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African Scholars Suggest How to Fix American Democracy

January 29, 2021

Roy Wood Jr. speaks to African political scientists to learn how to deal with an outlier like Trump and gets advice for how to fix America’s broken democracy. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #RoyWoodJr

Line Riders | “Les Toreadors” from Carmen

January 29, 2021

Les Toreadors from Carmen (by Georges Bizet). Featuring the incredible athletic rider feat: the remount!

How Reddit Traders Used GameStop to Totally Spank the Wall Street Big Boys

January 29, 2021

Stephen has the perfect explainer video for anyone trying to figure out what the heck is happening on Wall Street, as giant hedge funds get brutally punished by swarms of Reddit users harnessing their collective power to boost GameStop's stock price. #Colbert #ALateShow #Monologue

January 29, 2021

Hank Aaron Still Stands Alone

Derrick Z. Jackson The American Prospect

His career and example stand in drastic contrast to the lesser men who were not inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame just after Aaron’s death.

January 29, 2021

Our System Is Rigged So the Minority Can Rule

Jesse Jackson Chicago Sun-Times

If the filibuster is sustained the minority will block even the common-sense reforms contained in the John L. Lewis Democracy Act.

January 29, 2021

Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline Is Just the First Step Toward Environmental Justice

Tina Gerhardt The Progressive

Indigenous groups and environmental activists are also calling on President Biden to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and Enbridge Line 3.

January 29, 2021

660 Billionaires See Wealth Rise 40 percent

Chuck Collins Inequality.org

The increase in US billionaire wealth has surpassed $1.1 trillion since mid-March, 2020, more than enough to pay for all the relief for working families contained in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package proposed by President Biden.

January 29, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | January 29, 2021

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How Reddit Traders Used GameStop to Totally Spank the Wall Street Big Boys. Line Riders | “Les Toreadors.” African Scholars Suggest How to Fix American Democracy. Bernie Raises $1.8M With Meme Sweatshirt. What's Driving Coronavirus Mutations?

January 28, 2021

This Guilty Land

Eric Foner London Review of Books

A leading historian of 19th century US history reviews two recent books on Lincoln and John Brown, charting the background to the Civil War and its lingering heritage today.

January 28, 2021

'What I Want for Me, I Want for You,' Hunts Point Produce Workers Explain Why They Struck

Amba Guerguerian The Indypendent

All workers should be unionized. Like what Bernie Sanders says, take care of the working man. We are the ones that make this country move. So just throw us a little crumb. You guys are still gonna be rich.