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April 23, 2016

Gov. McAuliffe Restores Voting Rights to Over 200,000 Convicted Felons

Web Staff WTVR

The civil rights restored by this Order are: (1) the right to vote; (2) the right to hold public office; (3) the right to serve on a jury; and (4) the right to act as a notary public.

April 23, 2016

Sanders Allies Plot Meeting to Discuss Future of the Movement

Alex Seitz-Wald MSNBC

The progressive movement that supported Sanders existed before his campaign and will continue after it. But Sanders has expanded it and unified it in a way that creates the potential for a powerful post-election force in politics if it can retain at least some cohesion.

April 23, 2016

Uber Win: Settlement Allows Ridesharing Service to Keep Denying it Has 'Employees'

Andrea Germanos Common Dreams

Workers in Massachusetts and California had challenged their designation as 'independent contractors'

April 23, 2016

Prince and Politics In Reagan's America

Jordy Cummings Red Wedge Magazine

The Reaper has been busy in 2016, Prince is dead at 57 years old and only recently on the road doing a well-received solo piano tour. Looking back at nearly four decades of hybridizing rock, funk and dance music, there can be no doubt that the man was a pioneer, sonically, aesthetically and as an artist who stood up and fought back against a music industry that alienated his labour.

April 22, 2016

FOR THE SAD WAITRESS AT THE DINER IN BARSTOW

Alexis Rhone Fancher San Pedro River Review

With a sharp eye for detail and an unrelenting instinct for trouble, Los Angeles poet Alexis Rhone Fancher presents the sad working woman behind the counter.

Baba Brinkman | "Make It Hot"

April 22, 2016

A song from the forthcoming album "Rap Guide to Climate Chaos," exploring some of the dynamics that drive global warming and arguing for the urgent need to price carbon emissions.

How To Help Every Child Fulfill Their Potential

April 22, 2016

Ever wondered why kids say they’re bored at school, or why they stop trying when the work gets harder? The wrong kind of praise actually harms young people.

Library Flashmob | 'Hallelujah'

April 22, 2016

Flashmob filmed at the public library in Valladolid, Spain, breaks the studious quiet and delights the library-goers.

April 22, 2016

Friday Nite Videos -- April 22, 2016

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Bernie from Brooklyn: A Conversation With Mark Ruffalo. Library Flashmob | 'Hallelujah'. Bernie Is Going All the Way. How To Help Every Child Fulfill Their Potential. Baba Brinkman | "Make It Hot".

April 21, 2016

Airbnb Negotiations with Powerful US Labor Union Facing Backlash

Sam Levin and Julia Carrie Wong The Guardian

A proposed deal between SEIU and Airbnb has been criticized by housing groups and labor activists, including some SEIU members, concerned that Airbnb has exacerbated housing crises in cities across the US, including in San Francisco, where Airbnb is headquartered.