The hidden power keeping wages low For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to un...

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it’s everywhere, and a new book by @arindube.bsky.social argues it’s key to understanding today’s inequality. www.npr.org/sections/pla...

Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...

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They Photographed an Execution in Bosnia. Did They Influence the Killer? A three-year investigation unravels the rumors and controversy that have long swirled around the award-winning images of a war crime

Fascinating investigation into an iconic image of a man being executed in the street in Bosnia during the war and the ethics of war photography. (CN the article includes the image.)

Black-and-white chest X-ray image overlaid with the headline, “After Decades of Quiet Rumbling, an Epidemic Is Erupting Among California Stoneworkers.” Smaller text reads: “The engineered stone industry is worth nearly $30 billion. But the workers at its core are falling sick and dying from an illness called silicosis. Now these workers—most of whom are young immigrants—are suing manufacturers.” The byline reads “By Kayla Yup,” with the In These Times logo at the bottom.

"The California Department of Public Health has described silicosis as an epidemic, one primarily plaguing young Latino immigrants like Hernandez who work in shops that fabricate engineered stone."

@kaylayup.bsky.social reports on the dangers of stoneworking.

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Federal judge blocks $6 billion Nexstar-Tegna TV merger A federal judge ruled that DirecTV and eight state attorneys general were likely to win a case seeking to block a deal that would transform local TV.

A federal judge blocked the $6 billion merger of Nexstar, the largest owner of TV stations in the United States, with its rival Tegna, until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved.

It’s Not Enough to Defeat Orbánism. You Have to Drive a Stake Through Its Heart. First you have to beat the authoritarian. Then you have to reform the system that allowed him to subvert democracy.

So if we can wrest back our own liberal democracy from our own authoritarian attempt, how we take it off the honor system?

Struggling Greenwood Leflore Hospital Lays Off 86 Employees, Shuttering Four More Services Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood, Mississippi, conducted widespread layoffs, permanently shuttering four services and laying off 86 employees.

“Last year, I broke my ankle and the Outpatient Rehab Center played a big part in me recovering and getting back on my feet. I feel bad for the employees losing their jobs. They really made me feel special," said Canary Parker.

"...there’s a small problem with this spin. It’s that the Iranians were already negotiating with Trump before the war started."

Iranians also negotiated a deal in 2015 that included the demand that they abandon their nuclear weapons programs.

Fun fact:
It didnt require any war costs to accomplish.

Beyond Who Pays More: How Taxes Form the Foundation of Our Economy and Democracy In order to understand how to evaluate the coming deluge of tax policy proposals, we must engage in a deeper question: how our tax code structures the very foundations of our economy and democracy.

A reminder from our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social: “In a democratic, inclusive, and prosperous society, tax policy should be doing at least three things at once”:

1️⃣ Provide the revenue to fund public goods
2️⃣ Prevent extreme concentration of wealth
3️⃣ Foster a sense of shared national purpose

To overcome the sins of the past, Maine needs to support Wabanaki rights | Steve Collins We can’t undo the murder and theft that Maine’s settlers brought to its native population in the past, but we can show respect to the native nations that survived.

To overcome the sins of the past, Maine needs to support Wabanaki rights | Steve Collins

I interviewed @katmabu.bsky.social for @theintercept.com about her campaign's mutual aid program. She told me that win, or lose, she was hoping this would become something more campaigns would do moving forward.

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18 U.S. Code § 2441 - War crimes

When this fetid administration is done,
what follows is written in 18 U.S.C. 2441,
and the entire world will clearly see,
a new age of accountability.
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Elections in Hungary are a global challenge for Russia.

The fight for Viktor Orban's victory is a true existential politial war for Russia.Orban's defeat would mean losing control over Central and Eastern Europe for Russia.That would mean to breaking up the construct Russia has spent years building

People don’t like being bombed, and they don’t like the people bombing them.

Let me be blunt: Russ Voight is not a friend to anyone, much less disabled kids.

Giving more money to parents is great. But doing so by defunding professional advocates for parents, after gutting the office of civil rights?

It's a scam. Call your reps. #Momvocate

Death of refugee found after being released by Border Patrol determined to be homicide Erie County, New York, officials said the cause of death was “complications of a perforated ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration.”

Please don't forget this story.

They deliberately dropped off Nurul Amin Shah, a blind refugee, in freezing weather miles away from home. Less than a week later, he was dead.

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Months After Winter Storm Fern, Mississippi Families Are Still Waiting for Help Over two months after Winter Storm Fern, Mississippi residents are still wondering if they will receive financial assistance for recovery.

Tyler Grooms of New Albany, Mississippi, drained his savings to keep his family in motels after Winter Storm Fern took out power to his home. Mississippi residents and governments are still wondering how they will pay the bills related to storm recovery.

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This aspect of far-right Israeli politics is so familiar-yet-unfamiliar to me from U.S. politics.

Very familiar: barbaric workarounds to impose the death penalty—in a highly uneven manner—when doctors refuse to participate.

Less familiar: proudly embracing the noose as a symbol on your lapel.

*Iran lets only Pakistan's ships through*

TRUMP: "That was a sign of respect to me."

*Russia violates the Cuba blockade*

TRUMP: "I let them do that. I prefer it."

Weakness masquerading as strength. And some of y'all buy it.

Meanwhile, people all over suffer. Including here.

Whoa. You mean the guys the Trump admin sent to airports to do jack shit except act as some sort of weird racist deterrent to brown people existing in public spaces did nothing to alleviate the fact that Republicans continue to refuse to pay TSA agents? Who coulda seen that coming, not me.

Sending ICE agents to airports has not reduced security lines, data shows.

Passengers still took four or more hours to clear security at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, where unpaid TSA agents skipping shifts sharply reduced screenings. https://wapo.st/4d778a4

BREAKING: Taco Bell workers are on strike in Carmichael due to sexual harassment as well as discrimination based on national origin, and gender.

This dangerous culture goes ignored by management at this store, and worse, the company has retaliated against our co-worker for speaking up! 🧵

This is Trump violating the Antideficiency Act (there is no statute that gives the power to pay TSA agents in an emergency) so Senate Republicans can take a two-week vacation

The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.

Trump has just become a war crime machine, murdering civilians and destroying peoples lives on multiple continents.

All in the name of complete lies told to the American people

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

How dangerous is it really to work for ICE? According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.

According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history. Instead, the leading cause of death by far among ICE officers is COVID-19.

Judge reinstates 1,000 Voice of America employees, deems wind-down illegal A federal judge ruled that the administration’s dismantling of Voice of America was unlawful and ordered more than 1,000 employees back to work.

Breaking news: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s dismantling of Voice of America was unlawful and ordered more than 1,000 employees, who have spent a full year on paid administrative leave, back to work.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MICHAEL ABRAMOWITZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:25-cv-887-RCL KARI LAKE, et al., Defendants. PATSY WIDAKUSWARA, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:25-cv-1015-RCL KARI LAKE, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before the Court are cross-motions for partial summary judgment on the Administrative Procedure Act claims raised by the plaintiffs in the above-captioned cases. The plaintiffs challenge the defendants' actions in March 2025 to dramatically downsize the United States Agency for Global Media and its subsidiary, Voice of America, as violating Sections 706(1) and (2) of the APA. After clearing a series of threshold hurdles, the Court ultimately concludes that the plaintiffs prevail on all aspects of their APA claims except for certain contractors' requests for reinstatement. Accordingly, each parties' motion will be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as set forth in an accompanying order.

that all actions taken pursuant to the defendants' decision to reduce USAGM to the "statutory minimum," as set forth in the Statutory Minimum Memorandum are VACATED and SET ASIDE, including the March 18 Statutory Minimum Memorandum, the March 15 placement of 1,042 employees on administrative leave, the suspension of broadcasting operations, and the 1 Case 1:25-cv-01015-RCL Document 222 Filed 03/17/26 Page 2 of 2 termination of non-contractor staff, and that no later than March 23, 2026, all employees placed on administrative leave pursuant to the defendants' March 2025 directive shall return to work; and it is further ORDERED

BREAKING: Judge Royce Lamberth rules that the Trump admin impermissibly halted Voice of America and related broadcasting and impermissibly placed associated employees on administrative leave, orders return to work by March 23.

Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

And that's how it's done, people. A message of cross-racial, cross-national solidarity, delivered by a guy who sounds smart and kind, and wears a very old school digital watch.

'No Amount of Housing We Build Is Going to Make Prices Drop' A major new housing study is challenging the idea behind the "abundance agenda."

City officials and policy wonks have mostly sought to respond to rising rents by building new housing, arguing that increased supply is the only way to bring down rental costs.

But that idea, according to a major new housing study, is dead wrong.

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