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July 5, 2014

“Individual Actions Are Doomed to Failure”: Coalition Asks for Global Action on Antibiotics

Maryn McKenna Wired

The increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria poses a major healthcare threat. In the face of an almost complete absence of new antimicrobial drugs in development, antibiotic resistance (ABR) has become one of the main public health problems of our time.

July 4, 2014

"The Mission of Socialism is Wide as the World"

Eugene V. Debs. Marxist Internet Archive

On the 4th of July people tend to think back about the history of this country. Here is a little bit of Labor history in the form of a speech by Eugene Debs on July 4, 1901. Debs was a founder of the American Railway Union and the Socialist Party. In 1920, while in prison for opposing World War 1, he received 915,000 votes for President, running as a Socialist.

July 4, 2014

Hobby Lobby: The Sequel Is Much Worse

Dahlia Lithwick and Sonja West Slate

While you were sleeping, Hobby Lobby just got so much worse.

July 4, 2014

People Who Call Obama Worst President Since Second World War Also Blame Him for Starting It

Andy Borowitz The New Yorker

The economy and Iraq are just the beginning of his troubles

July 4, 2014

States That Raised Their Minimum Wages Are Experiencing Faster Job Growth

Bryce Covert ThinkProgress

All but one of those states are experiencing increases in employment, and nine of them have seen growth above the median rate

July 4, 2014

How A Troublesome Inheritance Gets Human Genetics Wrong

Jeremy Yoder The Molecular Ecologist

Time and again, data that refutes Nicholas Wade's arguments in A Troublesome Inheritance is not only available and widely cited in the population genetics literature—it is often in the text of the papers listed in his endnotes.