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September 1, 2017

Concession Fatigue in Connecticut

John O’Connor and Louise Williams Labor Notes

How did Connecticut, one of the wealthiest states in the country, get into a budget mess so bad that state workers were forced to solve it? The answer is that Connecticut is one of the most unequal states in the nation.

September 1, 2017

The Curious Link Between Trump’s Moscow Tower Deal and a Ukraine “Peace Plan”

Dan Friedman Mother Jones

Both involved Trump associates Michael Cohen and Felix Sater—and US sanctions.

September 1, 2017

Social Democracy Is Good. But Not Good Enough.

Joseph M. Schwartz and Bhaskar Sunkara Jacobin

We need a socialism that goes beyond capitalism. And not just for moral reasons.

September 1, 2017

How Should We Protest Neo-Nazis? Lessons From German History

Laurie Marhoefer The Conversation

We have an ethical obligation to stand against the fascists and racists in a way that doesn’t help them.

September 1, 2017

Is Spain About to Break Up?

Conn Hallinan Foreign Policy in Focus

Spain's Catalonia region votes on independence this fall. For some, it's a referendum on austerity policies that have crippled economies all over Europe.

Nurse Dragged From Hospital By Police

September 1, 2017

A Salt Lake City nurse is violently detained by police for refusing an illegal order to turn over a patient's blood without his consent.

Myths and Facts About Superintelligent AI

September 1, 2017

If artificially intelligent machines become smarter than humans, who will set the goals they seek to achieve?

Stevie Ray Vaughan and BB King | Texas Flood

September 1, 2017

Live at SS Presidente, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 1988.

IRS Criminal Unit Aiding Mueller Investigation

September 1, 2017

The investigation by the IRS's elite criminal unit could put Trump through the most intense audit of his life.

September 1, 2017

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IRS Criminal Unit Aiding Mueller Investigation. Stevie Ray Vaughan and BB King | Texas Flood. Myths and Facts About Superintelligent AI. Nurse Dragged From Hospital By Police. Sheriff Joe Arpaio: The Daily Show.