AlterNet
**This Groundbreaking Art Show Is Challenging the Prison-Industrial Complex**
"Art can be a powerful tool for social change. A groundbreaking exhibit challenging the criminal justice system will be opening on August 24 at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas. Walls Turned Sideways is a group show with more than 40 artists. The exhibit is curated by Risa Puleo, who splits her time between New York, Te…"
AlterNet
**This Is How We'll Survive After Robots Have Taken Our Jobs**
"It's all about ownership. Imagine for a moment that Uber drivers, rather than Uber stockholders, own Uber.That is one way to understand what a platform cooperative is. Uber is a company built on a software platform that connects service providers with customers. As a platform co-op, it would be owned by the people who provide the service, by its u…"
AlterNet
**Progressives and Berniecrats Push Hard to End or Curtail the Superdelegate System**
"Related StoriesAs Alabama Senate Race Tightens, Voting Rights Lawyers May Sue State to Preserve Electronic Images of All BallotsCould the ERA Pass in the #MeToo Era?Something Very Strange Is Going on in a Georgia Election Recount"
AlterNet
**A Novel Approach: The Swedes Are Burning H&M Clothing for Energy**
"Related StoriesGlobal Firms Accused of Importing Timber Linked to Amazon MassacreLeonardo DiCaprio Joins Forces With Mexican Government to Save the World's Most Endangered Marine MammalClimate Change Is Increasing Regional Conflict and Creating Millions of Refugees Across the Globe"
AlterNet
**Trump Is Falling Apart, and Nobody Knows What to Do About It**
"Even Trump’s inner circle say he’s unstable. From the moment Donald Trump went down that golden escalator back in June of 2015 to announce his candidacy, people have been predicting that his improbable foray into politics was on the verge of imploding. There were a dozen disqualifying moments during the campaign, and since he's been president, we've ca…"
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