Wrongful Convictions

John Oliver explains why it’s so difficult to be exonerated for a wrongful conviction, even when there’s compelling evidence to prove your innocence, and how we can correct the state’s mistakes.

Cakewalk to Baghdad

A big and powerful country invaded a small and weak country, using a trumped-up threat. It didn't end well. 

Gabriel Boric Gets to Work Remaking Chile

Alexis Cortés Open Democracy
The youngest president in the history of the Andean nation is being inaugurated today. He’s got a difficult job ahead of him.

We Call on Biden to Reject Reckless Demands for a No-Fly Zone

Open Letter The Guardian
It strains credulity to think that a US war with Russia would make the American people safer or more prosperous. To the contrary, going to war with Russia, a nuclear peer of the United States, would expose Americans to vast and unnecessary risks.

Why Do Some People Never Get Covid?

Daniela J. Lamas The New York Times
Researchers throughout the globe are asking, and attempting to answer, why one parent without identifiable risk factors becomes critically ill while their spouse and children never test positive or are able to manage their symptoms at home.

Friday Nite Videos | March 11, 2022

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Unsolved Mysteries: Why Hasn’t Merrick Garland Indicted Donald Trump? Cakewalk to Baghdad. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Explained in 8 Moments. Life and Death 3,000,000 Years Ago. Wrongful Convictions.