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November 24, 2017

The Trump-Russia Story Is Coming Together. Here’s How to Make Sense of It

Bill Moyers and Steven Harper Bill Moyers and Company

"Everything the Trump campaign told you about the connections between Trump and Russia was a lie."

November 24, 2017

Silicon Valley Wants Access to Your Brain

Andrea Capocci il manifesto

Soon, speaking and typing may be old-fashioned forms of communication. The new wave of Silicon Valley products will use your brain as the interface. Will bioethicists be able to control the new technology?

Tom Lehrer | We Will All Go Together When We Go

November 24, 2017

In this period of heightened danger of nuclear annihilation, we can all use Tom Lehrer's optimistic take on this final scenario.

Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever

November 24, 2017

Fun facts: while coffee is genuinely addictive, it actually provides a number of significant health benefits.

DAMNATION: New Series Trailer

November 24, 2017

An epic saga about the secret history of the 1930s American heartland, centering on the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden (IMDB). On USA channel, premier Nov. 7.

Stealing Is Legal!

November 24, 2017

Clearly, those who wrote the laws against stealing failed to include tax law.

How Southern Socialites Rewrote Civil War History

November 24, 2017

The United Daughters of the Confederacy altered the South's memory of the Civil War.

November 24, 2017

Friday Nite Videos | November 24, 2017

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How Southern Socialites Rewrote Civil War History. Stealing Is Legal! DAMNATION: New Series Trailer. Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever. Tom Lehrer | We Will All Go Together When We Go.

November 23, 2017

This Thanksgiving, Break the Colonial Mold and Have an Earth Dinner

Jim Hightower Alternet

When joined by family and friends for Thanksgiving, ask guests to tell stories about their very first food memory, or to recall any family member who was a farmer or a jolly cook. Invite people of diverse backgrounds and all ages. Ask a farm family to join you, or a cheesemaker or others involved in producing food. Then eat, talk, enjoy!

November 23, 2017

A Novelist Revisits a Deadly Textile Union Strike From 1929

Amy Rowland The New York Times

A novel set in the context of the historic Gastonia strike of textile workers in 1929 and featuring labor songwriter and indigenous strike leader Ella May Wiggins, the book, based as it is on an actual struggle uniting black and white workers, speaks to contemporary concerns through a vivid portrayal of struggle against historical injustice.