Bondage Love
Writer's Almanac
California poet John J. Brugaletta explains the silent magic of Houdini and why the public adores escape artists.
Sheryl Crow - Everything Is Broken (Audio) ft. Jason Isbell
Music video by Sheryl Crow performing Bob Dylan's Everything Is Broken
Mitch McConnell's Challenger Mimics Joe Manchin
Is it possible to defeat Donald Trump's chief enabler by arguing that he is an obstacle to Trump's ability to implement his program?
Feelings for Reasons | Baba Brinkman
A new rap video on the evolutionary origins of emotions and mental illness. Based on the recent book Good Reasons for Bad Feelings (check out this Patreon post on the topic).
Bernie Sanders Sits Down With Rachel Maddow
Senator Bernie Sanders talks with Rachel Maddow about the overwhelming audiences for his campaign events, the exhausting pace of the campaign, and spontaneous generation of as many as 200,000 grassroots volunteers nationwide helping spread the word
This Artist Painted the Black Radical Response to the George Washington Slaveholder Murals. Here’s Why He Stands Against Destroying Them
Artnet News
Dewey Crumpler was brought in, at the demand of Black and Latino student activists, to paint a "response" to George Washington murals at a public San Francisco high school. Crumpler explains why the original murals should not be destroyed.
Real Hedge-Fund Managers Have Some Thoughts on What Epstein Was Actually Doing
New York Magazine
Epstein's hedge fund was missing a key element of a typical thriving hedge fund: investors. If he wasn't really a multi-billion-dollar manager, there may have been something much more unsavory at the heart of his business model.
Acosta Resigned. The Caligula Administration Lives On.
The New York Times
Even with Acosta gone, Epstein remains a living reminder of the depraved milieu from which the president sprang, and of the corruption and misogyny that continue to swirl around him.
Karl Marx Still Tells Us What to Fight For and How
Jacobin
The financial crash didn’t kill off neoliberalism — it actually embedded its logic ever deeper in our lives. Marxist geographer David Harvey says the only way to end this system for good is to change how we fight it.
The Problem With America's College Entrance Exam
Your Scholastic Aptitude Test score is hugely important. But what does it *really* measure?
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