Tufts Doesn’t Pay its Fair Share in Somerville

Jane Regan Wicked Local Somerville
What about in Somerville? According to a recent email I got from the City’s Assessing Department, “if the University was a taxable entity it would generate residential tax at $596,700 and commercial tax at $6,103,800.”

U.S. Union Membership Data in Perspective

Glenn Perusek New Labor Forum
Overall membership was up slightly, by 262,000. The increase included 166,000 in the private sector; 96,000 in the public sector.

Thousands join March for Our Lives

Oliver Laughland and Lois Beckett The Guardian
March for Our Lives draws huge numbers of protesters. Trump spends weekend at Florida retreat of Mar-a-Lago

America Takes the Next Step Toward Tyranny

Andrew Sullivan New York Magazine
An important viewpoint on the dangers of Trump's abuse of power, but it neglects the power of people being organized against Trump.

Siren Song

Roy J. Adams
With current media celebrating the role of the soldier, US Army veteran/poet Roy J. Adams offers an ironic antidote.

New Scandal Shows Zuckerberg Still Puts Kremlin Over U.S.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg breaks his silence and admits a “breach of trust” after a hidden video scandal reveals political dirty tricks. Roger McNamee, a former mentor to Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook calls the response “totally inadequate”.

Robert Mueller Is Following the Middle East Money

Mark Mazzetti, investigative correspondent for The New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about Robert Mueller's consideration of undue influence on Donald Trump's Middle East policies on behalf of Saudi Arabia and UAE.