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Us and Jordan Peele’s New Horror

Vann R. Newkirk 11 The Atlantic
In his latest film the comedian turned director continues to reinvent how the genre uses fear to comment on humanity’s evil. Us is a movie about marginalization, about those “Americans” rising up from the underclasses and dispossessing the masters.

Venezuela, US Solidarity, and the Future of Socialism

Steve Striffler Common Dreams
"The inability of the US left to frame how Venezuela was understood during the high point of Chavismo has left us largely helpless now, a failure of solidarity . . . with ongoing consequences for Venezuela."

Understanding Antioxidants

Harvard Health Publishing Harvard Medical School
Studies have shown benefits from diets rich in them but results from randomized controlled trials of antioxidant supplements support the claim that it is better to supply your antioxidants from a well-rounded diet.

The Oppositional Politics of Race and Class in the Brexit Debate

Sweta Rajan-Rankin Working-Class Perspectives
It is not clear what will happen on ‘Brexit day’ (29th March 2019), but we need to be alive to the ways in which racism, racialisation, and class inequalities have been politically engineered in this debate.

Worse Than the Wall

Karla Molinar-Arvizo OtherWords
immigrant detnetion jail
The agencies that separate families, abuse children, and deport innocent people should be just as toxic as Trump’s wall.