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Land of Hope and Dreams

Bruce Springsteen and the EStreet Band YouTube
On May 14, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour in Manchester, England. Highlights from that first night are now available digitally as the “Land of Hope & Dreams” EP

Can Donald Trump Build the ‘Golden Dome’ Over the US?

Bernd Debusmann, Jr BBC
The Congressional Research Office, or CRS, has said that "hundreds or thousands" of space-based platforms would be necessary to "provide even a minimal defence" against incoming missiles - a potentially enormously expensive proposition.

The Woke Right Wants To Cancel Ms Rachel

Meagan Day
Children’s content creator Ms Rachel is opposed to slaughtering children in Gaza and everywhere else. The Right’s attacks in response are reactionary wokeness run amok.

The Building Trades Want To Save the IRA

Paul Prescod Jacobin
The Inflation Reduction Act has helped create good union jobs in the clean energy sector. Republicans want to derail this progress to pay for tax cuts for the rich. The building trades are starting to fight back, and environmentalists should join

Ten Sneaky Sleeper Provisions

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Yet more horrors are hidden in the fine print.

The Democratic Party Botched the 2024 Election

Anne Colamosca Tribune
The Democrats neglected their voter base in 2024 and failed to respond to Trump’s campaign with anything beyond the maintenance of a bankrupt neoliberalism.

Will Mexican GM Workers Get a Fair Union Election?

Natascha Elena Uhlmann Labor Notes
Days after SINTTIA filed to represent workers on April 21, a second union, Carlos Leone, began collecting signatures, in what appears to be an effort to ward off a legitimate union at the facility.

“Like a Pendulum”: How America’s Racial Reckoning Unraveled

Delano Massey , Russell Contreras , Zachary Basu Axios
In the five years since Floyd's death, dozens of cities and states have passed bans on no-knock warrants, expanded crisis response teams and introduced civilian review boards — wins drowned out by public fatigue.