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Reform Political Advertising campaign report reveals scale of deceptive literature in the runup to the May local elections, as Green Party calls for greater regulation
Paranoia strikes deep The strangulation homicide of Jordan Neely, Michael Jackson impersonator, on a New York City subway has prompted a flurry of commentary. Neely’s race and that of his killer is familiar. What’s out of the ordinary is that his assailant was not a cop and did not use a gun. Also familiar is the judgment by law enforcement officials (for now) that a homicide of a black man is not necessarily a murder. The assailant has not been charged. “Barack freaking Obama would not be allowed to walk away after choking a homeless white man to death on the subway,” rages Elie Mystal at The Nation. Poverty, homelessness and mental illness in the richest nation on earth are all accomplices, as are the bystanders who remained bystanders as they watched (reportedly) a former Marine choke the life out of Neely for behaving erratically. There is a forest here, not just trees. The string of Americans killed lately over mundane, nonthreatening actions, for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, should unsettle us all. But it is the outgrowth of paranoia that’s been cultivated.
Robert Tressell, the author of the classic socialist novel, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, was one of the most influential writers in twentieth-century England. Yet, for decades after his death, hardly anyone knew who he was. He died 3 February 1911 in Liverpool Royal Infirmary, and was buried a week later in a pauper’s grave. The […]
1. Many dishes are served in a deconstructed manner, with no components touching each other.
2. There is a lot of concern over one tiny drop of sauce on a plate.
3. The basic counter seating has some fancy name like “Chef’s Counter” or “Dad’s Emporium of Dinosaur-Shaped Chicken Nuggets.”
4. If the carrots are not cut correctly, someone might start yelling.
5. You do a lot of deep breathing and counting to ten.
6. Throughout the meal, crumbs must be periodically cleared from the table.
7. The diners are unusually obsessed with smells and textures.
8. No matter how absurd their requests are, you’ve learned it’s better not to argue with the diners.
9. You frequently question what you are doing with your life.
10. Certain foods are disguised to look like something they are not.
11. There are sometimes a lot of questions about where the meat comes from.
12. Someone might be wearing a sequined romper.
13. Someone might be wearing on your nerves.
14. At least once a day, the food will bring someone to tears.
The labor force includes working age people who are employed and some who are not employed. What factors can affect the labor force participation rate? And what effect does LFP have on the economy?
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After corporate media lied America into a war and a financial crisis, data show they lied about a main source of price hikes — and brutal policies followed.
The new Foreign Malign Influence Center oversees efforts that span U.S. military, law enforcement, intelligence, and diplomatic agencies.
The post The Government Created a New Disinformation Office to Oversee All the Other Ones appeared first on The Intercept.
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On the second centenary of Karl Marx’s birth, global capitalism is stumbling from crisis to crisis. In the wake of the financial crash, interest in Marx’s ideas has blossomed once again. This should come as no surprise: they remain vital to understanding not only the dynamics of capitalism itself but the manner in which it […]
The Home Office sent campaign group Republic a letter setting out new powers to crush “disruptive” protests ahead of planned peaceful protests against King Charles, Josiah Mortimer reports
Whether the bill, which Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to sign, ends up as law or not, the discrimination is already stinging marginalized communities.
The post Ban on Property Sales to Citizens of China, Iran, and Others Is Cruising Through Texas Legislature appeared first on The Intercept.
The Conservative Party's huge defeats in the local elections reveal a party that is increasingly out of step with modern Britain, reports Adam Bienkov
Unfortunately, social sciences’ hope that we can control simultaneously for a range of factors like education, labor force attachment, discrimination, and others is simply more wishful thinking. The problem is that the causal relations underlying such associations are so complex and so irregular that the mechanical process of regression analysis has no hope of unpacking […]
U.S. efforts to guide Sudan to diplomacy ended in war.
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