biological races. We know this in large part due to the contributions of Richard C. Lewontin.

August 13, 2021

Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Protect Voting Rights

Ari Berman Mother Jones

As Republicans pass state-level restrictions and prepare to gerrymander, national legislation is stalled.

August 13, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | August 13, 2021

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The Sacklers and Opiods: You Judge. Jimmy Cliff | Human Touch. Not Going Quietly: The Life of Ady Barkan. How Presidents and Military Leaders Misled Americans About the War in Afghanistan. Can a Trans Runner Like Me Compete Fairly?

August 12, 2021

A Remarkable Work of Family History Vividly Recreates the Anti-Nazi Resistance in Germany

Jennifer Szalai The New York Times

New biography of Mildred Harnack, born in Milwaukee. She was a central part of the anti-Nazi resistance movement inside Nazi Germany, until her capture in 1942. Sentenced to hard labor, she was re-tried under Hitler's order, and executed.

August 12, 2021

Trumka Dies Leaving the American Labor Movement at a Crossroads

Steve Wishnia Labor Press

Trumka's death deprives the labor movement of a central figure at a time when a resurgence of union activity has brought hope of undoing the defeats of the past decade and the decline of union membership, particularly in the private sector.