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Jesus Christ | Woody Guthrie

June 21, 2024

Hey, Louisiana. How about mandating these biblical verses at school assemblies?

Rev. Dr. William Barber - “White Poverty” & Poor People’s Campaign March | The Daily Show

June 21, 2024

William J. Barber II sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss his latest book, “White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy.”

A Time for Choosing

June 21, 2024

THE SENECA PROJECT is a bipartisan superPAC, led by women, dedicated to mobilizing moderate women voters in key swing states in support of President Joe Biden’s re-election

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown | Hulu

June 21, 2024

Survivors and eyewitnesses tell the immersive story of Jim Jones' organization's final hours

June 21, 2024

Essential Jobs and Public School Teachers in the US Fail To Provide Living Wages

Alexandra Jacobo Nation of Change

Home health aides, retail salespersons, fast-food workers, and public school teachers are essential to the economy and society, yet their wages fall far short of the cost of living.

June 21, 2024

Sweet Rain

Teresa Pham-Carsillo Catamaran Literary Reader

California poet Teresa Pham-Carsillo opens the reader to summertime; show some gratitude!

June 20, 2024

How Much More Proof Does Biden Need That Netanyahu Is Not a U.S. Ally?

Alon Pinkas Haaretz

Benjamin Netanyahu's eye-rolling video, in which he accused the Americans of holding up an arms shipment and yet again evoked Winston Churchill, is him playing politics – it's the only thing he knows how to do.

June 20, 2024

Let’s Examine the Link Between MAGA and the Old South – Battling the Second Great Insurrection

Thom Hartmann The Hartmann Report

We face a second insurrection today, and most people have no idea how closely it’s modeled on the first one. The new GOP motto might as well be, “We don’t need no stinkin’ issues; we just want power and revenge for the heroes of the Old South.”

June 20, 2024

The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024

Peter Dreier The Nation

The “greatest teacher of nonviolence in America” was a mentor to generations of activists, from Martin Luther King Jr. to today’s union organizers and immigrant rights campaigners.

June 20, 2024

Jamaal Bowman Primary Challenger Shares Dozens of Donors With Republicans Who Sought Santos’ Seat

Michelle Bocanegra and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky Gothamist

What does a Long Island Republican who ran to replace George Santos have in common with a Westchester Democrat in a solidly blue congressional district? More than 60 donors who, all told, have given both candidates more than $230,000.