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The Fifth Circuit Ruled That the NLRB Is Unconstitutional

Matt Bruenig Jacobin
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with SpaceX earlier this week, ruling that the National Labor Relations Board’s current structure is unconstitutional. The decision will keep the agency hamstrung until the case makes its way to the Supreme Co

PragerU Wants to Propagandize to Your Kids

Lucy Dean Stockton Jacobin
Right-wing media outlet PragerU is known for its misleading viral videos that it has long created for teens and adults. The operation is increasingly seeking to reach children, hoping to fill the Sesame Street–sized hole left by the defunding of PBS.

From Mourning To Rage to Transformation

Sarah Jaffe Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Grief at its start is a kind of anti-desire; it also clears space for new kinds of wants, understandings of what we wanted before. It made space for Tortuguita’s parents to understand their decision to climb a tree to prevent it from being cut down.

Weird Origins of the Right’s Hatred of the Smithsonian

Jason Colavito The New Republic
The Trump administration has stepped up its antagonism of America’s treasured museums. But conservative antipathy toward the institution began long ago—with the bones of Bible giants.

Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions

Matt Ford The New Republic
The Fifth Circuit has done the mogul’s bidding and neutered the National Labor Relations Board, in a move that will likely substantially damage workers’ rights.

Rogues in a Nation

Robert Burns
Scotland's national poet, Rabbie Burns, criticized the members of the Scottish aristocracy who in 1707 signed the Act of Union thereby ending Scottish home rule.