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January 27, 2023

Revealed: Trump Made Secret $1M Donation to Arizona ‘Audit’ Trying To Overturn Election

Brendan Fischer and Ed Pilkington Documented

Arizona Republican leaders who asked Cyber Ninjas to carry out the audit publicly denied that Trump was involved, saying “this absolutely has nothing to do with Trump”. Documented’s analysis pierces that denial.

January 27, 2023

Why CRT Belongs in the Classroom, and How To Do It Right

Stacie Brensilver Berman, Robert Cohen, and Ryan Mills History News Network

If classroom realities matter at all to governors and state legislators who have imposed CRT bans on schools, they would be embarrassed at having barred students from the kind of thought provoking teaching we witnessed in this project.

January 27, 2023

The Constitution Has a 155-Year-Old Answer to the Debt Ceiling

Eric Foner The New York Times

“The validity of the public debt of the United States,” the 14th Amendment declares, “shall not be questioned.” If Congressional Republicans violate this, President Biden, acting along, should do as the Constitution requires.

January 27, 2023

Trump, Russia and the Indicted Ex-FBI Agent

Timothy Snyder Thinking about...

Ex-FBI official McGonigal worked for a sanctioned Russian oligarch, prosecutors say. Earlier, he was in charge of investigating the Trump campaign's Russian connections. Historian Timothy Snyder lays out the tangled web of facts.

When Culture Changes Our DNA

January 27, 2023

Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations - a thing we sometimes call culture - we have become the ultimate niche builders.

Why We All Need Subtitles Now

January 27, 2023

It's not you — the dialogue in TV and movies has gotten harder to hear. Here's why.

Memphis BLM Activist: Tyre Nichols's Killing Is Part of Police Brutality Crisis for Black Residents

January 27, 2023

"It's literally just being caught on camera," Sherman says. "We have experienced this same kind of violence over and over and over again in our communities."

Make the Super-rich Pay Their Fair Share

January 27, 2023

The very existence of billionaires while poverty and inequality are both on the rise is damning proof of a failing economic system. It's time to tax the rich. https://oxf.am/TaxTheRich

Roy Wood Jr. Explores Police Militarization & Atlanta's "Cop City"

January 27, 2023

Roy Wood Jr. visits the "forest defenders" who are actively protesting the construction of Atlanta's "Cop City." #DailyShow #Comedy

January 27, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | January 27, 2023

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Roy Wood Jr. Explores Police Militarization & Atlanta's "Cop City." Make the Super-rich Pay Their Fair Share. Memphis BLM Activist on Tyre Nichols' Killing. Why We All Need Subtitles Now. When Culture Changes Our DNA.