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Some of Our Top Schools Are Embarrassing Themselves Over Covid
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Why are places like Stanford and Johns Hopkins hosting gatherings of well-known coronavirus cranks?
#vsn #News #COVID #science #stanford #bothsides #leftistnews #johnshopkins
20h ago
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Trump—and His Supporters—Are Now Reveling in Blatantly Fascist Calls to Violence
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Trump’s base loves it not because the former president wants to fight crime but because he wants retribution.
#magats #fascists #rhetoric #violence
11h ago
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What Kind of Damage Will the Supreme Court Inflict This Term?
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To understand the ambitions of the conservative majority, look no farther than Project 2025, which was cooked up by some of the same people who engineered the current court.
#vsn #News #leftistnews #unpackthecourts
17h ago
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Tim Walz’s Long Game Will Pay Off
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JD Vance is a skillful liar, but the vice-presidential debate produced enough bad clips to damage Trump’s campaign.
3h ago
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Millions of Workers Are Due More Overtime Pay. Will They Get It?
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New regulations are designed to expand the number of employees entitled to overtime. But the conservative courts have other ideas.
7h ago
From thenation.com
Behind the Harris Campaign’s Quest for the Mythical “Cheney Democrats”
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Kamala Harris is trying to appeal to centrist Republicans, but what if they don’t exist? And what if the search for them leads her to abandon the Democratic base?
7h ago
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Immunity Doesn’t Apply to Trump for January 6
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A new filing by special counsel Jack Smith argues that even in light of the Supreme Court ruling granting immunity to presidents, a seeker of office is liable for criminal activity.
12h ago
From thenation.com
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Why are the Dick Cheneys of the world endorsing Harris—and why is she embracing their support?
#dems #VoteBlue #harris2024 #harriswalz #harriswalz2024
on Sep 19
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Cornell University Workers Strike as Students Return to Campus
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“We have members who are on Section 8,” said one union representative. “The majority of our members can’t afford to live here in Ithaca, close to their job.”
on Sep 5
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No, JD Vance Did Not Win the Debate on Abortion
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Mainstream journalists are making something very simple too complicated: Republicans want a national abortion ban.
on Fri, 2AM
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Civil Rights Leader Antonia Pantoja
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Pantoja (1922–2002), a grassroots organizer and activist for educational equity in New York City, was the first Puerto Rican woman to receive the American Presidential Medal of Freedom.
on Thu, 6PM
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More Than Anything Else, the Rally to Rescue the Republic Was Awkward
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A coalition that was supposed to unite the political fringe against the establishment was an off-putting dud.
on Thu, 5PM
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Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting
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The late literary critic revitalized Marxism to critique our postmodern and globalized reality.
on Thu, 4PM
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The US Has Military Bases in 80 Countries. All of Them Must Close.
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US bases are wreaking havoc to the health and well-being of communities across the world.
on Thu, 3AM
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The Remnants of War Are Killing People in Times of Peace
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Unexploded ordnance makes the terror of war linger after the wars themselves are in the history books.
on Thu, 1AM
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After a Shaky Start, Walz Reveals the Fascist Behind the Curtain
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In the vice-presidential debate, JD Vance was every bit the polished Yale Law alum, but his canned bromides turned foul in the end.
on Thu, 1AM
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Ignoring Mental Health Is a Crime
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Prisons aren’t the answer our mental health crisis.
on Wed, 9PM
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Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento’s Endless Reinventions
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In a collaborative work, the two artists find a fusion of old and new that charts a path forward for jazz and pop’s future.
on Wed, 4PM
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The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers
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While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry.
on Wed, 3PM
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Walz Defended Reality—Even as Vance Took Full Advantage of CBS’s Failure to Fact-Check
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In a debate where JD Vance lied and lied and lied, Tim Walz did double duty. In addition to making his own case, Walz had to defend the truth.
on Wed, 7AM
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Jimmy Carter, at 100, Is Best Honored by Listening to His Advice About the Middle East
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In interviews with The Nation over the years, the former president outlined an approach to foreign policy that respects Palestinian rights and charts a course toward peace.
on Tue, 6PM
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You Can’t Just Vote Out Trumpism
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Even if Donald Trump loses in November, America will need to purge his legacy of corruption, racism, and inequality.
on Tue, 6PM
From thenation.com
How Kris Kristofferson Beat the Devil
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The country singer and actor has died at 88. His hard-won political commitments were fundamental to his closely observed, heartfelt writing.
on Tue, 3PM
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What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa?
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The longtime advocate for Katangese rights recently disappeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His friends fear for his life.
on Tue, 1PM
From thenation.com
American Influence in the Middle East Is Evaporating Before Our Eyes
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Washington’s efforts in the Middle East have been profoundly undermined by its breathtaking hypocrisy.
on Mon, 10PM
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JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated
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For the Republican candidate, riling up the right-wing base outweighs alienating everyone else.
on Mon, 8PM
From thenation.com
In 2024, the Pundits Are Wronger Than Ever
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Most of the predictions, advice, and scolding emanating from the glow of TV news this year have proved flat-out wrong. Democrats should stop listening once and for all.
on Mon, 2PM
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Want to Build Worker Power? Ask an Architect.
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You don’t have to wield a T-square to benefit from the field’s first collective bargaining agreement in decades.
on Mon, 2PM
From thenation.com
At-Will Employment Must End. Our Civil Rights Depend on It.
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New York City can become the first major US city to require employers to give workers advance notice of termination and a written explanation of their firing.
on Sun, 2PM
From thenation.com
The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
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A series of new books unearth the long history of egalitarian politics. They also ask whether equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics?
on Sun, 2PM
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Yes, Antony Blinken Should Resign. But He’s Not the Only One.
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The secretary of state reflects the broader disaster of Biden’s Middle Eastern policy.
on Sep 28
From thenation.com
Who Says Donald Trump Was a “Failed” President? JD Vance.
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The Republican vice presidential candidate argued as recently as 2020 that Trump “thoroughly failed to deliver on his economic populism.”
on Sep 27
From thenation.com
Mary Sully’s Astonishing Art Pictures American History Through Indigenous Eyes
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A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum reveals how deeply embedded a Native woman’s perspective on our culture might be.
on Sep 27
From thenation.com
Tesla’s Toxic Culture Has Spread to Its New Plant in Austin
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Allegations of sexual harassment, racial discrimination, and dangerous conditions are now surfacing at another Tesla factory.
on Sep 27
From thenation.com
It’s Going to Be Hard for Eric Adams to Swagger His Way Out of This Mess
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While the mayor insists he’s innocent, the indictment sure makes it look like he knew what he was doing when he accepted campaign cash and airline tickets from Turkish nationals.
on Sep 27
From thenation.com
Eric Adams Has Been Indicted. What Now?
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The Southern District has indicted New York City’s mayor. But anyone who claims to be certain of the trajectory of the next six months is lying to you.
on Sep 26
From thenation.com
Is Eric Adams’s Luck About to Run Out?
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Losing one police commissioner might be merely careless. But losing two—with a number of federal investigations targeting the mayor’s inner circle—has encouraged challengers.
on Sep 26
From thenation.com
The Ayotzinapa Disappearances, 10 Years Later
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September 26 marks ten years since 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teachers College were forcibly disappeared in Guerrero, Mexico. Their families continue the fight for truth and justice.
on Sep 26
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Is Kamala Harris’s Media Strategy Working?
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Last night’s interview with MSNBC showed that Harris doesn’t have to choose a hostile anchor for an interview in which the public hears tough questions and fleshed-out answers.
on Sep 26
From thenation.com
Don’t Burn Out: Take a Day Without Trump Every Week
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I know I need one.
on Sep 26
From thenation.com
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Want an easy way to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community? Make sure you get your shots.
on Sep 26
From thenation.com
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Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump nationally by 6 points, according to a recent poll.
on Sep 26
From thenation.com
Macklemore Is a Seattle Sports Superfan. Now, He Is Also a Target.
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The Seattle sports establishment loved the Grammy Award–winning rapper until he dared criticize the United States for funding Israeli war crimes.
on Sep 26
From thenation.com
A Cornell Graduate Student Faces Deportation After a Pro-Palestine Action
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Momodou Taal, who is attending the university with a F-1 visa, was suspended after a September 18 protest under a new policy seeking to quash Gaza solidarity actions.
on Sep 25
From thenation.com
The Radical Past and Future of Debt Resistance
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The deep roots of debt relief activism in the United States.
on Sep 25
From thenation.com
The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy
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A new history revisits “the Trial of the Century” and its legacy in contemporary politics.
on Sep 25