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February 17, 2018

Trump's FY2019 Budget Request Has Massive Cuts for Nearly Everything But the Military

National Priorities Project National Priorities Project

Trump's Budget proposal increases military share to 61%.

February 16, 2018

fattest flies

Ronelda Kamfer New England Review

The South African poet Ronelda S. Kamfer pokes a sharp finger at trendy styles of race and color among women she deems “dumb as shit.”

February 16, 2018

There’s No ‘Red Scare.’ So What Is Right-Wing Violence About?

Michele Prospero il manifesto

The radical right is useful for the mainstream right to cover over the accumulation of wealth that would be difficult to defend, and to channel the resentment of the precarious classes who are rights-deprived against the “others,” against “alien cultures” invading “the homeland.”

February 16, 2018

Black Panther Is Great. But Let’s Not Treat It As an Act of Resistance

Khanya Khondlo Mtshali The Guardian

The film represents an important moment in pop culture history, and I’m happy I got to witness it. But the hype raises political expectations too high

Why Black Panther’s Box Office Success Matters

February 16, 2018

Movies spotlighting people of color are kicking ass right now.

Jimmy Kimmel on School Shooting in Parkland, Florida

February 16, 2018

Congressmen and lobbyists don’t work for the NRA, they work for us. If they don’t listen, vote them out.

Students at South Broward High School Protest Gun Violence

February 16, 2018

Students at South Broward High School protest gun violence in wake of Parkland school shooting. More about high school student protesting gun violence here.

How Tech Giants Feed Off Capitalism's Failures

February 16, 2018

Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and other successful tech giants are disrupting our everyday lives ... but is all that disruption a good thing? Are they fixing holes in our economy, or just digging a bigger one that's six feet deep?

How Some Democrats Aided The NRA-GOP Agenda

February 16, 2018

Controversial historical footage implicates key Democrats in the gun lobby efforts to stop any gun control in congress. Ari Melber’s special report.

February 16, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | Feb 16, 2018

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How Some Democrats Aided The NRA-GOP Agenda. How Tech Giants Feed Off Capitalism's Failures. Students at South Broward High School Protest Gun Violence Jimmy Kimmel on School Shooting in Parkland, Florida. Why Black Panther’s Box Office Success Matters.