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What Is Universal Basic Income?

September 16, 2016

UBI would reduce inequities and provide a secure platform for everyone to live a fulfilling, creative life. And support is growing, worldwide.

Snowden - Official Trailer

September 16, 2016

Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone, who brought Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century.

Bernie Sanders Makes the Case for Hillary Clinton

September 16, 2016

Senator Bernie Sanders urges his supporters to get over political personalities and take a hard look at issues affecting them before casting a protest vote.

September 16, 2016

At Standing Rock, Native Leadership Matters

Sarah van Gelder Yes! Magazine

Dallas Goldtooth, a veteran organizer of the Keystone XL fight, is amazed at the historic support from tribes at Standing Rock—even tribes that rely on resource extraction.

September 16, 2016

Medical Marijuana May Be Helping Curb the Opioid Epidemic

Christopher Ingraham The Washington Post

A growing body of evidence suggests that chronic pain patients substitute marijuana for prescription painkillers in states where the option is available.

September 16, 2016

Discouraging Protest Vote, Sanders Says: Elect Clinton—Then Mobilize

Lauren McCauley Common Dreams

The former presidential candidate reiterated his argument that the only way that the progressive agenda has a shot at being implemented is with Hillary Clinton at the helm and the grassroots force as her guide

September 16, 2016

Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Is Working

Josh Levin Slate

If Kaepernick had donated $1 million without the anthem protest, or if he’d stuck to venting on social media, then prominent columnists and TV yakkers wouldn’t be calling him an idiot. Nobody would be saying anything at all, because nobody would care. Kaepernick’s gesture worked because it was divisive.

September 16, 2016

Friday Nite Videos -- September 16, 2016

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Bernie Sanders Makes the Case for Hillary Clinton. Snowden. What Is Universal Basic Income? How We See Color. Not What You Think. What Racism Has to Do With the High Cost of College.

September 15, 2016

Brexit and Migration: a Swiss View

Vasco Pedrina Global Labour Institute

We have to grasp the fact that the supposedly stupid people who are under the influence of right-wing populists, who refuse to understand that impoverishment is the price that has to be paid for the enrichment of the few and the unstoppable globalisation of capitalism, are really not so stupid. They are calling for a change of course. And so we must think back to the idea of solidarity, of social rights and democracy.

September 15, 2016

Tidbits - September 15, 2016 - Reader Comments: Standing Rock; Trump Supporters; GOP Voter Suppression; Saudi Arabia; Women's Boat to Gaza; data crunching tool; sex; and more.....

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Reader Comments: Standing Rock - Protest, Solidarity and Pension Funds; Hillary Right About Trump Supporters; GOP Manipulation and Voter Suppression; Class War by Other Means; Saudi Arabia; Women's Boat to Gaza Sets Sail; Facts and Numbers to Fightback With - EPI's new data crunching tool; Announcements: Virtual Book Discussion about `Because of Sex; 50-Year Rag Reunion & Public Celebration - Austin, Texas