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August 21, 2020

The 'Great' Reopening: Setting America’s Schools Up to Fail

Belle Chesler TomDispatch

I expect to watch with terror as many of our nation’s schools, woefully unprepared, open in the midst of a pandemic. Exhausted and heartbroken, I will worry nonstop about the students and teachers walking through those doors.

August 21, 2020

The Summer QAnon Went Mainstream

Ali Breland Mother Jones

QAnon is an extremely useful right-wing political project that can be used to justify fighting against social progress. But the main catalyst of its current round of growth is probably the coronavirus.

August 21, 2020

MA Progressives Outraise Centrist Opponents in Final Days of Campaign

Julia Conley Common Dreams

Nancy Pelosi's endorsement of progressive incumbent Ed Markey's opponent, Joe Kennedy III, angered progressives this week, with the Sunrise Movement saying it revealed a "ridiculous double standard."

Joe Biden: Acceptable Under the Circumstances

August 21, 2020

The case for Joe Biden: He’s a constitutionally sufficient candidate with a perfectly adequate record, which includes time as Barack Obama’s “white-hand man.” Narrated by Steve Buscemi. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #JoeBiden

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Full Speech at the DNC

August 21, 2020

AOC calls for a mass people's movement working to establish 21st century social, economic and human rights including guaranteed health care, higher education, living wages and labor rights

Coup 53: The CIA, MI6 and the Plot Against Iran

August 21, 2020

A new documentary about Iran reveals how MI6 and the CIA collaborated in the 1953 coup that overthrew the country's first democratically elected leader Mohammed Mossadegh. Click here for screenings.

First Time Reaction | The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

August 21, 2020

The First Time Reaction takes us on a journey of discovery with a young musician, bringing appreciation and enthusiasm to classics of every genre.

Comedian Sarah Cooper Riffs on Trump at DNC

August 21, 2020

Sarah Cooper appeared at the DNC with another lip synch video of Donald Trump talking about mail-in ballots. Vote!

August 21, 2020

Friday Nite Videos | August 21, 2020

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Comedian Sarah Cooper Riffs on Trump at DNC. First Time Reaction | The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter. Coup 53: The CIA, MI6 and the Plot Against Iran. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Full Speech at the DNC. Joe Biden: Acceptable Under the Circumstances.

August 20, 2020

Labor Rights Mobilized Women During Suffrage — and Now

Chabeli Carrazana The 19th

"The manufacturer has a vote; the bosses have votes; the foremen have votes; the inspectors have votes. The working girl has no vote. When she asks to have the building in which she must work made clean and safe, the officials do not have to listen.”