Global Left Midweek – May 24, 2023
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Nakba at 75
Nakba at 75
Nakba at 75
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The Disappearing White-Collar Job
The Wall Street Journal
A once-in-a-generation convergence of technology and pressure to operate more efficiently has corporations saying many lost jobs may never return.
Media Bits and Bytes – February 21, 2023
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Fox News stands naked, and more media world shockers
Global Left Midweek – January 25, 2023
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Parties and movements in transition
I’m a Scientist Who Spoke Up About Climate Change. My Employer Fired Me.
New York Times
Oak Ridge National Laboratory fired the talented and prolific climate scientist Rose Abramoff for displaying the banner “Out of the lab & into the streets" at a science conference.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 12, 2022
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The right is on the march — but not without resistance
Global Left Midweek - October 16, 2019
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The Assault on Kurds in Syria * Ecuador * Scientists for Climate Action * Poland * Indonesia * Tunisia * UK * Bolivia * Egypt
Dispatches From the Culture Wars - August 6, 2019
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Trump and Mass Shootings; Policing; Science Purge; Fear of Chinese-Americans; Cheney Judges Tribes; Black Metal vs Fascism; Trump-Lovin' Teens
Scientists Against Science Denialism and Pseudoscience
Respectful Insolence
It’s not enough to know the science (or history). You have to know the pseudoscience (or pseudohistory) inside and out. You have to know how science has been twisted, the studies that pseudoscientists will reference, and how they will misrepresent them. It takes a special skill set to combat pseudoscience and science denialism, and few academics have it.
The Ex-Anarchist Construction Worker Who Became a World-Renowned Scientist
The Atlantic
Despite a late start in his field, Kerry Knudsen might know more about lichens than anyone alive today.
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