- english.elpais.com More than 10,000 books have been banned from public and academic libraries in the US
The number of censored titles tripled in just one year, according to research by the organization PEN America
The number of censored titles tripled in just one year, according to research by the organization PEN America
- theconversation.com An upward spiral – how small acts of kindness and connection really can change the world, according to psychology research
A psychologist and human connection researcher explains how individual acts of kindness and connection can have a real impact on global change when these acts are collective.
Strengthening relationships strengthens communities, which influences societies.
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Beware Black Friday: Consumerism, Worker Exploitation, and Environmental Harm
www.commondreams.org Beware Black Friday: Consumerism, Worker Exploitation, and Environmental Harm | Common DreamsFrom start to stop, the shopping stampede known as Black Friday exposes the deep failures of our economic system.
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A Corporate Media System Bound to Capitalism Delivers for Trump for a Second Time
www.commondreams.org A Corporate Media System Bound to Capitalism Delivers for Trump for a Second Time | Common DreamsThe fact that Trump prevailed is a damning statement on the health of media institutions that have failed us over and over again.
The fact that Trump prevailed is a damning statement on the health of media institutions that have failed us over and over again.
- inthesetimes.com How to Beat the “King” of Debt at His Own Game
The Trump Administration will drive everyday Americans dramatically deeper in debt. But we can fight back.
The Trump Administration will drive everyday Americans dramatically deeper in debt. But we can fight back.
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FOIA(s): An open source gift to the community. Also looking for feedback
github.com GitHub - josephmbasile/FOIAs: An advanced mail merge for generating paper FOIA requests.An advanced mail merge for generating paper FOIA requests. - josephmbasile/FOIAs
Hi folks, I just finished my first complete desktop application today and so I'm doing a bit sharing this morning. This program is called FOIA(s), and its an advanced mail-merge designed to help advocates and professionals in the United States generate FOIA requests for discovery in ongoing court cases. I made this program with folks like you in mind, because I think you're folks who care about truth and justice. Let go find some. Thanks
- www.wsws.org US Postal Service demands rural carriers send back “overpaid” wages right before Christmas season
Rural carriers, whose salaries have been slashed by tens of thousands under a new evaluation system, were notified earlier this week that they would be invoiced for overpayment supposedly due to inaccurate accounting for route adjustments.
More at More Perfect Union
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Decoupling ‘The Good Life’ from Capitalism
Rethinking abundance, wellbeing, and security in a post-growth world.
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Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do To Counter Fascism
itsgoingdown.org Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter FascismJewish anarchists weigh-in on how people can organize and act in the changing terrain. For a zine PDF, go here. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it. —Pirkei Avot (2:21) As Christofascism takes the reins of US power, thereby impacting the whole of th...
Jewish anarchists weigh-in on how people can organize and act in the changing terrain. For a zine PDF, go here.
- www.propublica.org Illinois’ AG Said It’s Illegal for Schools to Use Police to Ticket Students. But His Office Told Only One District.
Despite the attorney general’s declaration that Illinois schools should stop using police to discipline students, officers statewide continue to ticket kids with costly fines. One lawmaker will again pursue legislation to end the practice.
Despite the attorney general’s declaration that Illinois schools should stop using police to discipline students, officers statewide continue to ticket kids with costly fines. One lawmaker will again pursue legislation to end the practice.
- www.alternet.org Trump’s appointees are the Trojan horse that could lead to America’s strategic collapse
The mainstream media is baffled: Why would Trump promote candidates to oversee critical agencies with millions of employees and multi-billion-dollar budgets who have little to no management experience and have openly expressed hostility toward the institutions they’ll oversee?I’ve seen legendary rep...
- www.telegraph.co.uk Donald Trump ‘to expel all transgender people from military’
Reported move would mean loss of 15,000 personnel at a time when the US is struggling to recruit, warn charities
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I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
- www.theguardian.com Many protest movements of the past decade have backfired. What would it take for one to succeed under Trump?
Some features of mass protests in the 2010s also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect change
Interview with Vincent Bevins by Aaron Gell
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- inthesetimes.com Whole Foods Workers File for First-Ever Union, Defying Amazon
Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.
Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.
- thehardtimes.net Top 10 Cartoon Villains Offered Cabinet Positions by Trump
Recently leaked memos reveal that a number of Trump’s prospects for cabinet positions have in fact been cartoon characters, and everyone on his staff is too cowardly to tell him they aren’t real.
- zeteo.com Protecting Trump's Thin Skin: The New GOP Push to Regulate Network Television in the US
Trump wants to make Brendan Carr, who wrote for Project 2025, the head of his FCC – and Carr wants to go after NBC and the other big broadcasters.
Trump wants to make Brendan Carr, who wrote for Project 2025, the head of his FCC – and Carr wants to go after NBC and the other big broadcasters.