"The Mission of Socialism is Wide as the World"

Eugene V. Debs. Marxist Internet Archive
On the 4th of July people tend to think back about the history of this country. Here is a little bit of Labor history in the form of a speech by Eugene Debs on July 4, 1901. Debs was a founder of the American Railway Union and the Socialist Party. In 1920, while in prison for opposing World War 1, he received 915,000 votes for President, running as a Socialist.

How A Troublesome Inheritance Gets Human Genetics Wrong

Jeremy Yoder The Molecular Ecologist
Time and again, data that refutes Nicholas Wade's arguments in A Troublesome Inheritance is not only available and widely cited in the population genetics literature—it is often in the text of the papers listed in his endnotes.

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son

Some folks are born 
made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red white and blue

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son

This Vietnam wartime song (1969) puts a spotlight on the unequal sacrifices hidden by patriotic spouting.
 

Los Lobos: One Time, One Night

A quiet voice is singing something to me
An age old song 'bout the brave in this land here of the free,
One time one night in America

Each Los Lobos verse is a tiny tragic chapter in the story of America. Full lyrics here.