Independence Day
Poet Ehrhart questions how our Declaration of Independence can be true, even as the nation moved toward democracy, perhaps a warning that Constitutional originalism is equally absurd.
We Finally Know Why Some People Got COVID While Others Didn’t
The Conversation
In our "challenge study," one gene produced much more of a specific protein in volunteers who did not develop a sustained COVID infection. This finding has significant implications for future treatments and for vaccine development.
Turn a Historic Tory Defeat Into a Change of Course for Britain
Morning Star
The left needs to put pressure on this government from day one, to ensure commitments to abolish anti-union laws and boost workers’ rights are kept, and to break with Tory spending rules that will hobble attempts to solve urgent social crises.
This Palestinian-Israeli Lawmaker Still Believes in the Two-State Solution
Haaretz
Ayman Odeh was 16 when he was called in for chats with the Shin Bet security service. In his 40s, he was Israeli Jews' favorite Arab politician. Now he is bowing out of party politics, but not because he has abandoned the dream of a better future.
A Just Transition Guaranteed by International Law Is Within Reach – Here’s How
Z
Trade-offs between the human right to work and the human right to a healthy environment need to be avoided when applying "just transition" logic.
How To Stop Fascism
Thinking About ...
Those who wish to preserve the American constitutional republic should also recall the past. A good start would be just to recall the five basic political lessons of 1933. Recalling history, we act for a future that can and will be much better.
Why Humans Are Vanishing
All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?
Why the Mandelbrot Set Matters
The Mandelbrot set is a perfect example of how a simple mathematical rule can produce incredible complexity
The Legacy of Slavery in America
Freedom Monument Sculpture Park and the National Monument to Freedom honor all those who were enslaved in the U.S. and their descendants alive today
Trump’s Second Term | John Oliver
John Oliver discusses Donald Trump’s plans for a second term, why it could be much worse than his first term, and what Trump has in common with a hamster
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