Ex-Lobbyist Reveals How the House Really Works
CommonWealth Beacon
Forget what you saw in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'
Trump and Democrats Play Blame Game Over Government Shutdown
The Guardian
President calls it a Democratic shutdown, while Democrats opposed to border wall funding chide Trump’s ‘temper tantrum’
The 8 Most Important Labor Stories of 2018
In These Times
In November, workers staged a walkout against sexual harassment in another industry rife with it. In a watershed moment for tech, more than 20,000 Google employees worldwide—over 20 percent of the company’s total workforce—walked off the job.
Capitalism Can’t Give Us Affordable Housing
Jacobin
Under capitalism, housing provision is based on what will make developers, lenders, and landlords rich — not what average people need to survive. That’s why we’ll never get decent, affordable housing for everyone under the free market.
U.S. Police Under Pressure to End Their Relationship With Israel
Governing
Police departments have been sending their leaders to Israel to learn about the country's counterterrorism strategies since the 1990s. But growing opposition is pushing some to rethink these exchange programs.
Oh, Say Can You See
Poet Lore
Alabama poet Jacqueline Allen Trimble points to the slave origins of the Star Spangled Banner linking the song to today’s Black Lives Matter and other protests.
Message from Portside: There's a Storm Ahead
Portside
We'd like to say that everyone can breathe easier after the midterm elections, which delivered an emphatic judgment on Trump and Trumpism. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this achievement in any way.
Trump’s New Chief of Staff & Stephen Miller’s New Hairline
Mick Mulvaney becomes Trump’s acting chief of staff despite calling the president a “terrible human being,” Ryan Zinke is pushed out as interior secretary, and Stephen Miller debuts a new hairstyle on “Face the Nation.”
Capernaum |Movie
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Nadine Labaki's Capernaum ("Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. Full review.
Walking to America with the Migrant Caravan
Thousands of migrants Central America have trekked across Mexico as part of the wave after wave of caravans fleeing persecution, violence, and poverty in their home countries. A Vice News Special Report (HBO).
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