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August 25, 2017

State Department Science Envoy Explains Why Trump Drove Him to Resign

Annie Sneed Scientific American

Daniel Kammen decries Trump’s attitude and policies on human rights and sustainability

August 25, 2017

It’s Not Too Soon to Talk About the Post-Trump Era

Chris Winters Yes! Magazine

Even when sensible adults finally take back government, “back to normal” is not what we want.

August 25, 2017

How About Erecting Monuments to the Heroes of Reconstruction?

Richard Valelly The American Prospect

Americans should build this pivotal post–Civil War era into the new politics of historical memory.1877

August 25, 2017

Meet Randall Woodfin, the Mayoral Challenger Bringing the Political Revolution to Birmingham

Katherine Webb-Hehn In These Times

The 36-year-old city attorney is proposing debt-free community college and reinvestment in Black neighborhoods.

Trump Pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio

August 25, 2017

Donald Trump issues his first presidential pardon to former sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was found guilty of criminal contempt.

‘If Mexico Is Paying for the Wall, Why Shut Down the Government?'

August 25, 2017

Reporters grill White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders over why President Donald Trump threatens a government shutdown over border security funding.

Guy Davis | 'Walk On'

August 25, 2017

Guy Davis performing "Walk On" at Music City Roots Live From The Factory on 3.22.2017

Nuclear waste poses a serious threat to public health if it's not stored in a safe place. John Oliver explains why the United States desperately needs to build a metaphorical toilet for all that waste.

August 25, 2017

Friday Nite Videos | August 25, 2017

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Nuclear Waste | John Oliver. Guy Davis | 'Walk On'. ‘If Mexico Is Paying for the Wall, Why Shut Down the Government?' Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on Colin Kaepernick. Trump Pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

August 24, 2017

Beyond `No' and the Limits of `Yes': A Review of Naomi Klein's 'No Is Not Enough'

Robert Jensen teleSUR

Building on her past work analyzing capitalism, Naomi Klein, in the book under review, does not stop with an analysis of the crises. She not only argues how to defeat the new shock politics of Trump (explicit in the subtitle), but outlines a resistance politics that not only rejects what she terms a domination/subordination dynamic but proceeds from saying "no" to the existing order to a "yes" to other values. Favoring the book, the reviewer wishes she had dug deeper.