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March 31, 2023

I Stopped Trying To Be a Woman – And I Felt Resurrected, Fully Myself for the First Time

Jackson King The Guardian

My decision to come out as a trans man was lifechanging. What’s so scary about the possibility of choice when it comes to gender?

March 31, 2023

Act Like a Mob Boss, Be Indicted Like One

The mobster comparisons are befitting not just in Trump’s life and business modus operandi, but also now in the way Trump is finally being held accountable.

What America Gets Wrong About the Southern Border | John Leguizamo

March 31, 2023

Scaremongering politicians promote fear. John Leguizamo separates border myths from border facts. #DailyShow #Comedy

Crossborder Mural Project 1997

March 31, 2023

Witness the creation of two labor murals (Mexico City / Chicago), linked by the collaborative efforts of unions from both sides of the border.

Bernie Unloads on Howard Schultz at Senate Hearing

March 31, 2023

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz testified before the Senate about the company's rampant illegal union-busting campaign, and Sen. Bernie Sanders held nothing back.

The January 6th Prisoners Choir Had It Comin’

March 31, 2023

From failed uprisin’ to harmonizin’. #Colbert #Comedy #ColdOpens

Criminal Defendant Trump's First Court Date

March 31, 2023

Trump will be arraigned in Manhattan on Tuesday. Here's what else we know.

March 31, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | March 31, 2023

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Criminal Defendant Trump's First Court Date. The January 6th Prisoners Choir Had It Comin’. Bernie Unloads on Howard Schultz at Senate Hearing. Crossborder Mural Project 1997. What America Gets Wrong About the Southern Border | John Leguizamo.

March 30, 2023

Staughton Lynd: The Perils of Sainthood

Paul Buhle Portside

Staughton Lynd seemed like a personal force almost more than a person within the antiwar movement of the 1960s. My Country Is the World largely and usefully recounts the controversies that came with his rise in the peace movement of the middle 1960s

March 30, 2023

‘Abandoned by All’: Why Small-Town France Is Up in Arms Over Macron’s Pension Reform

Benjamin Dodman France 24

Echoing the complaints voiced by many protesters, Carlos called for a change of tactics after ten days of protests that brought millions to the streets – but failed to impress the government. “I’m fed up with these strolls around town. Macron will only listen once we shut down the economy.”