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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

Gene Seymour Bookforum
Reviewer Seymour, in this reappraisal of this 1967 masterpiece of American and African literature, calls this novel "a what’s-it-to-you red cloak brandished in the collective face of white supremacy."

The Deadly New GOP Plan To Rapidly Privatize Medicare

Thom Hartmann Hartmann Report
Medicare Advantage is not Medicare: it’s private health insurance for seniors that’s largely paid for with our tax dollars. They make their money by routinely denying claims…

Leonard Bernstein’s Radicalism

Peter Dreier Dissent Magazine
Bernstein used his status as a public figure both to popularize classical music and to support civil rights, the antiwar movement, and other political causes.

The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High

Sonali Kolhatkar Independent Media Institute
It's not inflation, it's actually corporate greed keeping food prices high. It’s now time to turn the tables on our food system by centering justice over profits.