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Tidbits-Aug. 27: Reader Comments: Trade War – With Canada?; Dolly Parton-Life of Many Colors; Kate Bronfenbrenner; Germany’s Die Linke; Some Readers Respond on Ortega Post; 9 to 5; Resource – Election Defense Scenarios; What Is Democratic Socialism?;

Nonviolent, which is skillfully assembled out of Lawson’s previous written and spoken work and interviews with his collaborator, Emily Yellin, chronicles his life in movements for social transformation. Because that work was indelibly grounded in his Christian faith, in many ways this is, as Glaude describes it, a spiritual autobiography. Conversion stories have defined Christian devotional literature since St Paul was blinded by the light on the road to Damascus.

Gary, Indiana, Is America’s Latest Climate Victim Published August 28, 2026 GARY, INDIANA – Ruben Chavez was in an elevator at his high-rise apartment in Gary, Indiana, on August 11, when severe storms knocked out the power. He got stuck between the fourth and fifth floors, and according to a staff member who helped retrieve him, workers at the building called 911, operated by Lake County, but nobody answered. So security and maintenance staff rescued Chavez themselves.

CTE Cases Are Soaring. Why Can’t We Quit Football? Published August 28, 2026 Twenty years into its C.T.E. era, the N.F.L. is more popular and profitable than ever. Revenues rise even as the math becomes clearer for the once immeasurable price paid in brain damage sustained by football players. Fans know too much to plead ignorance. They now know, thanks to a new study, that at least one in four former N.F.L. players had C.T.E. among the nearly 900 who died between 2016 and 2021.

Meta’s $17B Teen Addiction Settlement Published August 28, 2026 Meta has agreed to pay up to US$17 billion over 10 years to settle claims brought by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general. The states argued that the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to hook children into using its apps, misled the public about the harm and improperly collected data from children under 13. The settlement, announced by Meta on Aug.

Stephen Miller Embodies the Dark Fascist Heart of Trump’s White House Published August 28, 2026 The video is not long, just 16 minutes and 25 seconds. But in that short time it provides a remarkable capsule of the Trump administration’s ongoing crusade against its critics. In one chilling moment after another, it captures the mentality of that campaign; its content, tone, and style; and its complete disregard for factual accuracy.

VIDEO Bob Dylan was born in Minnesota in 1941. In 1960 he dropped out of college and moved to New York, where he met his idol Woody Guthrie. Except for a seven-year hiatus resulting from a motorcycle accident, he has been recording and touring for the last 66 years. In 2016 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

Some things just can't be renamed, scavenging eagle be damned

Five New York towers. Billions of dollars. All five are still standing. One of them is running out of time — and it isn't the one you'd pick.

Dolly Parton joins Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin to revisit the groundbreaking comedy and the issues that inspired it