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Inside: The super-rich got that way through monopolies; and more!

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  • #5yrsago An archive of Freedom, #PaulRobeson and Louis Burnham’s radical Harlem newspaper

    #5yrsago Unsealed court documents reveal that Facebook knew kids were being tricked into spending thousands of dollars on their parents’ credit cards

    #5yrsago Why charter schools are the flashpoint for the LA #TeachersStrike

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    • #5yrsago Now EVERYBODY hates the new EU #CopyrightDirective

      #1yrago #CareInflation: The inflation no one wants to talk about

      #1yrago #EleanorJanega's "Once and Future Sex": The true, weird, horny history of medieval gender and sex

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      • Yesterday's threads: American education has all the downsides of standardization, none of the upsides; and more!

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        • My latest novel is "The Lost Cause," a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

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                  • I'm Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by #WilWheaton! Pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover. There's also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback:

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