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Elvis, the Polio Vaccine, and Us

Charles Idelson Medium.com
In October 1956 the ascending rock idol lent his considerable stardom to helping save lives by getting vaccinated against polio on the Ed Sullivan show. Today an anti-vax fanatic with a celebrity name is in line to be in charge of public health.

H-1B ('16 tons' Song Parody)

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want cheap labor that they can force to work for whatever pay and hours they choose to set

Election Results

Beau Beausoleil
Poet Beau Beausoleil contemplates the horrors which await the American public as a result of the recent election.

Trump Voters Are In for a Rude Awakening

Robert McCoy The New Republic
Trump sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he’ll face political reality. He was whoever they wanted him to be—a choose-your-own-candidate. Voters projected their wishes onto his candidacy, regardless of his stated policy program

Jimmy Carter Was Right About Israel’s Apartheid

Seraj Assi Jacobin
No US president has ever been willing to call the system imposed by Israel on the Palestinians what it is: apartheid. Except Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter was a champion of peace who also foresaw the perils of apartheid in Palestine.