Counting the Dead
New Verse News
Minnesota poet Susan Cossette addresses the ultimate misogyny—“Faceless, nameless shadows…/Now, we matter more in death.”
Boeing Machinists Strike
Labor Notes
The rejected contract covers 32,000 workers in Washington and Oregon, members of Machinists District 751 in Washington and W24 in Oregon. Most work at the two plants near Seattle. It’s the largest strike in the U.S. this year.
The Brain Aged More Slowly in Monkeys Given a Cheap Diabetes Drug
Nature
A daily dose of the common medication metformin preserved cognition and delayed decline of some tissues
Is the Entire World Conspiring To Make It Look Like Trump Lost the Debate?
New York Magazine
Why did so many journalists describe the debate similarly? Matt Taibbi, a popular commentator who has migrated from liberal-hating leftist to liberal-hating Trump apologist, suggests the entire news media was taking orders from the Democratic Party.
The Young Woman Making Kamala Harris’ Strongest Case on Abortion Rights
Politico
Hadley Duvall helped a Democratic governor win in a red state. The vice president is counting on her to deliver votes in multiple battlegrounds.
The Naked ‘Survivor’ Guy Theory of U.S. Politics
The New York Times
If reality television began as a crude simulacrum of real life, today the opposite can feel true — that actual life is approximating reality television, and we’ve all been conscripted as cast members. The contagion has leaked from the lab.
The GOP’s Three-Part Plan to Subvert Elections
Republicans have been laying the groundwork to subvert elections this fall
How to Debate | Sarah Cooper
Same words, same voice, but Sarah Cooper brings a whole different perspective to The Debate
Cherokee Author Rebecca Nagle on the Ongoing Fight for Tribal Sovereignty
Award-winning Cherokee writer Rebecca Nagle (By the Fire We Carry) talks about the more than a century-long fight for tribal sovereignty in eastern Oklahoma
Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy
Feature documentary shows how Christian Nationalist leaders have spread fear and anger for decades, distorting political issues into Biblical battles
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