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In a Springfield Haitian Restaurant, Love—and Goat—Conquer Hate

Tim Feran The New Republic
While Donald Trump and J.D. Vance try to tear an Ohio town apart, Ohioans themselves have a more heartening response. While the nasty headlines swirl around them, Springfielders and Ohioans are making a point of saying no to Trump and Vance’s message

Tidbits – Sept. 19 – Reader Comments: Lies About Haitian Immigrants; Rev. Barber; Readers Disagree on Ranked Choice Voting; Leonard Peltier’s Continued Imprisonment; Govt Knew Ethel Rosenberg Not Spy; Find Affordable Child Care Near You; More…

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Reader Comments: Lies About Haitian Immigrants; Rev. Barber: Prophet for the Poor; Readers Disagree on Ranked Choice Voting; Leonard Peltier’s Continued Imprisonment; Govt Knew Ethel Rosenberg Not Spy; Find Affordable Child Care Near You; more....

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Autoworkers Have Made Both Candidates Pay Attention

Alex N. Press Jacobin
Anyone wanting substantive discussion of jobs in last night’s debate was disappointed. But because of the UAW’s organizing and strikes over the past year, both Trump and Harris felt compelled to insist they were the best candidate for autoworkers.

Friday Nite Videos | September 13, 2024

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School Lunch | John Oliver. Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy. How to Debate | Sarah Cooper. Cherokee Author Rebecca Nagle on the Ongoing Fight for Tribal Sovereignty. The GOP’s Three-Part Plan to Subvert Elections.

The Naked ‘Survivor’ Guy Theory of U.S. Politics

Michael Hirschorn New York Times
If reality television began as a crude simulacrum of real life, today the opposite can feel true — that actual life is approximating reality television, and we’ve all been conscripted as cast members. The contagion has leaked from the lab.

Project 2025 and Its Plans for the Nation’s Public Lands

Stephanie Woodard Barn Raiser
If Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins in November, his next administration comes armed with plans for a massive deregulation of federally-owned public land—your land, our land, the basis of our shared national identity.
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