'The Timidity Trap'
Common Dreams
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GoComics
Insurgent Slate Wins Big in Leadership Race for L.A. Teachers Local
Labor Notes
A reform-union activist slate has won the election for Officers in the Los Angeles Teachers Union. This is the second largest teachers local union in the country. They have a long road to walk due to a discouraged membership.
Big Bang Gravitational Waves Discovered
Evidence that the universe rapidly expanded in its first few nanoseconds has been found by an instrument in Antarctica: Gravitational waves, which have long eluded astronomers, were spotted, supporting this cosmic inflation model.
Telescope Captures Peek at 'The Beginning of Everything'
Nature
Images of the infant Universe reveal evidence for rapid inflation after the Big Bang.
The NCAA-Killing Lawsuit Might Finally Be Here
Deadspin
This lawsuit does not seek damages. It wants to tear down the NCAA.
The Truth About Venezuela: A Revolt of the Well-Off, Not a 'Terror Campaign'
The Guardian
John Kerry’s rhetoric is divorced from the reality on the ground, where life goes on – even at the barricades
Enough Recrimination. Let’s Build a Populist Movement.
OurFuture.org
Even under a progressive hero like FDR, we needed an independent left. Imagine how much more one is needed today.
The House Rent Boogie
John Lee Hooker's House Rent Boogie dates to the late 1950s, but it speaks to today's housing crisis.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
These two previews of John Oliver's upcoming (April 27) HBO program Last Week Tonight With John Oliver parody the GOP's recent ads intended to appeal to millenials.
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