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May 3, 2024

Zach Shrewsbury Vows To Represent West Virginia’s Working Class

Steve Early Barn Raiser

Grassroots organizer and former Marine Zach Shrewsbury is vying for a seat in the U.S. Senate against a Manchin-backed candidate and an ex-coal excecutive in the state’s Democratic primary in May

May 3, 2024

It’s Time To Tax the Billionaires

Gabriel Zucman The New York Times

The idea that billionaires should pay a minimum amount of income tax is not a radical idea. A global coordinated minimum tax on the superrich will not fix capitalism. But it is a necessary first step.

May 3, 2024

What’s Really Happening on College Campuses, According to Student Journalists

Catherine Kim Politico

POLITICO Magazine asked leaders of campus news organizations to set the record straight about campus unrest, antisemitism and what the media is getting wrong. Here's what 14 of them saw and what they think.

Why Do So Many Americans Support a Neofascist?

May 3, 2024

Trump is the consequence rather than the cause of several major problems that have worsened over four decades

Jesse Watters Math | The Daily Show

May 3, 2024

2+2 = you're a liberal snowflake according to Jesse Watters math

I Am Gitmo | Movie

May 3, 2024

I Am Gitmo is a intense drama movie that’s based on true events directed Philippe Diaz. Now in select theaters. Full review.

Like a Kidney Stone | Bob Dylan and Women Journalists

May 3, 2024

The women featured here have all been targets of Trump's bullying. Gratitude to Bob Dylan for the inspiration.

I Make $3500 Worth of Lattes Each Day. I Take Home $144.

May 3, 2024

Blue Bottle rakes in hundreds of billions a year. Now Blue Bottle baristas across Boston are unionizing to demand their fair share.

May 3, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | May 3, 2024

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Blue Bottle Baristas Are Organizing. Like a Kidney Stone | Bob Dylan and Women Journalists. Jesse Watters Math | The Daily Show. I Am Gitmo | Movie. Why Do So Many Americans Support a Neofascist?

May 2, 2024

Pro-Palestinian Banners. Blazing Olympic Rings. Workers’ May Day Rallies Confront Turbulent Times

MEHMET GUZEL, HYUNG-JIN KIM AND ALEX TURNBULL AP

Demands for economic justice, protests against political repression and solidarity with Palestine -- and with students standing in solidarity with Palestinians -- marked May Day rallies across the globe.