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Megyn Kelly’s Original Sin

Megan Garber The Atlantic
It would take just over a year, it would turn out, for the absurdity of Megyn Kelly Today’s founding proposition to come to its full fruition.

Studs Terkel Made Oral History

Peter Dreier The Nation
Ten years after his death, Terkel’s voice is still a vivid part of our shared experience.

The Cross-Border Farmworker Rebellion

David Bacon The American Prospect
Workers in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work together.

Getting Out the Vote From the County Jail

Margaret Barthel The Atlantic
In many states, people held without a felony conviction are eligible to vote—but confusion, fear, and a long list of logistical complications often stand in their way.

The Yemen Crisis, Khashoggi, and the Deadly Saudi Arms Trade

Elise Thomas The Interpreter (Australia)
Nora brings her four month-old son Saleh to Al Hudaydah’s main hospital.
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi has forced new scrutiny of the Saudi role in the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis. But, despite calls for a Yemen ceasefire and other posturing, no Western country has pledged to end arms sales to the kingdom.

Charter School Strike

Rebecca Burns In These Times
Chicago Teachers Just Voted 98% to Authorize the First Charter School Strike in U.S. History

Voters in Georgia Must Be Allowed to Vote

Ari Berman Mother Jones
A Federal Court Just Ruled That Thousands of Eligible Voters in Georgia Must Be Allowed to Vote. Republican gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp had blocked over 3,000 naturalized US citizens from voting in 2018.