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October 3, 2014

The War on High-School History Classes Is a Whole New Level of Dumb

Jeb Lund The Guardian

In Jefferson County, Colorado, a newly conservative school board instituted a review to ensure that the AP US curriculum will “promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market system”.

October 3, 2014

Why the Economy Is Still Failing Most Americans

Robert Reich Robert Reich

It used to be that economic expansions improved the incomes of the bottom 90 percent more than the top 10 percent. But starting with the “Reagan” recovery of 1982 to 1990, the benefits of economic growth during expansions have gone mostly to the top 10 percent. Since the current recovery began in 2009, all economic gains have gone to the top 10 percent.

Bill O'Reilly's Anti-Terrorist Mercenaries

October 3, 2014

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O'Reilly's proposal to create an international anti-terrorist force of mercenaries has many sceptics, but Stephen Colbert is its one true admirer.

People's Climate March -- Aerial Footage

October 3, 2014

More than 300,000 people marched in New York City for the People’s Climate March on September 21, and some 2,600 solidarity events took place around the world. This video was taken from a drone in New York City and provided to Democracy Now! anonymously.

Antimatter Explained

October 3, 2014

This is real physics, not a comic book storyline: every type of particle has an anti-particle that is its mirror image. But why is there so much more matter than anti-matter?

A History Of The Minimum Wage

October 3, 2014

In dollars and cents, the minimum wage has only gone up, but in purchasing power it's had its ups and downs. See when it went up and since when it's gone down.

Subway Flashmob: Bolero

October 3, 2014

The Symphony Orchestra of Bilbao (Basque country, Spain) in a flashmob musical performance of Maurice Ravel's Bolero.

October 3, 2014

Friday Nite Videos -- October 3, 2014

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Subway Flashmob: Bolero. A History Of The Minimum Wage. Anti-matter Explained. People's Climate March -- Aerial Footage. Bill O'Reilly's Anti-Terrorist Mercenaries.

October 2, 2014

Precariat of the World Unite?

Tim Strangleman Working-Class Perspectives

It's important that we don't just see working-class people as passive victims of neo-liberalism. Often it is precisely workers occupying the lowest rungs of the labor market who exercise both voice and agency. We need to recognize the shared humanity working-class people hold in common.

October 2, 2014

Tidbits - October 2, 2014

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Reader Comments - Ten Points Towards a Two-State Solution; Students Walk Out Suburban Denver Schools; Indiana Autoworkers and Two-Tier Contracts; Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism; War on Drugs Damages Black Social Mobility; Freelancer Economy; Transformative Utopias and Human Rights; Climate Change Rally; Banned Books; Texas Schoolbooks; ISIS, Iraq and Syria; Freedom University Georgia; Immigrants; Cuba Training World's Doctors