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Everyone Loves the Knicks. Everyone Hates James Dolan.

Abdul Malik Convergence
The awful billionaire James Dolan’s stranglehold on one of sports’ greatest franchises is holding the New York Knicks back. The solution? Yes, that’s right: public ownership of the Knicks.

How Big Oil Wrecked Your Summer

Aaron Regunberg The New Republic
Weather extremes are not natural. They are climate disasters. They the kind of catastrophes that Big Oil companies predicted their fossil fuel products would cause—at the same time that they were orchestrating fraudulent campaigns of climate denial..

There’s No Room for Palestine in “Viewpoint Diversity”

Mary T. Bassett The Harvard Crimson
Over the past year, Harvard University has systematically curtailed, suspended, or restructured every program with a serious focus on studying Palestinian rights. It’s abundantly clear that some views are not welcome on this campus.

Tidbits – June 11 – Reader Comments: Elections-California, Maine; NBA Finals; Trump NBC Interview; Voting Rights Act; True Total Cost US Military Budget; Ecosocialist Bookshelf; Corporations Behind Data Centers; Cartoons; and More…

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Reader Comments: Elections-California, Maine; NBA Finals; Trump NBC Interview; Israel’s Curriculum for ‘Influencing Public Consciousness’; Voting Rights Act; True Total Cost US Military Budget; Ecosocialist Bookshelf; Corporations Behind Data Centers
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