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September 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM

Sunday Science: Study of 1M-Year-Old Skull Points to Earlier Origins of Modern Humans

Sunday Science: Study of 1M-Year-Old Skull Points to Earlier Origins of Modern Humans     Hannah Devlin September 25, 2025 The Guardian Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution An artist’s impr…
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September 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice As Much on Administrative Costs As on Health Care, GAO Says

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice As Much on Administrative Costs As on Health Care, GAO Says     Margaret Coker, The Current September 24, 2025 ProPublica Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model f…
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September 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM

Lessons From Chicago’s Left, Two Years in Power

Lessons From Chicago’s Left, Two Years in Power     Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, Jeanette Taylor, Daniel Denvir September 28, 2025 Jacobin With Zohran Mamdani on the cusp of victory in New York City, the Left should learn from the ups and downs of embattle…
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September 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM

The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush

The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush     Jocelyn C. Zuckerman September 15, 2025 The Nation As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. …
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September 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM

ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest

ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest     Amy Goodman, Juan González, Kat Abughazaleh September 23, 2025 Democracy Now! Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was thrown to the ground by ICE agents on …
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September 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA

Portside Culture MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA     Alex Keeney September 27, 2025 Politico The nation’s most prominent — and most politically active — women’s pro sports league is on a collision course with Donald Trump. , Illustration by B…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Duterte-Model of Authoritarianism

The Duterte-Model of Authoritarianism     Scot Nakagawa September 27, 2025 anti-authortarian playbook Urgent Recommendations for Movement Defense Against Legalized Violence , AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images   Summary: The Duterte Model i…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism

By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism     C.J. Polychroniou September 27, 2025 Common Dreams While there was little doubt before as to where Trump stood on democracy and human decency, he has made it clear with his decision to designate Antifa a…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The WTO and the Future of International Trade: Beyond the Liberal Paradigm

The WTO and the Future of International Trade: Beyond the Liberal Paradigm     Luciana Ghiotto September 25, 2025 Amandla! The future of international trade will be shaped not by the resurrection of liberal multilateralism but by struggles over what forms …
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September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Your Guide to the Billionaire-Backed Groups Working To Push Dems Right in 2026

Your Guide to the Billionaire-Backed Groups Working To Push Dems Right in 2026     Adam Johnson September 24, 2025 real News Network A rebrand of previous centrist initiatives, Majority Democrats pins the blame for Democratic Party woes on “woke.” They vag…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Going Backwards on Rights With Trump

Going Backwards on Rights With Trump     Rebecca Gordon September 25, 2025 TomDispatch On September 8, 2025, the Supreme Court did its best to murder what’s left of civil rights in this country. ,   Warning: dangers in the mirror are ofte…
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September 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 26, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | September 26, 2025     xxxxxx September 26, 2025 xxxxxx Leslie Jones on Memory-Holing Slavery. Bombshell Development in the Epstein Scandal. Pregnancy Is Insane. What Mark Zuckerberg Is Hiding About His AI Chatbots. Trump And Vance Canno…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM

The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning

The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning     Paul Krugman September 24, 2025 Paul Krugman Substack It's clear that Trump is rushing to lock in permanent power. But there is hard evidence that he may not enjoy the success that Vladimir Putin and Vi…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Recognizing Palestine: What Israeli Leaders Should Tell Israelis, if They Had the Guts

Recognizing Palestine: What Israeli Leaders Should Tell Israelis, if They Had the Guts     Dahlia Scheindlin September 25, 2025 Haaretz In lockstep with Netanyahu, opposition leaders lined up to condemn Israel's closest allies who recognized the State of P…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM

The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy

The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy     Matt Ford September 22, 2025 The New Republic Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court. Presidential immunity, for example, di…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting     Eugene R. Fidell September 26, 2025 Just Security In an unprecedented move, Pete Hegseth has summoned all U.S. generals and admirals from around the globe to an in-person meeting. The purpo…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

My Grandpa Was Two

Portside Culture My Grandpa Was Two     Peter Neil Carroll Stopping in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during a trip along the Mississippi, historian and poet Peter Carroll contemplates the flow of time. , Higganum Hill Books   Uphill block …
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September 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Recognition of Palestine Is Not Enough

Recognition of Palestine Is Not Enough     Aida Touma-Suleiman September 21, 2025 Jacobin Israeli Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman argues that in order for the growing recognition of the state of Palestine to be meaningful, it must be accompanied by sanc…
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September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause     Ta-Nehisi Coates September 16, 2025 Vanity Fair "Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Bl…
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September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.     Roy Richard Grinker September 24, 2025 The New York Times Science has not failed. We have developed reliable early detection methods, expanded special education and improved behavioral and …
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September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Missed Kimmel’s Return? Here’s a Transcript of His Monologue

Missed Kimmel’s Return? Here’s a Transcript of His Monologue     Jimmy Kimmel, Luciana Lopez September 24, 2025 CNN Business Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show Tuesday after his suspension amid pressure from the FCC and the Trump administration, …
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September 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- Sept 25 -Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Public Health Workers:End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax

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September 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM

How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago

Portside Culture How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago     Louis Bury September 19, 2025 Art in America This book is a portrait of the World War II-era antifascist movement in Britain among artists. ,   Comrades in Art Artist…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

7 Key Moments From Trump’s U.N. Speech

7 Key Moments From Trump’s U.N. Speech     Joshua Barajas and Dan Cooney September 23, 2025 PBS When President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, his speech underscored a familiar opposition to the mission of the Unite…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor     Liza Featherstone September 22, 2025 Jacobin What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.” Minneapol…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The US Right Claimed Free Speech Was Sacred – Until the Charlie Kirk Killing

The US Right Claimed Free Speech Was Sacred – Until the Charlie Kirk Killing     J Oliver Conroy September 21, 2025 The Guardian Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence c…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Clamoring To Tax the Rich

Clamoring To Tax the Rich     Harold Meyerson September 22, 2025 The American Prospect In Berkeley, New York, Paris, and Vatican City, it’s become central to political battles—and religious concerns. Parisians march in the streets over France’s n…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — September 24, 2025

Global Left Midweek — September 24, 2025     September 24, 2025 xxxxxx The battle cry of democracy is heard far and wide Protesters in Rizal Park, Manila, on 21 September. Credit, Lisa Marie David/Reuters   Italy: General Strike for Palest…
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September 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 23, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 23, 2025     September 23, 2025 xxxxxx A time to try our souls Diego Morales, chair of the 25th Ward Independent Political Organization, Chicago, builds morale for the protesters at Federal Plaza during …
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump’s War on Wind: Tens of Thousands of Jobs Destroyed, Unions Say

Trump’s War on Wind: Tens of Thousands of Jobs Destroyed, Unions Say     Kari Thompson September 22, 2025 Labor Notes The Revolution Wind offshore turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island is 80 percent complete, but its fate remains uncertain after the D…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Here Are the Reasons Why Recognition of Palestine Is Such a Big Deal

Here Are the Reasons Why Recognition of Palestine Is Such a Big Deal     Daoud Kuttab September 22, 2025 The New Republic Recognition of Palestinian statehood—especially from the U.K.—is not merely symbolic. It has specific ramifications under internationa…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The US Abandoned Affordable Housing. We Can Create It Again.

The US Abandoned Affordable Housing. We Can Create It Again.     Fran Quigley September 21, 2025 Jacobin America’s packed eviction courts and overflowing homeless shelters are the result of decades of deliberate policy choices. We once made better choices …
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September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Consensus Is Clear: It’s Genocide.

The Consensus Is Clear: It’s Genocide.     Raji Sourani September 23, 2025 The Guardian There is a UN convention for exactly this kind of horror: the convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. When will the world act on it? …
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September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker

Portside Culture Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker     An interview with Andres Veiel September 21, 2025 Jacobin Darkly influential, the cinema of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a powerful blend of art and propaganda. She’s n…
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September 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sep 24–30, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Sep 24–30, 2025     xxxxxx Affirmative Action Had a Long Run, But Not Nearly Long Enough (1965), Working for Amazon Is Very, Very, Dangerous (2000), Witch-Hunt Targets Hazel Scott (1950), Bad Medicine at Johns Hopkins (2015) …
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September 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM

What Our Health Care System Fails To Recognize About Women’s Pain

What Our Health Care System Fails To Recognize About Women’s Pain     Kayley Corley September 16, 2025 The Progressive Preserving and expanding access to Medicaid—and improving women’s access to health care—is a matter of life or death. , PeopleI…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws     Debra Kamin September 22, 2025 The New York Times Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tom Homan Took $50K From Undercover FBI Agents. Trump’s DOJ Shut Down the Investigation.

Tom Homan Took $50K From Undercover FBI Agents. Trump’s DOJ Shut Down the Investigation.     Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian September 20, 2025 MSNBC On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills from undercover…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The FDA May Change What Legally Counts As Orange Juice

Portside Culture The FDA May Change What Legally Counts As Orange Juice     Stacey Leasca August 8, 2025 Food & Wine In response to the Florida Citrus Processors Association and Florida Citrus Mutual, the FDA is proposing to amend the standard …
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September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The True Threat of OpenAI

The True Threat of OpenAI     Andrew Deck September 17, 2025 The Nation Karen Hao’s recent book on the company argues that its ambitions are not merely about scale or the market but the creation of a global force that rivals a colonial power of old. …
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September 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM

Sunday Science: Do We Really Understand the Universe?

Sunday Science: Do We Really Understand the Universe?     Dr. Paul M. Sutter September 19, 2025 Dr. Paul M. Sutter What are the fundamental physical constants and what determines their value? , Paul M. Sutter   Paul M. Sutter is a cosmol…
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September 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Israel’s Opposition Is Plotting a Return to Power. But It Remains Its Own Worst Enemy

Israel’s Opposition Is Plotting a Return to Power. But It Remains Its Own Worst Enemy     Joshua Leifer September 15, 2025 +972 Magazine Despite a strong showing in the polls, Israel’s center-left camp is still in denial about its only trump card: joining …
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September 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM

What’s Behind Rising Unemployment for Black Workers?

What’s Behind Rising Unemployment for Black Workers?     Valerie Wilson September 19, 2025 Economic Policy Institute There has been a clear deterioration in the labor market for Black workers this year. The decline in Black workers’ employment appears to b…
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September 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy

Portside Culture Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy     Branko Marcetic September 18, 2025 Jacobin After campaigning on ending censorship and cancel culture, Donald Trump is making the list of things you're not allowed to say in America …
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September 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM

The Giant Fireball That Could Save Us

The Giant Fireball That Could Save Us     David Sirota, Ariella Markowitz, Bill McKibben September 19, 2025 The Lever America’s real-life Lorax says the climate apocalypse might be averted after all. The sun sets over a oil refinery in Tarragona,…
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September 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM

The Second Amendment Was Created To Put Down Slave Revolts

The Second Amendment Was Created To Put Down Slave Revolts     Thom Hartmann September 19, 2025 CounterPunch But to understand why the Second Amendment exists at all, we must strip away the myths and confront a brutal truth: it was not written to safeguard…
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September 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Oct 18 No Kings Day #2

Oct 18 No Kings Day #2     September 20, 2025 No Kings No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. , No Kings   The Powe…
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September 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM

People Are Boycotting Disney, Hulu, and ESPN

People Are Boycotting Disney, Hulu, and ESPN     Saleah Blancaflor September 19, 2025 Fast Company Some experts who study the impact of brand backlash doubt the entertainment giant will suffer in the long term, but that doesn’t mean it has nothing to lose.…
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September 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM

From Delhi to DC: A Summer Study in Power and Resistance

From Delhi to DC: A Summer Study in Power and Resistance     Shareen Joshi September 12, 2025 Foreign Policy in Focus Power without legitimacy eventually meets its match. , Shutterstock   August 2025 will be remembered as the month India …
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September 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Immigrant Defense Is the Frontline of the Fight for Democracy

Immigrant Defense Is the Frontline of the Fight for Democracy     Bill Gallegos September 18, 2025 New Liberator “If we can dream it, we can make it happen.” That is the vision that should guide us as we work together to defend our immigrant sisters and br…