MAGA Crime Spree: Count Up to 12 Indictments

The chair of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee was recently arrested. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber is joined by The Nation’s Elie Mystal to discuss the barrage of indictments and convictions surrounding citizen Trump.

#ShowMustGoOn - Flashmob at the Odéon (Paris)

Cultural workers stage a flashmob for culture in front of the Odeon Theater in Paris, with three songs: The Sound of Silence (Paul Simon), Dying on Stage (M. Jouveaux / J. Barnel) and The Show Must Go On (Queen).

Deep Mind's AI for Protein Structure Is Coming to the Masses

Ewen Callaway Nature
Machine-learning systems with far-reaching potential application in medicine, agriculture, materials science and more from Google sister-company DeepMind and from a rival academic group are now open source and freely accessible.

Texas Republicans Can't Handle the Truth About the Alamo

Jason Stanford The Washington Post
Texas conservatives are so exercised about the possibility of students learning more about slavery and racism that Governor Abbott has added discussion about a ban on the teaching of critical race theory to the special legislative session.

Friday Nite Videos | July 23, 2021

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How Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancée's Phone. Flashmob at the Odéon (Paris). How Big Pharma Fueled the Opioid Crisis That Killed 500,000. MAGA Crime Spree: Count Up to 12 Indictments. The Decline of the Death Penalty.

How Contingent Faculty Organizing Can Succeed in Higher Education

Steve Early New Politics
They are highly educated, poorly paid, absent union backing and part of the metastasizing precariat. They are also organizing. Two veterans of the contingent college adjunct’s struggle ably tell the story, as reviewed by a veteran labor militant.