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April 4, 2026

Dolores Huerta and Farmworkers Overshadowed by Cesar Chavez Finally Get Their Due

Mike Matejka Chicago Sun-Times

Chavez was the public figure, but Huerta and farmworkers across America, including in Illinois, carried the farm labor movement. Metro Chicago has more agricultural workers than other parts of Illinois — they tend nurseries and landscape or mow lawns

April 3, 2026

Friday Nite Videos | April 3, 2026

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Better To Die In Iran | Jesse Welles. Could This Actually End Citizens United? Are Billionaires Leaving California? We Found The Truth. The Most Insane Megaproject You Never Heard About. Trump Drops in on SCOTUS | The Daily Show.

Better To Die In Iran | Jesse Welles

April 3, 2026

Day by day, we're in deeper and deeper.

Could This Actually End Citizens United?

April 3, 2026

Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United. No Supreme Court ruling or constitutional amendment needed.

Are Billionaires Leaving California? We Found The Truth.

April 3, 2026

He's worth $222 billion, and doesn't want to 5% of that going to fund health care in his state. Right now he has a powerful ally — Gavin Newsom.

The Most Insane Megaproject You Never Heard About

April 3, 2026

Project Plowshare, an attempt to use atomic explosions for peaceful practical purposes, turned into an environmental disaster.

Trump Drops in on SCOTUS | The Daily Show

April 3, 2026

Desi Lydic tackles Trump's attendance at Supreme Court oral arguments on birthright citizenship as he pushes Trump Gold Card citizenship. #DailyShow #DesiLydic #SCOTUS

April 3, 2026

The Trump Dictatorship Is Cracking Up

Greg Sargent The New Republic

In the president’s warped world, his increasingly deranged demands are never the problem—only his underlings’ failures to meet them.

April 3, 2026

Israeli Police Are Violently Suppressing Our Growing Anti-War Protests

Iddo Elam +972 Magazine

As dissent over the Iran war spreads to the political center, demonstrators face crackdowns while opposition lawmakers are still nowhere to be seen.

April 3, 2026

Billions Over the Moon: Is Artemis II Worth the Price Tag?

New Space Economy New Space Economy

The dominance of human spaceflight has repeatedly pressured science missions that lack the same political protection. Despite the most aggressive budget challenge the program has faced, Congress chose to protect it.