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The Myth of Unskilled Labor
It’s past time to retire the phrase ‘unskilled labor.’ There really isn’t any such thing - its an offensive myth. The phrase should go the way of other antiquated discriminatory slang. The term ‘unskilled labor’ almost always describes a workforce that the economy would in fact, collapse without.
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The Bolivian Coup Isn't Over Yet
Since Evo Morales fled to Mexico and Jeanine Áñez took her place as the interim president of Bolivia in early November, events in the country have largely fallen out of the mainstream news cycle. The contentious events of November, and the tension leading up to the election on May 3,
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Abolish Black Friday
Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping events of the year. We’ve all heard the stories of people stampeded, shot, and just generally the lack of humanity the shopping spree centered pseudo-holiday inspires. Despite the disappearance of the most outlandish examples from earlier years as shopping moves online,
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Inflation Eats the Rich
In September, Joe Manchin came out with a good ol’ Wall Street Journal explainer titled, ‘Why I Won't Support Spending Another $3.5 Trillion.’ He declares: “An overheating economy has imposed a costly ‘inflation tax’ on every middle - and working-class American.” Manchin says he can’t pass
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This Means Open Season on Protestors
Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. Despite killing two people and injuring a third, the jury found he acted in self-defense. It’s hard to overstate just how bad this precedent is in the face of a conservative movement increasingly willing to embrace its most violent fringe.
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Manufacturing Mayor Pete
Recently Amazon premiered a documentary titled “Mayor Pete” which followed the now Transportation Secretary on the campaign trail and ended with his reception of his new position in the administration. The documentary itself is pretty bland and uninteresting as is the candidate. But viewed as a piece of political performance
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People Love Socialism
In a recent article with two equally annoying headlines, Fredrik deBoer wanted readers of the New York Times to know, socialism actually isn’t that popular. One headline said as much, “My Fellow Socialists, We Aren’t Actually That Popular” the other headline once you click into the article, “Democratic
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Restarting Student Loan Payments is Political Suicide
In just a few months Joe Biden will be faced with a political decision that is incredibly consequential for millions of people in this country. That question? Whether or not his administration will restart federal student loan payments. Some 43 million borrowers account for the over $1.8 trillion dollars
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Democrats Probably Already Blew It
In January when Democrats secured their Senate majority, it seemed as though they were on the precipice of actually doing something, potentially significant, but at the very least something. They had effectively weaponized anti-Trump sentiment and the genuine awfulness of the Trump years. They were awful, they were cruel, and
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Critical Race Theory and Conservative Panic
In late April the Idaho state legislature passed a bill banning Critical Race Theory in the classroom and Idaho’s governor Brad Little quickly signed it into law. This timing put Idaho ahead of the curve for this kind of thing, but since then Critical Race Theory has become the
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Eugene Debs & American Socialism (Part 8)
Eugene Debs and American Socialism (Part 8) Sep 30, 2021 Justin dives back into the life and times of Eugene Debs covering from the end of the election of 1908 through the beginning of his anti-imperial activism kicked off by World War I. To support the show and everything we