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Tidbits-May 7- Reader Comments: Voting Rights Overturned by Trump Administration and Supreme Court; Kamala in ’28?; Haymarket Monuments; Barbara Kopple’s Labor Films; Black Employment Under Trump; a Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Assata Shakur

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Reader Comments: Voting Rights Overturned by Trump Administration and Supreme Court; Kamala in '28?; Haymarket Monuments; Barbara Kopple's Labor Films; Black Employment Under Trump; A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Assata Shakur;

Can an Economic Populist Win Maine’s Governor Race?

Amanda Gavin, Peter Howe and Eric Brown Convergence
It’s not just Graham Platner. In Maine’s gubernatorial race, logger and labor leader Troy Jackson is mounting an economic populist campaign that promises to build bridges between urban progressives and rural working-class voters.

Cooperation Is More Powerful Than Coercion

Rebecca Solnit Waging Nonviolence
The Trump administration profoundly misunderstands power as being synonymous with violence. But we can learn a lesson about real power from a humble source — flowers.

Aftermath: Oil Execs Thrill to Higher Profits From War

Ryan Cooper, Whitney Curry Wimbish The American Prospect
Plus: Why Iran won’t make a deal with Trump to end the crisis Today on Aftermath, we look at the stalemate the war has settled into and whether there’s any way out.

Is DNC Boosting Kamala for ’28?

Norman Solomon LA Progressive
Who are party leaders protecting most by not releasing an autopsy of the former vice president’s 2024 loss to Donald Trump?
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