Global Experts
Schools may be in trouble, assesses Vermont poet Ann Fisher, but not the fault of students who create their own “precipitation” despite “all the measured wisdom/ we’ve provided.”
Jane LaTour, Fighter for Women in Labor Unions, Dies at 76
NYTimes
No stranger to blue-collar work herself, she pushed for equality in male-dominated unions and as a writer chronicled the struggles of “sisters in the brotherhoods.”
Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
ProPublica
For over 20 years, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas has been treated to luxury vacations by billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow.
Interview: The Tennessee Representative Expelled for Speaking Against Gun Violence
MLK50
Justin Pearson, was one of two Black representatives ousted from the Tennessee legislature, speaks out before Thursday’s vote: the legislature ‘does not want diversity of people nor diversity of thought, and they do not want democracy.’
The Secrets of Cooperation
Knowable Magazine
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
A Bomb as an Argument
Russian Dissent
A bomb that killed a Russian military blogger echos across past and future
The Guardian’s Links to Slavery: ‘That Reality Can’t Be Negotiated With’
Historians David Olusoga and Dr Cassandra Gooptar reveal how the Manchester Guardian’s 19th-century founders had connections to transatlantic enslavement
The Corporations Bringing Back Child Labor in America
An Iowa bill would allow kids young as 14 to work in meatpacking plants. Our investigation sheds light on its corrupt origins.
Mehdi Hasan Debates Matt Taibbi on the 'Twitter Files'
Is the 'Twitter Files' story really as big, as damning, as revealing as Matt Taibi and Elon Musk claim it is?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Republicans' "Wokeism" Term
AOC talks about Kevin McCarthy, Republican hearings on "wokeism" and Tennessee Republicans expelling Democrats who led protest chants for gun reform.
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