How Arctic Warming Can Trigger Extreme Cold Waves

Mathew Barlow and Judah Cohen The Conversation
A new study makes the connection between Arctic warming and extreme cold waves like the Texas freeze of February 2021. What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay there.

Mandela in Cuba

Raymond Suttner New Frame
Nelson Mandela visited the island nation in 1991. His interactions with Fidel Castro would inform some of his negotiations with the National Party to end apartheid.

The Labor Day Dreams of Black Workers

Marc Bayard, Sarah Anderson and Rebekah Entralgo Inequality.org
Leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates share their visions for advancing racial equity in the Covid recovery — and beyond.

Heeding Steve Bannon, Election Deniers Organize to Control GOP

Isaac Arnsdorf, Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon and Anjeanette Damon ProPublica
Steve Bannon urged his followers to take over local-level GOP positions, inspiring thousands of Trump supporters to take control of the Republican Party at the local level and to reshape how elections are run.

Friday Nite Videos | September 3, 2021

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How Climate Change Makes Hurricanes Wetter. Come As You Are (Nirvana) | Playing for Change. Reservation Dogs | Trailer. Horsey Vax: The Alternative Medicine for Anti-Vaxxers. Costs of War: the Human Toll of the Post-9/11 Wars.

America Was Eager for Chinese Immigrants. What Happened?

Michael Luo The New Yorker
In the gold-rush era, initial ceremonial greetings soon gave way to bigotry and violence as Chinese immigrants were tarred as a “coolie race” and cast as a threat to free white labor. The two books under review tell the story of how and why.

Redefining Work to Save the Planet

Jared Spears The Progressive
We upended our lives during the pandemic, but our response to what we know is happening to the planet has remained business-as-usual.

Tidbits - Sept. 2, 2021 - Reader Comments: Texas Outlaws Women Rights; End of Afghan War; Remembering Ed Asner; Star Trek as Anti-Imperialism; Tax Billionaires; Nabisco Workers; Labor Day; Take Action - Hurricane Ida; 9/11 Restaurant Worker Reunion;

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Reader Comments: Texas Outlaws Women Rights; End of Afghan War; Remembering Ed Asner; Star Trek as Anti-Imperialism; Tax Billionaires; Nabisco Workers on Strike; Labor Day; Take Action - Hurricane Ida; 9/11 Restaurant Worker Reunion & Memorial; more