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February 9, 2024

SEIU, Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Players Respond to NLRB Ruling

Will Dehmel The Dartmouth

photo of two basketball players playing on a court

The NLRB ruled that Dartmouth men’s basketball players are university employees and can host a union election.

February 9, 2024

Immigrants Make America Stronger and Richer

Paul Krugman The New York Times

Negative views of the economics of immigration are all wrong. Far from taking jobs away, foreign-born workers have played a key role in America’s recent success at combining fast growth with a rapid decline in inflation.

February 9, 2024

Meet the Settlers Targeted by Biden’s Sanctions — And Their Victims

Oren Ziv +972 Magazine

Palestinians and Israelis who’ve experienced the settlers’ attacks first-hand see the move as a positive but wholly insufficient step toward accountability.

February 9, 2024

The Electoral College Landscape

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading

To reach 270, Biden needs to win either Pennsylvania, or Georgia + Michigan.

February 9, 2024

The Shameful Failure of Yesterday’s SCOTUS 14th Amendment Arguments

Thom Hartmann Hartmann Report

The simple reality is that the future of American democracy is as much on the line now as it was in 1866. That was lost in yesterday’s arguments, but should have been central to them.

Trump Lawyer to SCOTUS: Jan 6 Was 'Criminal'

February 9, 2024

A closer look at the Supreme Court hearing whether Trump is disqualified from the ballot based on the Fourteenth Amendment's insurrectionist clause.

The Tragic Story of This Famous Meteorite

February 9, 2024

And the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him.

Trump Is Losing Voters While Winning Primaries | WSJ

February 9, 2024

Donald Trump has won Republican presidential primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire — but nearly half of GOP voters there didn’t vote for him.

Orange Buffoon (Parody / Neil Young "Harvest Moon")

February 9, 2024

Neil Young sued Donald Trump for using "Rockin' in a Free World." I thought it appropriate to mock the would-be dictator with a parody of "Harvest Moon."

Surprise Win for Democrats in 2024's Most Crucial State

February 9, 2024

Marc Elias discusses major voting rights victory in New York.