What a Black Lives Matter Economic Agenda Looks Like

Jannell Ross The Washington Post
Even a good job creation/infrastructure bill must include "targeted" language to ensure that funds flow into black communities, and community residents have access to those jobs.

Socialize the EpiPen

Adam Gaffney Jacobin
My proposed solution to the EpiPen mess follows this line of thought: essentially, bust the damn patent. Or, at least, the US government should threaten to bust the patent, and we should then watch the price fall faster than you can jab yourself in the thigh with an adrenaline-filled pen.

Standoff at Standing Rock

Reinforcements arrive as Native Americans protest a massive oil pipeline in North Dakota.

Georgetown Makes Amends for Profiting From Slavery

Steps include an apology for its ties to slavery, preference to applicants who are descendants of Georgetown’s slaves, renaming a building in honor of one of the slaves and creating an institute to study slavery. 

Friday Nite Videos -- September 2, 2016

Portside
Your Dog Understands More Than You Think. The Good Old Days (featuring Donald Trump & the Greensboro 4). What Would It Take To Power The United States With Solar Energy? Georgetown Makes Amends for Profiting From Slavery. Standoff at Standing Rock.

Being a Mexican Migrant Worker and Female: A Recipe for Double Discrimination

Emilio Godoy Equal Times
The Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM – Migrant Rights Centre), accuses Canada of discrimination in hiring and the allocation of work, the general exclusion of women from the temporary work programmes and the failure to ensure compliance with laws against discrimination in employment.

"I Didn't Serve, I Was Used": How Veterans Are Losing the War at Home

Ann Jones TomDispatch
A friend of mine, a Vietnam vet, told me about a veteran of the Iraq War who, when some civilian said, "Thank you for your service," replied: "I didn't serve, I was used." That got me thinking about the many ways today's veterans are used, conned, and exploited by big gamers right here at home.