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$15 at Amazon Proves: Targeting Jeff Bezos Worked

Micah Uetricht Convergence
Bernie Sanders has an activist orientation. But without the looming threat of workers disrupting business as usual at Amazon, targeting Jeff Bezos wouldn’t have much teeth to it. With that connection he punches well above his weight.

Trump's Tax Scams. In Gory Detail.

David Cay Johnston DC Report
The New York Times expose is “unprecedented in scope and precision.” And it shows in vivid detail how egregious the Trump family's tax cheating was – not chiseling here and there, but gigantic lies to escape lawful burdens.

A Look at Two Towns, Two Storms and America's Imperiled Poor

Zack Colman and Daniel Cusick E&E News
Workers throw away debris and ruined possessions from a public housing project in Texas. Hurricanes have done it before, decimating critical shares of an already limited housing stock for financially vulnerable people. Hurricanes Harvey and Florence are the latest to damage public housing and displace its poor residents.

How the Tentacles of the U.S. Military Are Strangling the Planet

Vijay Prashad Alternet
The United States military has a staggering 883 military bases in 183 countries, Russia has 8, China 1. There is no country with a military footprint that replicates that of the United States. The bases create instability rather than peace.

We Speak, We Remember, We Will Win

Jessica Juarez Scruggs OurFuture.org
I will use my voice to share all of the stories that have been silence because they are inconvenient or might spoil someone’s ambitions. We are all at risk, but once again, women, particularly women of color, are on the front line.

Wendell Berry’s Right Kind of Farming

Gracy Olmstead The New York Times
Agricultural choices must be made by these inescapable standards: the ecological health of the farm and the economic health of the farmer.

The Exaggerated Death of American Socialism

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones Portside
It turns out that socialism has been a major theme in American discourse. This essay is based on The American Left: Its Impact on Politics and Society since 1900 (Edinburgh University Press)

Pack the Supreme Court

Mehdi Hasan Mehdi Hasan
It’s past time to consider court packing: When they next have control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, Democrats should add at least two new seats to the Supreme Court and then fill them, with left-wing, well-qualified woman.
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