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July 2, 2022

Don’t Depend on Your Employer for Abortion Access

Sarah Lazare Working In These Times

Some companies say they will cover abortion travel. Here’s what’s wrong with relying on their benevolence.

July 1, 2022

Before Roe

Peter Neil Carroll

They say you can’t go home again, but the Supreme Court says otherwise. Peter Neil Carroll’s Before Roe offers a glimpse of “normal” from the bad old days.

Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico by Mexican-American workers seeking wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. Stars Juan Chacon, Rosaura Revuelta, Will Geer. Full story of how the movie was made.

How Democrats Can Run and Win in Rural Areas

July 1, 2022

Progressive Chloe Maxmin unseated a top Republican in a rural district, then passed one of the first state Green New Deal bills. Here’s what Democrats can learn from her success.

Dark Winds | TV Trailer

July 1, 2022

Tribal policeman Joe Leaphorn wrestles with a series of apparently unrelated crimes on the Navajo Nation reservation in this new series based on the Tony Hillerman novel. Now streaming on AMC. #DarkWinds #AMC #AMCPlus

SCOTUS Restricts the EPA, R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell Get Prison Sentences

July 1, 2022

SCOTUS limits the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, R. Kelly and Ghislane Maxwell receive prison sentences, Prince Charles stops accepting cash donations and L.A. County makes reparations. #DailyShow #Comedy #TrevorNoah

AOC: Members Who Sought Pardons Should Be Expelled

July 1, 2022

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez returns to The Late Show for a three-part interview that begins with her assessment of today's Jan. 6th Committee hearing and her assertion that any member of congress who sought a pardon for their role in the insurrection should be expelled. #Colbert #AOC #AlexandriaOcasioCortez

July 1, 2022

The Insane Saga of ‘Salt of the Earth,’ the Only Film To Be Blacklisted

Allison McNearney Guardian

Blacklisted Hollywood workers independently produced one of the great labor films. “One of the reasons we made ‘Salt of the Earth’ after we were blacklisted was to commit a crime worthy of the punishment,” Paul Jarrico said.

July 1, 2022

‘The Simpsons’ Production Workers Go Union, Saying They Deserve a Place at the Table

Andrew Limbong NPR

Workers said they are hoping to receive benefits, such as health care and retirement. In recent months, smaller groups of production employees at different workplaces have unionized – these include the animation studio Titmouse, and the workers at Rick & Morty and Solar Opposites.

July 1, 2022

Google’s Powerful AI Spotlights a Human Cognitive Glitch: Mistaking Fluent Speech for Fluent Thought

Kyle Mahowald and Anna A. Ivanova The Conversation

You cannot simply trust a language model when it tells you how it feels. Words can be misleading, and it is all too easy to mistake fluent speech for fluent thought.