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The Pact for Mexico after Five Years: How Has It Fared?

Mark Weisbrot, Lara Merling, Rebecca Watts, and Jake Johnston Center for Economic and Policy Research
Five years after "Pact for Mexico", Mexico's economy is mired in a trap of low investment and low growth and imperiled by liberalization of financial markets making it vulnerable to rate increases by the US Fed and global financial turbulence.

Venezuela — After the elections: What is to be done?

Marta Harnecker Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
The recent election results make it clear that although Nicolás Maduro won by a wide margin on May 20, there exists a significant majority made up of those who voted for the opposition and those who dd not vote in these elections.

700+ "Families Belong Together" Rallies

Martin Pengelly, Jessica Glenza Lucia Graves The Guardian
New York also saw a major rally, as did Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston and other big cities. In Greenfield Ma., population 17,000, 500 people attended a rally on the Town Common. Over 700 rallies were listed nationally.

Abolishing ICE Becomes Dem Litmus Test

Alexander Bolton The Hill
The calls to abolish ICE among Democrats picked up after the 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez defeated Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.) in an upset few saw coming.

In Defense of Court-Packing

Todd N. Tucker Convergence
We shouldn't let a handful of reactionary judges get in the way of progressive change. It's time to pack the Supreme Court.

Let Us NOT Praise Anthony Kennedy

Peter Dreier The American Prospect
Regardless of his motives, Kennedy will be responsible for allowing Trump to name a replacement who, along with the other right-wingers on the court, will further erode American democracy.

Friday Nite Videos | June 29, 2018

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Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: Trump Isn't Ready for a Girl From the Bronx. Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Have a Hidden Message? Flirting with Fascism. Mr Forty-Five | Parody of Mrs Robinson. The Immigrants Deported to Death and Violence
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