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January 6, 2023

Why Socialists Need To Talk About Justice

Lillian Cicerchia Jacobin

It’s not enough for socialists to point out capitalism’s many faults — we need to explain our positive vision of the future and how it lives up to our ideals of justice.

January 6, 2023

A Jan. 6 Comic Book Asks the Terrifying Question: What if the Coup Had Worked?

Todd Zwillich VICE

“1/6” imagines the dystopian MAGA future that almost was.

What New Zealand Can Teach Us About Reparations

January 6, 2023

The Māori fight for justice leads the way on how to reckon with a dark past.

How Physicists Created a Holographic Wormhole in a Quantum Computer

January 6, 2023

Almost a century ago, Albert Einstein realized that the equations of general relativity could produce wormholes. But it would take a number of theoretical leaps and a “crazy” team of experimentalists to build one on Google's quantum computer.

Boebert and Hannity Clash, Republicans Turn On Trump Amid GOP Speaker Chaos

January 6, 2023

The humiliating Republican meltdown in the House leaves one of two chambers of Congress in total paralysis as Republicans and Fox News hosts bicker with each other

The Beat, It Travels: Reggaeton

January 6, 2023

Reggaeton's rich history, from Panama to Puerto Rico and beyond, is a celebration of collaboration across cultures, making it one of the world's favorite genres.

The Case for a $20/Hour Minimum Wage

January 6, 2023

Workers say the $15 minimum wage is now unlivable. NY State Senator Jessica Ramos is leading a bill to raise the minimum wage to $20/hour and index it to inflation.

January 6, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | January 6, 2023

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The Case for a $20/Hour Minimum Wage. The Beat, It Travels: Reggaeton. Boebert and Hannity Clash, Republicans Turn On Trump. How Physicists Created a Holographic Wormhole. What New Zealand Can Teach Us About Reparations.

January 5, 2023

Video Game Testers Approve the First Union at Microsoft

Ayana Archie NPR

A group of video game testers at Microsoft have formed the tech giant's first union, and Microsoft has signed off on it, according to Communications Workers of America, which represents the employees.

January 5, 2023

Howard Brown Health Wants To Lay Off 60 New Union Members

Peter Lucas Jacobin

Howard Brown Health Center is well known as an LGBTQ-focused health provider and a stalwart Chicago progressive institution. Workers say that on the heels of their recent unionization, management is laying off 60 workers.