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The Larry Nassar Verdict

 
Trevor applauds the sexual assault victims who spoke out at Larry Nassar's sentencing hearing and proposes a way to make everyone more accountable.

Why Does President Trump Fear the Truth?

Editorial Board The New York Times
The president of the United States has tried repeatedly to shut down an investigation into whether his campaign coordinated with Russian officials to help him win the 2016 election.

Friday Nite Videos | Jan 26, 2018

Portside
Kate McKinnon Does Robert Mueller. Destruction – Trump vs Global Warming Music Video. The Larry Nassar Verdict. The GOP's Anti-FBI Memo. Movie | Three Billboards.

Enemy You Should Know - Niall Ferguson

By the Book - New York Times The New York Times
Sun Tsu said “Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious." Following that wisdom, Portside is running this otherwise execrable interview with Niall Ferguson, a leading myrmidon of the white shoe Right, trumpeting his retrograde views on—among other things— reactionary icons Edmund Burke and Charles Murray, along with snarky comments on unnamed post-colonial critics who he doubts—with no justification—never read his work.

Stop Blaming Black Women for the Black Maternal Health Crisis and Start Blaming American Workplaces

Roselyn Miller Slate
Racial discrimination manifests itself in the workplace through unequal treatment. Even when black women have good jobs and benefits, they often are expected to do more than white colleagues, constantly facing assumptions that they are unqualified. The ramifications of work-life imbalance are stressful for women with resources, but for black women and their children, it can be deadly.