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Disneyland Workers Dispel the Fairytale

May 24, 2024

“The magic starts to fade away and you’re just left with not being able to pay rent, permanent injuries, and management who doesn’t value or respect you.”

The Debate Over the Anthropocene, Explained

May 24, 2024

Humans have changed the planet. Are the changes so deep that it changes the geologic calendar?

The One Place You Can’t Say Trump Is a Criminal Defendant

May 24, 2024

The moment House Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern learned that he was in violation of the House rules for telling the truth about Donald Trump’s criminal and civil cases.

'We Are Cowardly' / Singing the Truth

May 24, 2024

Updating a Sister Sledge classic, the current crop of cowards sing truth about their quest for power

Alito's Freak Flags / Haley Endorses Trump

May 24, 2024

Michael Kosta dives into Alito's collection of radical right-wing flags while Troy Iwata unpacks their cryptic meaning. #DailyShow #MichaelKosta #JusticeAlito

May 24, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | May 24, 2024

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Alito's Freak Flags / Haley Endorses Trump. 'We Are Cowardly' / Singing the Truth. The One Place You Can’t Say Trump Is a Criminal Defendant. The Debate Over the Anthropocene, Explained. Disneyland Workers Dispel the Fairytale.

May 23, 2024

Iron Range Childcare Worker on Organizing for Better Care for Children

Isabela Escalona Workday Magazine

How a childcare worker and mom living and working in Minnesota’s Iron Range would like to see the industry better support workers and children alike.

May 23, 2024

Review: White Terror; Black Trauma: Resistance Poems About Black History

Billy Middleton Louisiana Literature

One of the recurring themes of the collection: the ways in which the scars caused by slavery and other forms of racial violence in America linger, influencing and echoing future events within a chronology of traumas.

May 23, 2024

Tidbits – May 23 – Reader Comments: Texas OKs White Supremacist Terror; How Extremists Took Over Israel; Arrest Warrants for Israeli & Hamas Leaders; Calif Academic Workers Strike for Pro-Palestinian Protesters; Intl Recognition of State of Palestine

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Reader Comments: Texas Gov. OKs White Supremacist Terror; How Extremists Took Over Israel; Arrest Warrants for Israeli & Hamas Leaders; Calif Academic Workers Strike for Pro-Palestinian Protesters; Intl Recognition of State of Palestine; more....

May 23, 2024

Are These Guys Crazy!?! Adams Keeps Pushing Medicare Advantage in NYC Despite Latest Court Defeat

Joe Maniscalco Work Bites

The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division May 21 delivered a unanimous decision permanently enjoining New York City from eliminating retirees’ existing health insurance and automatically enrolling them in a new Aetna Medicare Advantage plan