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How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails

Anand Giridharada The New York Times
As journalists comb through the Epstein emails, surfacing the name of one fawning luminary after another, there is a collective whisper of “How could they?” How could such eminent people, belonging to such prestigious institutions, succumb to this?

Why Walmart Wants To See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail

Derek Seidman Truthout
Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions. The ongoing barista strike also represents something much broader: a pitched battle against an executive and governance regime interlocked with a wider network of corporate power

Tidbits-Dec. 11- Reader Comments: Trump’s Deportations; Starbucks Strike; Rural America Myths; Trump’s MRI Results; New Resource – Zohran and Municipal Socialism; Amazon Labor Union; Online Forum-Building Working Class Solidarity With Ukraine; More..

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Reader Comments: Trump's Deportations; Starbucks Strike; Rural America Myths; Trump's MRI results; New resource - Zohran and municipal socialism; Amazon Labor Union; Online Forum-Building Working Class Solidarity with Ukraine; Lots more....

The Trump Corollary

Eric Ross TomDispatch
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro

Get on the Job and Organize: A Q&A With Jaz Brisack

Chris Mills Rodrigo Inequality.org
The labor organizer at the core of the Starbucks Workers United campaign wants a braver labor movement. Their new book is titled "Get on the Job and Organize: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World."

Six Myths About Rural America: How Conventional Wisdom Gets It Wrong

Tim Slack, Shannon M. Monnat The Conversation
We are rural demographers who study the causes and consequences of well-being in rural America. Here we outline six myths about rural America highlighted in our recent book “Rural and Small-Town America: Context, Composition, and Complexities.”
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