Shawn Fain, president of the UAW: ‘Workers realized they’ve been getting screwed for decades’ ( www.theguardian.com )
‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need ( www.theguardian.com )
In the age of relentless online pornography, chatrooms, sexting and smartphones, the way teenage boys learn about relationships has changed dramatically ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Moscow Marjorie’: Republican accuses Marjorie Taylor Greene of irresponsible Ukraine rhetoric ( www.theguardian.com )
The far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is ungovernable and should be known as “Moscow Marjorie”, said a former Republican colleague in the US House, accusing Greene of “getting her talking points from the Kremlin” when opposing new federal aid for Ukraine....
‘Building an authoritarian axis’: the Trump ‘envoy’ courting the global far right is unsettling diplomats and threatens to collapse US interests ( www.theguardian.com )
Meet Richard Grenell, vocal tribune of Trump’s America First credo on the international stage and the man hotly tipped to become secretary of state if the presumed Republican nominee beats Joe Biden in November’s presidential election....
All billionaires under 30 have inherited their wealth, research finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Surprise, surprise!
‘You have imprisoned our democracy’: inside Republicans’ domination of Tennessee ( www.theguardian.com )
Conservative domination – maintained by gerrymandered districts, disenfranchised voters and an increasing sense of political despair – insulates Tennessee Republicans from political consequences for unpopular decisions. Challenged in public by increasing activism on the left and apocalyptic rhetoric on the right, Tennessee...
Officer acquitted in death of Manuel Ellis hired by neighboring sheriff’s office ( www.theguardian.com )
Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting ( www.theguardian.com )
An update to this post beehaw.org/post/6717143
Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted ( www.theguardian.com )
Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted ( www.theguardian.com )
The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis ( www.theguardian.com )
William Shatner: ‘Good science fiction is humanity, moved into a different milieu’ ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Huge breakthrough’ in Starbucks union talks – which other US firms will follow? ( www.theguardian.com )
Take it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laugh ( www.theguardian.com )
Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’ ( www.theguardian.com )
How positive male role models are detoxifying the social media ‘manosphere’ ( www.theguardian.com )
For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought | Mark Hollingsworth ( www.theguardian.com )
A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win.
Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot ( www.theguardian.com )
John Oliver offers to pay Clarence Thomas $1m a year if he resigns from supreme court ( www.theguardian.com )
The late-night talkshow host John Oliver has offered to pay Clarence Thomas $1m annually – as well as give him a $2m tour bus – if the Republican judge resigns from the US supreme court....
The king of dark money effectively controls the US supreme court now | Joel Warner ( www.theguardian.com )
From its recent rulings to its billionaire donor scandals, this supreme court term has been defined by judicial activist Leonard Leo
Authors ‘excluded from Hugo awards over China concerns’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll ( www.theguardian.com )
Andrew Tate is a symptom, not the problem’: why young men are turning against feminism ( www.theguardian.com )
Despite the triggering headline, this is a pretty good article that talks about how younger men are falling for this horseshit
Benevolent sexism: a feminist comic explains how it holds women back ( www.theguardian.com )
