What Is Left
Copper Nickel
A survivor of the American war in Cambodia, the poet Bunkong Tuon lives with ancestral ghosts and gratitude for what is left.
Was the Freak ‘Medicane’ Storm That Devastated Libya a Glimpse of North Africa’s Future?
The Conversation
Storm Daniel was a Mediterranean hurricane that struck Greece, Bulgaria, Libya, Egypt and Turkey, killing thousands. Climatologists are struggling to understand whether this is a harbinger of North Africa's future.
The Animals Are Talking. What Does It Mean?
New York Times
Language was long understood as a human-only affair. New research suggests that isn’t so.
Hip-Hop — and America — Are Changing, and Not for the Better
Politico
Hip-hop was rooted in politics and social justice and a diversity of voices. But now, at 50, has it become a minstrel show?
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
ProPublica
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
The Real Reason Auto Workers Are Fed Up
One union member stuck it to the CEOs: "Do you really work 300-400x times harder than we do? No, you don't."
Long Knife | Documentary
Greg Palast’s brand new documentary Long Knife centers on the billion-dollar theft of oil from the Osage by Charles Koch and Koch Oil.
Rupert Murdoch Resigns, Will Lachlan Be More Extreme?
Angelo Carusone (Media Matters for America), warns son Lachlan Murdoch has a "nihilist" worldview that could make Fox News and other properties even more extreme.
Hannity Tonight | Parody
A Fox-themed parody of Steven Sondheim's Comedy Tonight, with lyrics by Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby
The Scheme To Capture the Court
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) takes to the Senate Floor to expose the machinations by right-wing donor interests to capture the Supreme Court. (Related Clarence Thomas story.)
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