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Friday Nite Videos | May 7, 2021

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A 60-Second Rant for DC Statehood | Mehdi Hasan. Yasmin Williams | "Restless Heart". We Will Transform Kentucky | Charles Booker. Desi Lydic Foxsplains: Is America a Racist Country? The Black Church That Could Bankrupt the Proud Boys.

A 60-Second Rant for DC Statehood | Mehdi Hasan

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, and politicians who ignore their state's own history shouldn't decry DC statehood. In a mini-rant, NBC’s Mehdi Hasan introduces the pot to the kettle. Start the clock!

Friday Nite Videos | April 16, 2021

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'The Talk' That Every Black Family Has About Police. Exterminate All the Brutes | Trailer. Visual Forensics: 78 Minutes of an Insurrection. The Ironclad Witch Hunt Against Matt Gaetz. Exploring Timelapse in Google Earth.

'Exterminate All the Brutes,' Reviewed

Richard Brody The New Yorker
Raoul Peck’s ('I Am Not Your Negro') four-hour documentary on HBO Max reveals the racist underpinnings of American national mythology and European society.

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Eric Hobsbawm in the ‘London Review’: A Value-laden Selection

Richard J. Evans London Review of Books Blog
Eric Hobsbawm, among the most pre-eminent and valued Marxist historians of the late twentieth century, frequently reviewed for the London Review of Books. Here, a prominent British author does a dig into some of Hobsbawm’s many signal LRB essays.

Friday Nite Videos | April 9, 2021

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The National Debt | John Oliver. Biko | Peter Gabriel. Jordan Klepper Debunks “Good Guy With a Gun”. Fighting for Equality in Computer Science and Beyond. Why So Many QAnon Believers Are Evangelical Christians.
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