The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New
TomDispatch
A History of the Tyranny of the Supremes
What the Student-Loan Debate Overlooks
The Atlantic
President Biden’s loan-forgiveness plan offers younger Americans the same benefits that Boomers have been afforded all along.
A Brief History of the War
Beloit Poetry Journal
“Ours in an old war,” says the poet Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer. “It has a beard and calls itself Uncle.”
Bernie Sanders: The US Has a Ruling Class – And Americans Must Stand Up to It
The Guardian
We now have more income and wealth inequality than at any time in the last hundred years. And it’s not just income and wealth inequality that is plaguing our nation. It is the maldistribution of economic and political power.
U.S. Open Immigrant Workers Say Their Wages Were Stolen
Documented
Levy Restaurant Group, one of the largest providers of food and beverage for sports venues across the country has been sued in the past for wage theft. The blame lies with the USTA for continuing to do business with the company.
‘Last King of Jamaica’: The Countries That Could Ditch the Monarchy After Queen’s Death
VICE
Queen Elizabeth II originally ruled over 32 countries, but her successor King Charles III is the monarch in 15. Could more countries now decide to go it alone?
Women Are So Fired Up To Vote, I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It
The New York Times
Women are registering to vote in numbers I never witnessed before. The gender gap has skyrocketed. Every poll we consume over the closing weeks of this election will rely on a likely voter model for which we have no benchmark.
Aretha Franklin’s Unsealed FBI File Shows Bureau Tracked Her Civil Rights Activism
Pitchfork
A just-unsealed file shows that the FBI extensively tracked Aretha Franklin’s civil rights activism, particularly her friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Davis.
The Boys: Season 3
The Boys learn of a mysterious anti-Supe weapon, and it sends them crashing into The Seven, starting a war, and chasing the legend of the first Superhero: Soldier Boy.
The State of Tory Britain Under Liz Truss? Terrible.
So Liz Truss will be Britain’s next prime minister — the nation’s fourth in seven years. And she’s inheriting a nation falling apart at the seams.
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