CURE News Digest - September 1, 2025
CURE News
8-31-25 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Internet post by Joyce Vance
Title: The Week Ahead
Subtitle: August 31, 2025
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-7cc
8-31-25 Letters from an American
Internet post by Heather Cox Richardson
Topic: History of Labor Day
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-31-20258-31-25 Letters from an American
Podcast featuring Heather Cox Richardson
Topic: History of Labor Day
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-31-2025-f439-1-25 Robert Reich’s substack
Internet post by Robert Reich
Title: Two poems that feel especially apt
Subtitle: One from the ruins of World War I, the other from the gathering storm of World War II
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/two-poems-that-feel-apt9-1-25 America, America substack
Internet post by Steven Beschloss
Title: A Labor Day Reflection
Subtitle: The last hazy days of summer – and a history of struggle
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/a-labor-day-reflection-1819-1-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet cross-post from The Intellectualist by Brian Daitzman
Title: Trump Allies Make Their Move Against Zelensky
Subtitle: As Ukraine fights for survival against Russia’s invasion, Trump’s allies are quietly working to weaken its president.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-allies-make-their-move-against9-1-25 Lincoln Square Media/Winners & Losers Newsletter substack
Internet post by Charles Penneys
Title: Broken Supermajorities & Institutions
Subtitle: One state finds its voice. One man silences the rest.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/winners-and-losers-broken-supermajorities
8-25-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Dan Koh
Title: Trump is not the labor president he claims to be
Subtitle: His words get cheered at rallies, but his policies dismantle worker protections.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-is-not-the-labor-president
8-31-25 Brian Tyler Cohen’s YouTube Channel
11-minute YouTube video featuring Brian Tyler Cohen
Title: Kristi Noem HUMILIATES herself on national TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87JNkoyoWOc&ab_channel=BrianTylerCohen9-1-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet post by Kristoffer Ealy
Title: Bernie’s Working-Class Fairy Tale Has a Big Blind Spot
Subtitle: The progressive folk hero’s mantra has always been: “Fix the economy, and magically racism goes away!” Except it doesn’t, and Black voters know better.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/bernies-working-class-fairy-tale9-1-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Jennifer Rubin
Title: The Most Communist President Ever
Subtitle: How we lose our democracy and economy
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-communist-president-ever8-13-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Jeffrey Sklansky
Title: Labor Day and May Day emerged from the movement for a shorter work day in industrial America
https://theconversation.com/labor-day-and-may-day-emerged-from-the-movement-for-a-shorter-workday-in-industrial-america-262379?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20September%201%202025%20-%203500535660&utm_content=Daily%20Newsletter%20September%201%202025%20-%203500535660+CID_0a45382b1bd9dd4bf3ddf1802eb3a579&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=helping%20workers%20get%20more%20spare%20time9-1-25 Adam Kinzinger’s substack
Internet post by Adam Kinzinger
Title: Tragedy Brings Out The Christian Nationalism in Trump’s Administration
Subtitle: There’s danger in talk of demons and evil forces
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/tragedy-brings-out-the-christian8-19-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Frank Ledwidge
Title: Kharkiv: what I saw in Ukraine’s ‘unbreakable’ eastern capital
https://theconversation.com/kharkiv-what-i-saw-in-ukraines-unbreakable-eastern-capital-263452