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This Week in People’s History, Feb 12–18

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Photo of statue entitled Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing! (1900), Michigan Rejects the So-Called Fugitive Slave Act (1855), Our Place in the Universe (1990), Confronting a Campaign of Terror (2015), An Outrageous Verdict, Reversed on Appeal (1970)

How Refrigeration Ruined Fresh Food

Allison Arie MIT Technology Review
Refrigeration is such a significant contributor to global warming and ozone depletion that Project Drawdown points to refrigerant management as the No. 1 thing we can do to mitigate climate change.

The Left’s Diminished DNC Presence

Tom Gallagher The Stansbury Forum
At the moment there is no one obviously positioned to take up the Sanders mantle in the 2028 presidential campaign. But we may have to make it our business to find one.

The Slow Suicide of the State of Israel

John Walbridge Informed Comment
The two-state solution is now impossible, made so by the foolish decisions of a series of Israeli governments to allow massive Jewish settlement in the West Bank and enabling by the United States of America.

Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Despite Emilia Pérez’s mixed reviews and poor audience reactions, Hollywood handed the musical 13 Oscar nominations in the hopes of proving its progressive bona fides. Then old tweets from its star surfaced.