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March 30, 2023
It’s Been a Year. Why Hasn’t Biden Freed Eyvin Hernandez?
The LA public defender was wrongfully and arbitrarily detained in Venezuela one year ago this week. It’s past time for the US government to bring him back.
Traci Blackburn, Henry Martinez and Bahar Mirhosseni
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March 30, 2023
Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA and Minor League Baseball Players Get Organized
On this edition of the Start Making Sense podcast, Harold Meyerson talks about the LA school workers’ victory, and Kelley Candaele and Peter Drier report on the new Minor League Baseball Players’ Union.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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March 30, 2023
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Donating Millions to Skew University Research
A new report from Data for Progress and Fossil Free Research examines the influence Big Oil and other polluters have in higher education.
Abby Saks and Phoebe Barr
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March 29, 2023
Theodora Smiley Lacey, Civil Rights Activist
She helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott, fought for voting rights and fair housing, and helped lead the effort to integrate schools in New Jersey.
Eileen Burgess
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March 29, 2023
Disability Is Always Someone Else’s Problem
Why I’m not celebrating Disabilities Awareness Month.
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
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March 29, 2023
Don’t Let the “Texas Observer” Shut Down
The magazine that Molly Ivins edited and that remains the voice of speak-truth-to-power Texas liberalism is threatened with closing. We can’t let that happen.
John Nichols
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March 29, 2023
Gen Z and Baby Boomers Need to Work Together
By forming intergenerational coalitions that focus on shared values rather than divisive stereotypes, young people can learn from the fights that came before them. “We are not the first ones to be engaging with these issues.”
Rania Soetirto
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March 28, 2023
Bicyclists Deserve the Right to Free Movement
US infrastructure is unnecessarily dangerous for bike riders. There’s a better way.
Kate Wagner
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March 28, 2023
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March 27, 2023
What Will Macron Do When Arbitrary Arrests and Police Violence Fail?
Bypassing the National Assembly to force through his unpopular pension reform looked like a clever move—until it brought the French people back onto the streets.
Harrison Stetler