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A Louisiana Town in the Heart of 'Cancer Alley'

May 24, 2019

Cancer haunts this Louisiana town on the banks of the Mississippi River. Residents of Reserve, feeling neglected by politicians, are fighting back against the chemical plant has been emitting carcinogens for half a century. More about the Coalition Against Death Alley here.

An Exploding Star Spews the Building Blocks of Life

May 24, 2019

The elements that make up nearly all that you are and can see first came from the explosion of massive stars. Step inside one such explosion and explore the forces that connects each of us with the stars.

W. Kamau Bell's Candid Conversation With Two Anti-Abortion Activists

May 24, 2019

W. Kamau Bell has roamed our country to talk to and try to understand people who he just doesn't get. In this show, he talks to anti-abortion activists in Mississippi.

Stop Investigating Me! Or Else!

May 24, 2019

Donald Trump's contribution to the infrastructure meeting was one gigantic roadblock

May 24, 2019

Pardoning War Criminals Is a Monstrous Way to Honor Memorial Day

Peter Certo Inside Sources

The worst war criminals wear suits, not fatigues

May 24, 2019

Hate Heaped on Black Heroines of the French Resistance Would Look Familiar to AOC and Rashida Tlaib

Annette Joseph-Gabriel The Conversation

AOC, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib would recognize the treatment of black women in France who fought Nazis during World War II but were accused of not being French enough when, later, they entered politics

May 24, 2019

Democrats Are Overthinking Trump’s Impeachment

Matt Ford The New Republic

They're scared that trying to remove him would backfire, but they're taking the wrong lessons from the past—and ignoring voters' wishes in the present

May 24, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | May 24, 2019

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Stop Investigating Me! Or Else! W. Kamau Bell's Candid Conversation With Two Anti-Abortion Activists. Exploding Star Spews Building Blocks of Life. A Louisiana Town in the Heart of 'Cancer Alley'. 'Stable Genius' Needs an 'Intervention'? Two Views.

May 23, 2019

Tidbits - May 23, 2019 - Reader Comments: Italy Unions Refuse to Load Saudi Ship; Venezuela Eyewitness Report; Strange Workings of Identity and Adolph Reed Jr.; Boeing Allowed to Decide What Planes Are Safe?; Announcements; more...

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Reader Comments: Italy Unions Refuse to Load Saudi Ship; Eyewitness Report: Venezuela Up Close; The Strange Workings of Identity and Adolph Reed Jr.; Boeing Allowed to Decide What Planes Are Safe?; Socialism; Announcements - Chicago, New York, DC

May 23, 2019

End of the Road for the Socialist Revolutionary Workers’ Party? And What Future for Numsa?

Stephen Grootes Daily Maverick (South Africa)

Poor showing of NUMSA (National Union of Miners of South Africa) backed independent workers party calls strategy behind the breakaway decision into question.