Hasan Minhaj plays first show after controversy in Milwaukee. We can’t discuss his jokes. I understand and respect comedians demanding phones get sealed up so videos of jokes don’t leak, as Minhaj did Friday. But for comics like Minhaj, who … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Waiting For Bribes
Wildfires in Canada led to dangerous air quality in parts of the US for the first time. See the affected areas “The increased purple air days that you saw this year, probably 100% of those were attributable to the [Canadian] … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home In America, the coup of Sept. 11, 1973, “galvanized public opinion in a way that no other activity, no other coup, no other military … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Remembers Allende
From strikes to new union contracts, Labor Day’s organizing roots are especially strong this year Labor Day is right around the corner, along with the big sales and barbecues that come with it. But the activist roots of the holiday … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Throws Down for Labor Day
On the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, watch how CBS News covered the Civil Rights protest in 1963 To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, CBS News presents a special, season finale of BET’s “America In Black” … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates the March on Washington
YouTube Has Alex Winter Worried About the 2024 Election Director Alex Winter has been online for a long time. Describing the internet communities he joined in the 1980s – while he was also starring in classics like Bill and Ted’s … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Knows the Answer is 42
Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Monitoring the Lettuce
10 Million Names Project Digs Into History Of Black Families The 10 Million Names Project is a project from American Ancestors that is designed to create a database of names and stories of Black people who were enslaved in the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Still Waiting For That Perp Walk
Sinéad O’Connor Redefined Pop Stardom. It Came At a Cost And so she could stay chaotic; deeply funny; unabashedly serious; mercurial; uncompromising to her values. Teen Vogue On the 75th Anniversary of Armed Forces Desegregation, Republicans Don’t Get to Pretend … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Counts Down to the End of Summer
Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter to ‘X’ and killing the bird logo “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” he tweeted. He later said in a Twitter space that the Twitter logo … Continue reading The Ǻ Is Now The Thread Formerly Known As Monday Politics Thread
Heat waves, poor air quality and severe storms: US experiencing acute weather conditions from coast to coast More than 80 million Americans across 14 states from Washington to Florida are currently under heat alerts. The temperature at Furnace Creek in … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Pro-PT Writers Union
Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda After major blows to his agenda by the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden is intent on making sure voters will have the final say.When … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Gets Back to Work
How to Be an Ally to the LGBTQ Community and Stand Up for LGBTQ Rights Amid a climate of anti-LGBTQ laws and backlash, it’s on all of us to stand up for the queer community during Pride and beyond. Teen … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is One Last Hurrah in June
Juneteenth 2023: The True Story Behind Our Newest Federal Holiday The Root is doing a deep-dive on all things Juneteenth this year. Here’s how the Texan-based celebration began. The Root No One Ever Made the Case for Reparations Better Than … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Juneteenth
To pardon or not to pardon: GOP candidates highlight positions on Trump indictment Offering a preemptive pardon “undermines our jury system,” former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. Politico Large-scale study will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Keeps All of the Classified Documents in The Outhouse
Leslie Feinberg, Trailblazing LGBTQ Activist, Changed the Way We Talk About Trans Identity Recent attacks on transgender and non-binary individuals often frame the struggle for expansive gender representation and rights as a new, emerging phenomenon and evidence of societal degeneration. But gender … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Had to Write This in Edge Browser
Memorial Day Lesson: Hate Diminishes the Memory of Our Fallen Bob Casey fought so that we could have the freedom to be ourselves — including marry who we love, embrace our gender identity, and teach our children acceptance. Advocate Daniel … Continue reading The Memorial Day Politics Thread Is Having a 50% Off Sale For The Troops
Biden announces new $375M military aid package for Ukraine President Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday and unveiled a new $375 million military aid package for Ukraine. The Week Writers Strike Explained: Why the Writers Guild of … Continue reading The Moon’s Day Polotocz Thread Has Not Defaulted Yet
New Biden Asylum Policy Will Hurt LGBTQ+ Migrants and Others, Activists Say Human rights groups are criticizing President Joe Biden’s new policy on asylum-seekers, saying it’s as restrictive as the one enacted by Donald Trump or possibly more so. Advocate … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Not a George Santos Scheme
Restrictive border policy Title 42 ends this week but leaves imprint on future of asylum The first day that asylum seekers could make appointments through their smartphones to request protection at U.S. ports of entry, a 22-year-old mother and her … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Counting Down to the End of Title 42
The World Wide Web turns 30 Thirty years ago, the internet was made available to the public for the very first time. Little behind the technology has changed since but artificial intelligence could have a major impact. Deutsche Welle Border … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates The World Wide Web’s Dirty Thirty
