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The Iraq Elections: A Step Toward Rebuilding Popular Power

David Bacon LobeLog
Hassan Juma'a
The recent electoral victory of Iraq’s Sairoon alliance is a shock to the US imposed system of governance that divided political positions and support along sectarian lines, and a major blow for political independence from both the U.S. and Iran.

Inaccuracies and Bias in Draft MEDICARE & YOU Handbook

Center for Medicare Advocacy
The organizations assert that rather than presenting information in an objective and unbiased way, the draft Handbook’s information about traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) distorts and mischaracterizes facts in serious ways.

How the “Progressives” in the Black Caucus Have Shrunk to Almost Nothing

Glenn Ford Black Agenda Report
Two months prior to Brown's killing, on June 14, the full House voted on the Grayson amendment to halt the Pentagon's transfers of weapons and equipment to local police departments. Only 8 Black Caucus members voted for the amendment and against continued militarization of the police.

Rare Union Win in South Carolina

Julie Johnsson and Jaclyn Diaz Bloomberg
Boeing South Carolina Bastion Breached by Union in Rare Win. Machinists gain toehold with subset of workers in 787 factory.Planemaker says it’s appealing, sees ‘micro-unit’ as banned .

Coal

Kerry James Evans Poet Lore
Coal may be a dying industry but, as St. Louis poet Kerry James Evans shows, the living miners go on working for less and less.

Why Did Two Sexes Evolve?

The origin of the sexes is a very interesting question in theoretical biology. This video covers a famous hypothesis for the evolution of the sexes: The Hurst-Hamilton Hypothesis.