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This Week in People’s History, Nov 20–26

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Image of a newsreel title: "Gen. Butler bares 'plot' by Fascists" Did Wall Street Want FDR’s Ouster? (1934), A first for Song’s First Lady (1934), Tamir Rice Would Be 22 (2014), Women Workers Stand Up (1909), AFL Jump-Starts the Cold War (1944), Standing Up for Press Freedom (1929), The Gap Just Gets Bigger (2019

This Week in People’s History, Oct 23–29

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Church in McComb, Mississippi, after it was destroyed by a bomb in 1964 Wrist-Slaps for Racist Terrorists (1964), Stop Global Warming! (2009), An ‘October Surprise’ for the Ages (1924), Nothing New About ‘Lock ‘em Up!’ (1994), Integrated Schools – ‘Just Around the Corner’ (1969)

Cooling California Could Heat Up Europe

Jonathan Watts Guardian
Scientists call for regulation to stop regional use of marine cloud brightening that may cool one region in the short term but have negative impact elsewhere

Dead Last (With an Emphasis on Dead!)

Juan Cole Tom Dispatch
Despite the fact that the Middle East has experienced hellish heat waves and epic floods, Middle Eastern regimes get failing grades on climate action

Friday Nite Videos | February 23, 2024

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Supreme Court Ethics | John Oliver. Alabama’s New Reproductive Law Considers Embryos Children. American Fiction | Movie. How 2023 Broke Our Climate Models with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Gavin Schmidt. Gaza.

Friday Nite Videos | February 16, 2024

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Jordan Klepper in South Carolina. One Piece at a Time (Johnny Cash / Song Parody). The Greatest Misinformation Campaign in History. PSA: “This Is F***ed Up” | Fani Willis Is Not On Trial. Why Do Amazonian People Have Some Australasian DNA?

Should We Be Afraid of Atmospheric Rivers?

Qian Cao The Conversation
With flooding and mudslides in California, a hydrologist explains the good and bad of atmospheric rivers, and how they are being affected by global warming
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