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Bernie Is Running, Thank God

Meagan Day Convergence
Bernie Sanders is running for president again. His message is simple: there's a class war raging and working people need to win it.

West Virginia Teachers Strike Again, Appear to Score Another Victory

Sarah Jones New York Magazine
“I’m willing to say, keep the $4,000 because the soul of West Virginia and our students are worth more than $4,000 a year,” she said. “So we’re not going to sell them out.” Mingo County teacher Katie Endicott told New York magazine.

Media Bits and Bytes - February 19, 2019

Portside
New Report Exposes Facebook Fake News Schemes; Net Neutrality: FCC's Ajit Pai Loses in Court; The End of Amazon HQ2; Digital Pollution; New Tech for Privacy Protection; Automated Propaganda; The Ressa Case; We Interrupt This Emergency Declaration  

How Measles Hacks the Body—and Harms its Victims for Years

Megan Molteni Wired
If only there were some way to safely traverse life without fear of walking into one of those hyper-virulent nebulosities ... Oh wait. That’d be a vaccine that’s been shown to be safe and effective by health authorities.

Private Mossad for Hire

Adam Entous & Ronan Farrow The New Yorker
Inside an effort to influence American elections, starting with one small-town race.

How Many Minutes to Midnight?

James Carroll TomDispatch
In the upcoming season of presidential politics, the nuclear question belongs at the top of every candidate’s agenda. It belongs at the center of every forum and at the heart of every voter’s decision.
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