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July 27, 2018

No, the Government Did Not Make the Deadline to Reunify Children With Their Parents

Stacy Sullivan ACLU

Some 463 parents were deported without their children — and the government isn’t even trying to reunite them — and the administration said it doesn’t know the identities of the parents of 40 children.

July 27, 2018

They Thought This Was Trump Country. Hell No.

Sarah Smarsh The Guardian

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders visited Wichita, Kansas, to woo progressives in support of congressional candidate James Thompson. Is the red state ready to turn blue?

Diversity in Comics Makes Bigots Mad

July 27, 2018

As comic books become more diverse, some fans aren’t happy about it.

A New Possible | Kaniela Saito Ing

July 27, 2018

Political insurgency comes to Hawaii

Songs That Bring History to Life | Rhiannon Giddens

July 27, 2018

Rhiannon Giddens pours the emotional weight of American history into her music

Amber's Minute of Fury: R. Kelly

July 27, 2018

Late Night writer Amber Ruffin focuses a minute of fury on R. Kelly, whom after decades of accusations of sexual misconduct released a 19-minute song called "I Admit It."

Mark Ruffalo and Common Speak Out on Humanitarian Crisis at Border

July 27, 2018

Mark Ruffalo, Common, parents and children at the border, and humanitarian workers discuss how kids are still being kept in cages, and parents are being forced to pay thousands of dollars to get them back.

July 27, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | July 27, 2018

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Mark Ruffalo and Common Speak Out on Humanitarian Crisis at Border. Amber's Minute of Fury: R. Kelly. Songs That Bring History to Life | Rhiannon Giddens. A New Possible | Kaniela Saito Ing. Diversity in Comics Makes Bigots Mad.

July 26, 2018

Remembering Philip Roth (1933-2018)

Nathaniel Rich The New York Review of Books

An homage to the esteemed late novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Roth, who died on May 22, leaving a legacy of thick description of an American culture where, in Roth's ironic words, “everything goes and nothing matters."

July 26, 2018

As Prevailing Wage Laws Are Being Threatened, New Research Explains Their Importance

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez Workday Minnesota

State-wide prevailing wage legislation, modeled after the federal Bacon-Davis Act, has served to protect the wages and safety of construction workers. Now these laws are under attack with Michigan becoming the third state to pass a repeal.