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Friday Nite Videos | September 3, 2021

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How Climate Change Makes Hurricanes Wetter. Come As You Are (Nirvana) | Playing for Change. Reservation Dogs | Trailer. Horsey Vax: The Alternative Medicine for Anti-Vaxxers. Costs of War: the Human Toll of the Post-9/11 Wars.

Heeding Steve Bannon, Election Deniers Organize to Control GOP

Isaac Arnsdorf, Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon and Anjeanette Damon ProPublica
Steve Bannon urged his followers to take over local-level GOP positions, inspiring thousands of Trump supporters to take control of the Republican Party at the local level and to reshape how elections are run.

The Labor Day Dreams of Black Workers

Marc Bayard, Sarah Anderson and Rebekah Entralgo Inequality.org
Leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates share their visions for advancing racial equity in the Covid recovery — and beyond.

Mandela in Cuba

Raymond Suttner New Frame
Nelson Mandela visited the island nation in 1991. His interactions with Fidel Castro would inform some of his negotiations with the National Party to end apartheid.

How Arctic Warming Can Trigger Extreme Cold Waves

Mathew Barlow and Judah Cohen The Conversation
A new study makes the connection between Arctic warming and extreme cold waves like the Texas freeze of February 2021. What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay there.

New Mexicans Fought for Abortion Access and Won

Denicia Sam Cadena and Nicole Martin Prism
New Mexico is a haven for those seeking abortion as restrictions spread across the country. As other states and the federal government continue on a path banning legal abortion, New Mexico will remain a place where our doors and our hearts are open.

What the Texas Abortion Ban Means For People Seeking an Abortion

Brittney McNamara Teen Vogue
This is the first time a six week ban has gone into effect and the ban has handed enforcement to private citizens, rather than authorities. The bill allows private citizens to file civil lawsuits against anyone they believe “aids and abets.”
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