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The NFL’s Moral Collapse

Judd Legum Popular Information
What was unusual on Monday is that the full impact of Hamlin's injury was on display in the middle of the field during a primetime matchup. Typically, players who suffer injuries are rushed off the field so the game can resume as quickly as possible. This mentality — "next man up" — is glorified in NFL culture.

AMLO’s Four Years in Power Have Been a Success

Kurt Hackbarth Convergence
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador rose to power on the promise of massive redistribution. So far, he has nationalized lithium stores and lifted the minimum wage by 20%. But to secure these reforms he’ll need to transform the power structures of the Mexican state and media.

Envisioning a World Without Nuclear Weapons

H Patricia Hynes Portside
While nuclear weapons governments and their bomb-making industries are criminally sleepwalking into what could mean the end of our planet’s life, many others – scientists, high-level military, citizens and whole countries – are countering the weapons holders’ political idiocy with principled intelligence.

The Evolution of Post-Soviet Ideology

Arseniy Krasnikov Russian Dissent
There is no dividing line between the Russian “quasi-liberals” of the 90s and the ideology of Russian imperialism today. They are aligned politically and economically, the first easily spilling over over into the second.

The Iranian Uprising and the Cycles of Protest

Nassim Noroozi, Linda Martín Alcoff The Indypendent
How authentic protest movements like the one in Iran can be hijacked by a funded opposition that builds momentum for war and military intervention.

Inside Google’s Quest To Digitize Troops’ Tissue Samples

James Bandler ProPublica
The tech giant has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ skin samples, tumor biopsies and slices of organs. DOD staffers have pushed back, raising ethical and legal concerns, but Google might win anyway.
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