https://theintercept.com/2021/08/23/portland-police-proud-boys-protest/

Since we’re having a pity party for the Proud Boys, let’s see what they got up to over the weekend.

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-caribbean-united-nations-haiti-72c1f105550e1031212c30da17170fe9

Well this is about the least surprising development.

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/08/1014043094/fifteen-states-drop-opposition-to-controversial-purdue-pharma-oxycontin-bankrupt

“The Sacklers have never faced charges. Under this deal, they will admit no wrongdoing and will remain one of the wealthiest families in the U.S.”

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/donald-rumsfeld-obituary-iraq-war?mc_cid=6158deed9d&mc_eid=9f716cb86a

A brief respite from the hagiography of state media.

https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/dp-nw-marijuana-laws-explainer-20210701-ddbc5zjl5rchtmudtvl34o5u74-story.html

Happy legalization day!

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/vp-nw-rob-catron-indictment-20210627-w5t5zbs5qnakfdekkecsykvypy-story.html

Found some election fraud.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/state-university-faculty-students-to-be-surveyed-on-beliefs/

They’re losing in the “free marketplace of ideas,” so they’re going to try to just do McCarthyism again.

https://harpers.org/archive/2021/07/history-as-end-politics-of-the-past-matthew-karp/

On the 1619 Project, and why essentializing history only serves power.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund

Seems bad.

Examining the Black-white wealth gap

A supplemental to the CRT discussion. From Brookings, hardly a radical organization.