Shawn Fain, president of the UAW: ‘Workers realized they’ve been getting screwed for decades’ ( 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....
‘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...
‘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!
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 )
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.
How positive male role models are detoxifying the social media ‘manosphere’ ( www.theguardian.com )
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....
Authors ‘excluded from Hugo awards over China concerns’ ( 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
Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll ( www.theguardian.com )
More than one-third of Americans believe Israel is committing genocide, poll shows ( www.theguardian.com )
LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests ( www.theguardian.com )
‘I’m not ready, brother’: US man to be put to death months after botched execution attempt ( www.theguardian.com )
Kenneth Smith, 58, is facing execution by an untested method that has never before been used in capital punishment in the US. It’s a technique that has been rejected on ethical grounds by veterinarians for the euthanasia of most animals other than pigs: death by nitrogen gas.
