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Contest or Conquest?

Daniel Immerwahr Harper's Magazine
A provocative history of Indigenous America. How best to tell the story of oppressed peoples? By chronicling the hardships they’ve faced? Or by highlighting their triumphs over adversity?

In Massachusetts, Unions Beat Billionaires

Paul Prescod Convergence
Voters in Massachusetts just ratified the Fair Share Amendment, which taxes income above $1 million to fund public services. A broad coalition of labor and community groups took on billionaire money and won.

Friday Nite Videos | November 11, 2022

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Is JFK Jr. Still Alive? Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy. Trump Attacks DeSantis in Unhinged Rant. How John Fetterman Broke Trump’s Red Wave. Lindell Freaks, Fox News Turns on Trump. What We Know About the State of Russia's Military.

The GOP Is More MAGA Than Ever

Peter Wehner The Atlantic
It’s hard to overstate how radicalized and anarchic the base of the Republican Party remains.

What Next-Gen COVID-19 Vaccines Might Look Like

Bob Holmes Knowable Magazine
From building up defenses in the nose to slowing down a virus’s ability to make copies of itself, scientists are rolling out a raft of creative approaches to fighting infection
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