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Interview with Larry Summers | Jon Stewart

March 17, 2023

Danger! Workers are doing too well! Call the Fed to shut that down! A conversation with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.

These Leaked Emails Reveal the Coordinated Attack on Trans Health Care

March 17, 2023

All those bans on gender-affirming care aren't random. Mother Jones reporter Madison Pauly takes you behind the scenes. Full story.

The Origins of the Death Penalty & Its Stain on America

March 17, 2023

‘It’s about vengeance and some of our ugliest societal impulses and urges’ The roots of the death penalty and how it’s been allowed to continue.

No Woman No Cry | Playing for Change

March 17, 2023

The original PFC band visited Diamante ER, Argentina to support our school.

House MD Tries to Cure the 'Woke Mind Virus' | The Daily Show

March 17, 2023

House MD and Dr. Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn) confront the most dangerous pathogen yet: the Woke Mind Virus.

March 17, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | March 17, 2023

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House MD Tries to Cure the 'Woke Mind Virus'. No Woman No Cry | Playing for Change. The Origins of the Death Penalty. These Leaked Emails Reveal the Coordinated Attack on Trans Health Care. Interview with Larry Summers | Jon Stewart.

March 16, 2023

“Retired Union Members Across the U. S. Join Third Act, Say “Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground”

Bob Muehlenkamp

Saving the planet isn't a matter of winning an argument. It’s about what trade unionists know only too well: power and money. And we know how to fight power and money.

March 16, 2023

Tidbits – Mar. 16, 2023 – Reader Comments: Bank Failures, GOP Deregulation; Pentagon Budget; MAGA Bans Books, Not Guns; Workers and Unions; False Promise of ChatGPT; Triangle Shirtwaist Anniversary; Vietnam War Ends; Rosenberg Case 70 Years Later;

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Reader Comments: Bank Failures, GOP DeRegulation; Pentagon Budget; MAGA in Office Bans Books, Not Guns; Workers and Their Unions; AI, False Promise of ChatGPT; Triangle Shirtwaist Anniversary; Ending the Vietnam War; Rosenberg Case 70 Years Later;

March 16, 2023

The Too-Large-For Life Harry Bridges

Paul Buhle Portside

Harry Bridges, the Pacific longshoremen’s leader is too large for life and almost too large as a biographical subject. Left historian Paul Buhle reviews the recent biography by Bob Cherny.

March 16, 2023

The Oscars Were Invented To Breakup Hollywood Unions

David Thomson Vanity Fair

Last week's Oscar's ceremony was groundbreaking and historic, let's look at the origins of the awards 95 years ago. It started when the original Hollywood titans wanted an industry free of unions, of residuals, union benefits, well you get the idea.