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SCOTUS Restricts the EPA, R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell Get Prison Sentences

July 1, 2022

SCOTUS limits the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, R. Kelly and Ghislane Maxwell receive prison sentences, Prince Charles stops accepting cash donations and L.A. County makes reparations. #DailyShow #Comedy #TrevorNoah

AOC: Members Who Sought Pardons Should Be Expelled

July 1, 2022

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez returns to The Late Show for a three-part interview that begins with her assessment of today's Jan. 6th Committee hearing and her assertion that any member of congress who sought a pardon for their role in the insurrection should be expelled. #Colbert #AOC #AlexandriaOcasioCortez

July 1, 2022

The Insane Saga of ‘Salt of the Earth,’ the Only Film To Be Blacklisted

Allison McNearney The Guardian

Blacklisted Hollywood workers independently produced one of the great labor films. “One of the reasons we made ‘Salt of the Earth’ after we were blacklisted was to commit a crime worthy of the punishment,” Paul Jarrico said.

July 1, 2022

‘The Simpsons’ Production Workers Go Union, Saying They Deserve a Place at the Table

Andrew Limbong NPR

Workers said they are hoping to receive benefits, such as health care and retirement. In recent months, smaller groups of production employees at different workplaces have unionized – these include the animation studio Titmouse, and the workers at Rick & Morty and Solar Opposites.

July 1, 2022

Google’s Powerful AI Spotlights a Human Cognitive Glitch: Mistaking Fluent Speech for Fluent Thought

Kyle Mahowald and Anna A. Ivanova The Conversation

You cannot simply trust a language model when it tells you how it feels. Words can be misleading, and it is all too easy to mistake fluent speech for fluent thought.

July 1, 2022

Originalism Run Amok at the Supreme Court

Michael Waldman Brennan Center for Justice

Originalism, as used by this Court, just provides cover for a right-wing political agenda. It is a threat to democracy.

July 1, 2022

Seven Steps Before the Midterms

Poor People's Campaign

This Declaration to Reconstruct American Democracy was adopted at a Mass Poor Peoples and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls as a warning and a call to action.

July 1, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | July 1, 2022

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AOC: Members Who Sought Pardons Should Be Expelled. SCOTUS Restricts the EPA, R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell Get Prison Sentences. Dark Winds | TV Trailer. How Democrats Can Run And Win In Rural Areas. Salt of the Earth | Movie.

June 30, 2022

Labor Condemns Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

Resist and fightback -- numerous unions condemned the Supreme Court's decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion. A sampling, from multiple unions representing workers in virtually every sector of the economy, are reprinted below.

June 30, 2022

The Fire She Fights

Jane LaTour New York Labor History Association

Women working in the blue-collar “nontraditional” occupations, traditionally occupied by men, have been writing about their experiences, contributing to our knowledge of “the hidden history of affirmative action.” Here is such a story.