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At first glance, this might seem comically absurd. But in the past year, most universities, institutions and political organizations have transformed into Zoom meetings. Today, the gap between a college education and a Twitch stream has significantly narrowed. If you don’t speak during an online chapter meeting of the Democratic Socialists of America, can you really be sure you’re not listening to a podcast? There have been a number of recent events which further blur these distinctions. In January of 2021, Riley Grace Roshong, a Baltimore-based law student and YouTuber, livestreamed her ...

JEMIMA KELLY The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, one of Substack’s biggest names, makes between $80,000 and $160,000 a month in subscriptions to his newsletter. … Substack, a newsletter platform whose model is based on paid subscriptions, is flying particularly high. It announced on Tuesday that it was raising a further $65m from investors, in a round led by Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz that will reportedly value it at $650m. Established in 2017, Substack now has more than half a million subscribers — double what it had in December. And some of its bigge...

January 21, 2021 By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Joe Biden is now the president of the United States of America. His day one executive orders should have prioritized ending the single worst crisis in the world in Yemen, a war he campaigned on ending US involvement in, but they did not. Ending US participation in the Yemen genocide could and should have begun on day one.  In These Times reported the following back in November (emphasis added): One thing Biden can do,  starting on day one, is end U.S. involvement in the Yemen war — involvement that he helped initiate. ​“ By executive order, ...

By Rachel LeishmanJan 19th, 2021, 12:36 pm Goop’s vagina candle exploded in a woman’s home, and while scary, it is truly comedic poetry. Think about it. You’re sitting there, minding your business, lighting a vagina-scented candle, and BAM! explosions. Seems like something out of an Amy Poehler movie. The exploding vagina candle in question wasn’t even purchased from Goop herself. It was won in a quiz, which makes this story all the much better. According to  The Sun, Jody Thompson had the candle in her living room when it exploded into flames. In retrospect, it’s hilarious, but h...

Susan Sarandon, Rose McGowan and Justin Jackson join Dr. Cornel West on People's Party Advisory Council The People's Party and allies will co-host the virtual #ForceTheVote Town Hall Wednesday evening. Movement for a People's Party will transition to People's Party in the New Year People's Party and Allies to Host Virtual #ForceTheVote Town Hall Wednesday evening on Medicare for all I want a party that's free of corporate money and influence and puts people before profit...I'm joining the People's Party.” — Susan SarandonDETROIT, MI, USA, December 29, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- December 2...