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Automation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

March 8, 2019

Automation often seems like a scary new problem, but it’s neither entirely scary nor entirely new.

Beauty and the East | A Short Film

March 8, 2019

A short film about the intersection of race, gender, and fairytale dog-men.

VENEZUELA | Music Parody

March 8, 2019

A different message to the melody of 'I heard it through the grapevine.' And some other recognizable tunes.

A Better Way to Tax the Rich

March 8, 2019

American wealth inequality is staggering. A wealth tax, which would home in on the money people actually have, rather than just the money we earn and spend, could be a solution.

March 8, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | March 8, 2019

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A Better Way to Tax the Rich. Venezuela | Music Parody. Beauty and the East | A Short Film. Automation: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. Discussion of Rep. Ilhan Omar's Challenge to the Israel Lobby.

March 8, 2019

International Women’s Day Has Its Roots in Socialist Feminism

EJ Dickson Rolling Stone

Ignore the branded content and celebrate the day by studying up on your Jewish immigrant history

March 8, 2019

Puerto Rico: ‘I Know There’s a Path’

Alexandra Tempus The Progressive

Since unabashedly calling out President Donald Trump over his disastrous response to Puerto Rico's suffering after two massive hurricanes, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz has pushed for a transformation that returns autonomy to the island’s people.

March 8, 2019

Paul Manafort’s Sentence Proves White Lives Matter

Michael Harriot The Root

Manafort showed no remorse. He lied to prosecutors. He refused to cooperate with the investigators. He had shared secret information with Russians. But Paul Manafort is white.

March 8, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Myth of American Innovation

Roge Karma The American Prospect

The intrepid New Yorker pulls back the curtain on how private companies profit from taxpayer-funded research

March 7, 2019

Teachers Urge Divestment from Private Prisons

Negin Owliaei Inequality.org

As the movement for justice in education grows, divesting from prison profiteers is a concrete way educators can join the call to end mass incarceration.