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September 4, 2020

In California, a “Labor Slate” Aims to Redefine the Relationship Between Unions and Politics

Hamilton Nolan In These Times

The platform emphasizes union jobs, affordable housing, Medicare for All, public education and transportation, as well as increasing taxes on the rich.

September 4, 2020

White Supremacy Is Deadly for Everyone—Even White People

Nathalie Baptiste Mother Jones

The virus, like bullets, doesn’t care about your little red hat.

September 4, 2020

Trump Blasts Supporters Who Plan to Vote for Him Only Once

Andy Borowitz The New Yorker

Trump called supporters who intend to cast only one vote for him “disgracefully low-energy.”

September 4, 2020

New York Takes a Seismic Step to the Left

Mattew Cunningham-Cook The American Prospect

After the general election in November, New York will have one of its most left-wing legislatures in decades.

September 4, 2020

The 'Law and Order' Backlash Against Biden Was a Mirage

Osita Nwanevu The New Republic

New polls show that the premature consensus about Trump’s rhetoric was wrong—for now, anyway.

"We Are the 99%": Occupy Wall Street Activist & Author David Graeber, Dead at 59, in His Own Words

September 4, 2020

Graeber helped organize the initial Occupy Wall Street protest and was credited with helping to develop the slogan, "We are the 99%."

The Problem With Banning TikTok

September 4, 2020

TikTok’s in trouble. But so is the internet as we know it.

Soledad O'Brien Helps Translate Tucker Carlson's Kenosha Rant

September 4, 2020

Hot Take discusses Trump's culpability in nationwide violence and Tucker Carlson's abhorrent comments on the Kenosha protests

'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Sings 'Grandma's Hands'

September 4, 2020

Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020) sings Grandma's Hands on "Popcorn With Peter Travers" after talking about the making of Marvel's newest superhero film.

RNC 2020 and Kenosha

September 4, 2020

The Republican National Convention, shootings in Kenosha and a strike in professional sports -- three stories that are really one story, about race in America