Love & The Constitution | Trailer

Follow Rep. Raskin’s fight to defend American democracy during Donald Trump’s presidency and second impeachment trial, while coping with the personal tragedy of losing his son. Sunday, February 6 at 10pm ET on MSNBC.

Queen Bee | Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Rosanne Cash

Get “rocked to your soul” with the “sweet” sounds of the blues classic, “Queen Bee,” by legendary musician, Taj Mahal. This Song Around The World version 20 musicians from six countries.

Friday Nite Videos | February 4, 2022

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Queen Bee | Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Rosanne Cash. Love & The Constitution. What It's Like To Be Intersex. The Way to Freedom: Selma and the Making of a Movement. Why This Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Matters.

Quick Fix for Staffing Crisis Not Enough, Hospital Nurses Warn

Michael Moore Workday Magazine
Without meaningful action to change the way hospital systems conduct their business in Minnesota, nurses warned, staffing shortfalls will only worsen, threatening the state’s reputation for quality patient care.

Tidbits - Feb. 3, 2022 - Reader Comments: Black Woman on Supreme Court; Ukraine Crisis; Banned Books; Crypto Currency; Peter Haberfeld; Migrant Quilt Project; Book Sale; Global Day of Action to Prevent War with Russia this Saturday; Announcements;

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Reader Comments: Black Woman on Supreme Court; Ukraine Crisis; Banned Books; Crypto currency; Peter Haberfeld; Migrant Quilt Project; Haymarket Books Sale; Global Day of Action to Prevent War with Russia this Saturday; Announcements; more....

National Report on the Teaching of Reconstruction

Zinn Education Project Zinn Education Project
The dominant and distorted scholarship framed Reconstruction as an illegitimate enterprise that failed to sustain multiracial democracy. For much of the 20th century, this bogus history was used to justify denying Black people full citizenship.

Brian Flores Sues the NFL. What Took So Long?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Brian Flores is suing the National Football League and the only question I have is “What took so long?” I’m not referring specifically to Flores’ lawsuit, but to making public the racism inherent in the NFL like a vestigial limb.

How We Broke the Supply Chain

David Dayen, Rakeen Mabud The American Prospect
Rampant outsourcing, financialization, monopolization, deregulation, and just-in-time logistics are the culprits. Our supply chains were designed for maximum profit rather than getting things to people, problems that arose in the pandemic folded in.

Let's Not Allow the Great Powers to Destroy the World

Lawrence Wittner Common Dreams
Throughout history, "the most powerful, most heavily-armed countries, which had the best chances of emerging victorious in a military conflict, were usually the most eager for it."