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The Pandemic's Unequal Toll

June 24, 2022

The pandemic has touched every corner of the globe, but its impacts have not fallen on everybody equally. The latest data and projections in two fundamental areas - health and wealth.

Jordan Klepper Shows Trump Supporters Jan. 6 Hearing Clips

June 24, 2022

Jordan Klepper heads to a Mississippi rally to figure out if the Jan. 6 hearings are enough to break into the MAGA bubble. #DailyShow #Comedy

In Buffalo's Black Community: "I Can't Promise Them Safety"

June 24, 2022

A day with students, teachers, and staff at Tapestry Charter school in Buffalo, who are just beginning to try and move forward after their community was targeted in a racist attack.

June 24, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | June 24, 2022

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Jordan Klepper Shows Trump Supporters Jan. 6 Hearing Clips. The Pandemic's Unequal Toll. How Realistic Is Your Favorite Movie Dinosaur Scene? Lauren Boebert's Jesus Christ Superstar. In Buffalo's Black Community: "I Can't Promise Them Safety."

June 23, 2022

“The New Director-General Has a Titanic Task To Rethink and Reposition the Role of the ILO"

Rosa Pavanelli Public Services International

At the International Labour Conference, PSI has also underlined that corporates that made huge profits at the expense of workers and people’s rights are to be held accountable for the multi-layer crisis we are facing.

June 23, 2022

Tidbits – June 23, 2022 – Reader Comments: Sheroes! Ruby Freeman and Shaye Freeman Ross; Medical Debt; Rent (and Profits) Driving Inflation; Afl-CIO Convention; HBO Documentary – The Janes; New U.S. Postage Stamp Honors Pete Seeger; More

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Reader Comments: Sheroes! Ruby Freeman and Shaye Freeman Ross; Medical Debt; Rent (and Profits) Driving Inflation; AFL-CIO Convention; HBO Documentary - The Janes; New U.S. Postage Stamp Honors Pete Seeger; more ...

June 23, 2022

Today’s Republican Party – After Hearing Evidence of Trump’s Coup Plot

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American

Judge J. Michael Luttig, appointed as a Federal Judge by President George H. W. Bush, testified to the House Committee last Thursday. The same day in Texas, the state GOP convention rejected the election results, declaring Biden not the president.

June 23, 2022

Poor People’s March on Washington Calls for ‘Moral Fusion of Everybody’ To Build Unions and Change Corrupt ‘Policies of Greed’

Bob Hennelly Labor Press

Young people are with this movement because they understand it is not about left and right and the normal politics — it’s about right versus wrong.

June 23, 2022

Megan Rapinoe Discusses Historic Equal Pay Agreement, Title IX Anniversary and Transgender Sports Bans

Sean Gregory TIME

While female athletes have enjoyed great gains, inequalities do persist. Here Megan Rapinoe discusses how Title IX can be improved, the leadership lessons that came out of the equal pay fight, and the importance of transgender inclusion in sports.

June 23, 2022

Did Trump’s Actions on January 6 Reach the Level of Treason?

Jesse Jackson Chicago Sun-Times

The hearings have shown, Donald Trump was in the room. Was it treason? The framers of the Constitution had “a very specific image in mind — men gathering with guns, forming an army and marching on the seat of government.”