An old favorite of mine for tonight, with an emphasis on old. This brilliantly creative 1909 film is a lot of fun. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_UvG5ItVzxc Hard out there for the smoker.
Good Krugman piece on Republican "populism": Has the Republican Party, which has championed the interests of big business and sought to keep wages low since the late 19th century, suddenly.
David Atkins has a piece in the Washington Monthly warning that the anti-democratic tactics and strategy of the Republican party run the gamut from undermining democracy within the rules of.
Jane Mayer has a good piece about Lee Atwater's unfinished memoir and the straight line between Reaganism and Trumpism: Atwater died before he could finish his memoir. What remains of it are hunks of yellowing typewritten pages, held together by rusting staples and paper clips. But...
Jacobin is just grasping at straws right now. What at one point looked like it would be an interesting socialist publication has devolved into a political ideology of "LIBZ SUCK.".
The Republican Party consists of two interlocking factions at this point. The first is those aping Trump and moving toward fascism at a record pace. The second is Mitch McConnell.
On May 10, 1913, white gold miners in the Transvaal region of South Africa went on strike in one of the first major strikes in that nation's history and also one where workers allowed their racial interests to trump their class interests. In 1910, the Union...
It seems that Pete DuPont was in fact still alive until yesterday. Who knew! Anyway, here's a 1988 DuPont campaign ad pushing an early version of what George W. Bush.
This is a genuinely good idea: As vaccination demand dwindles, authorities in Erie County, New York, are trying a new tactic—offering free beer as an incentive for residents to get.
The job numbers were softer than expected, in part because the gains went entirely to men: But another way to look at this is there is a great reassessment going on in the U.S. economy. It’s happening on a lot of different levels. At the most...
So now even our Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, is a junky. This is emblematic of what is happening to our Country. The whole world is laughing at us as.
In the wake of a disappointing jobs report, more Republican governors are seeking to cut unemployment assistance. Because reasons. An unexpected slowdown in hiring nationwide has prompted some Republican governors.