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Nina Simone | Backlash Blues (Live at Montreux, 1976)

July 9, 2021

One of Nina Simone's searing civil rights songs. The lyrics by poet Langston Hughes weave a kaleidoscope of issues and images.

The “Dark Money” Playbook for Rigging US Elections

July 9, 2021

An in-depth video exposing Heritage Action’s $24 million campaign over the next two years to roll back access to the ballot and block congressional Democrats’ sweeping democracy reform bill, the For the People Act. #Politics #DarkMoney #HeritageAction #HeritageFoundation #VotingRights

July 9, 2021

Eight Takeaways From ProPublica’s Investigation of How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Taxes

ProPublica ProPublica

How do billionaire team owners end up paying lower tax rates not only than their millionaire players, but even the person serving beer in the stadium? Let’s go to the highlights.

July 9, 2021

After Months of Controversy, FDA Chief Requests Probe of Alzheimer's Drug Approval

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams

Public Citizen, which called for the FDA acting commissioner "to immediately resign or be removed" over the "reckless and inexcusable" drug approval, welcomed her "belated" request.

July 9, 2021

Mayor-to-Be Eric Adams and the New NYC City Council

Harold Meyerson, Michael Gold The American Prospect

New York’s new mayor-in-waiting is in some ways a throwback to an older era of urban politics. But the City Council is poised to be one of the most progressive in the city’s history, with a diversity that mirrors the city it represents.

July 9, 2021

The Battle for Mount Rushmore: ‘It Should Be Turned Into Something Like the Holocaust Museum’

Annette McGivney The Guardian

The national memorial draws nearly 3 million visitors a year – and Native Americans want the site back with a focus on oppression

July 9, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | April 9, 2021

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The “Dark Money” Playbook. Nina Simone | Backlash Blues. How a Billionaire Team Owner Pays a Lower Tax Rate Than LeBron James. What’s in the 4% of Our DNA That Makes Us Different From Chimps? Debunking the Myth of the Lost Cause.

July 8, 2021

Incarcerated Meatpacking Workers Spent ‘100 Percent’ of their Time in High-Risk Settings During Pandemic

Madison McVan Investigate Midwest

Some meatpacking plant workers found themselves at the intersection of two of the riskiest settings during the pandemic: correctional facilities and meatpacking plants.

July 8, 2021

Red Flag over the White House?

Benjamin Kunkel New Left Review

In left history, the two poles of “reform” and “revolution” are often counterpoised, and for good reason. In the book under review, the author tries to square the circle. The reviewer critically but comradely weighs the author’s successes.

July 8, 2021

Tidbits - July 8, 2021 - Reader Comments: Condo Collapse; Rumsfeld Dead; Voting Rights; Critical Race Theory; Filibuster; How to Defeat Capitalism; Maggie Phair Remembered; Take Action - Syringes to Cuba; Book Sale; Summer Organizing Institute;

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Reader Comments: Condo Collapse; Rumsfeld Dead; Voting Rights; Critical Race Theory; Filibuster; How to Defeat Capitalism; Maggie Phair Remembered; Take Action - Syringes to Cuba; Book Sale; Summer Organizing Institute; Black Arts; more....