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View in browser   March 2, 2021 It's Tuesday and here are the biggest news highlights of the day so far. FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators that the Capitol insurrection was an act of "domestic terrorism," an assessment that tracks with what we've reported in the wake of the deadly violence that unfolded on January 6. A third woman has come forward with sexual harassment claims against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The New York Times has a photo of the encounter, which allegedly involved Cuomo asking a woman he had just met if he could kiss her, and it's pretty unsettling. Meanwhile, infamous conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones was caught in a leaked 2019 video saying he wished he had never met Donald Trump. The exact remark, which you can watch here, is more explicit.  —Inae Oh Advertisement   Amazon Has Become a Prime Revolving-Door Destination in Washington "Its interests probably transverse the US government more than any other company." BY DAVID CORN AND DAN SPINELLI   Even with the proposed wealth tax, billionaires would get richer faster than everyone else BY MICHAEL MECHANIC How inequity gets built into America's vaccination system BY CAROLINE CHEN AND MARYAM JAMEEL A GOP lawyer says the quiet part loud in SCOTUS voting rights case BY ABIGAIL WEINBERG Dr. Anthony Fauci wouldn't hesitate to get the J&J vaccine BY PEMA LEVY Advertisement   Why Do Meatpacking Workers Face Such Gruesome Conditions? A new report shines a light on the piles of cash Big Food shovels into Washington. BY TOM PHILPOTT   Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. Donate SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE Harry Belafonte Turned 94 Yesterday. Revisiting His Living Legacy Today. In 1956, a New York musician born to Caribbean immigrants “released the first million-selling LP in history," wrote Joshua Jelly-Schapiro in a vital 2011 interview with the artist and activist. "Harry Belanfonte was bigger than Elvis"—a knowingly fraught comparison, quickly released: "But where Elvis built Graceland, Belafonte used the proceeds from Calypso to bankroll his friend Martin Luther King Jr.'s movement for civil rights" and propel one of the paramount marches and coalitions in American history. Belafonte is the only person "to talk to both King and Bobby Kennedy on a daily basis through those years” and secured the airlifting of a plane of Kenyan students to the United States in 1961. On that plane was Barack Obama Sr. The many links, lineages, and threads that intersect in Belafonte’s life are traced in that interview. It's an incredible Q&A. Returning to it now, on the week of his 94th birthday, expands the impact of the West Indian American singer and songwriter who, the interviewer pointed out, was “a critic of a president who would not have been possible without him.” Read it here, and revisit Belafonte’s sit-in on The Tonight Show as host with guests including King, Kennedy, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Wilt Chamberlain, and Freda Payne. As intergenerational collaboration goes, a big new one: Jason Moran and Archie Shepp have teamed up on Let My People Go, a pitch-perfect dialogue between piano and saxophone. Shepp was active in the civil rights movement and created theater and music in response to the Attica prison uprising. As Shepp told me, “I've been engaged, speaking out, and raising money for radical organizations my entire life” of 83 years and counting, finding new voices onstage and off. If you’re new to Moran, start with this ballad. Lastly for today, bassist Christian McBride joins organist Cory Henry tonight at 7 ET / 4 PT as part of Newport Jazz Fest on Instagram live. —Daniel King Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by forwarding it to a friend or sharing it on Facebook and Twitter. Donate Subscribe This message was sent to franchmaverickk.secretwords123@blogger.com. To change the messages you receive from us, you can edit your email preferences or unsubscribe from all mailings. For advertising opportunities see our online media kit. Were you forwarded this email? Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today. www.MotherJones.com PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755