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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: “In my opinion today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.” Those were the words of President Trump Friday as he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after the agency released a weaker-than-expected jobs report. The BLS report showed just 73,000 jobs were added in […]

“End of Slavery Summit” on BrightU: Leslie Powers discuss the psychology of powerlessness On Day 8 of the "End of Slavery Summit," Leslie Powers discussed how depression and political passivity are linked to an externalized locus of control, the belief that solutions depend on external forces (e.g., governments, experts) rather than personal agency. This mindset fosters helplessness and compliance. Externalized control mirrors abusive relationship dynamics, conditioning people to seek permission, fear dissent […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Your whole life, as you’re a labor historian, is also about democracy. And I’m wondering if you can talk now, as we talk about firings, not only the threatened one at the Federal Reserve and the BLS, CDC, EPA, the gutting of regulations, etc., about the baby boomers? And this goes to your book, Coming Up […]