Three Flats
Mississippi poet Philip C. Kolin traces the evolution of his childhood neighborhood in Chicago
that went from Czech to Hispanic.
The G.M. Strike Was the Best and the Worst of the Labor Movement
The New York Times
On picket lines around the country, from Wyoming, Michigan to Rochester, N.Y. to Langhorne, Pennsylvania ---G.M. workers made the strike their own.
Their fight is one that all of us, regardless of the work we do, should claim as our own.
Salesforce CEO: We Need a New Capitalism
The New York Times
As a capitalist, I believe it’s time to say out loud what we all know to be true: Capitalism, as we know it, is dead.
Donald Trump’s Sanity Is Not the Question. The Real Issue Is How He Got Into Office
The Guardian
To reduce his presidency to a frail mind is to ignore the fact he’s an emblem of free-market, white supremacist nationalism
The Fierce Urgency of Less
The American Prospect
The three B’s (Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg) of can’t-go-big
The Irishman | Movie
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. Full review.
Hosting G7 at Doral Violates the Constitution
The Constitution is clear: the President cannot accept gifts or payments from foreign governments. No one is above the law. #EmolumentsClause pic.twitter.com/bHEx2qI2D3
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) October 17, 2019
Fox's legal commentator minces no words about Trump's impeachable violation of the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause
Glory to Hong Kong: A New Protest Anthem
After months of peaceful marches and clashes, Hong Kong protesters have begun staging a different type of demonstration - mass singalongs of a new song called Glory to Hong Kong.
Rising Up | Bernie 2020
The corporate media covers Bernie's campaign while millions of people around the country rise up
John Oliver | Weather
John Oliver discusses the tension between the public and private worlds of predicting the weather
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