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April 7, 2026 at 1:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, April 8–14, 2026

[[link removed]] THIS WEEK IN PEOPLE’S HISTORY, APRIL 8–14, 2026   [[link removed]]   xxxxxx * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Slavery by Another Name (1911), Who Wrecked the Trains? (1961), It Isn’t Easy to Get the Goods on Corporate Crime (1976), ‘Too Horri…
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April 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM

When War Crimes Rhetoric Becomes Battlefield Reality: The Slippery Slope to Total War on Iran

[[link removed]] WHEN WAR CRIMES RHETORIC BECOMES BATTLEFIELD REALITY: THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO TOTAL WAR ON IRAN   [[link removed]]   Margaret Donovan and Rachel VanLandingham, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) April 6, 2026 Just Security [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * […
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April 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM

Arkansas Black Apple: This Dark, Rare Fruit Lasts a Very Long Time.

[[link removed]] PORTSIDE CULTURE ARKANSAS BLACK APPLE: THIS DARK, RARE FRUIT LASTS A VERY LONG TIME.   [[link removed]]   AtlasObscura/rachelrummel April 1, 2026 Atlas Obscura [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Growers first discov…
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April 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM

How To View Protests Like an Organizer

[[link removed]] HOW TO VIEW PROTESTS LIKE AN ORGANIZER   [[link removed]]   Tim Hjersted March 28, 2026 Tim Hjersted Substack [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ An organizer looks at a mass protest and sees something completely differe…
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April 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Pushing From the Outside, In

[[link removed]] PUSHING FROM THE OUTSIDE, IN   [[link removed]]   Paul G. Pinsky March 30, 2026 xxxxxx * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ As left activists who choose electoral work, we can both maintain ideological clarity while also remaining politicall…
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April 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Unemployment Has Increased for U.S.-Born Workers in the Face of Mass Deportations

[[link removed]] UNEMPLOYMENT HAS INCREASED FOR U.S.-BORN WORKERS IN THE FACE OF MASS DEPORTATIONS   [[link removed]]   Daniel Costa, Ben Zipperer April 3, 2026 Economic Policy Institute [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Trump’s dracon…
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April 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM

Sunday Science: Massive Budget Cuts for US Science Proposed Again by Trump Administration

[[link removed]] SUNDAY SCIENCE: MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS FOR US SCIENCE PROPOSED AGAIN BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION   [[link removed]]   Max Kozlov, Dan Garisto, Edward Chen April 3, 2026 Nature [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Budget proposal w…
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April 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM

How Gaza Broke Big Tech’s Campus Pipeline

[[link removed]] HOW GAZA BROKE BIG TECH’S CAMPUS PIPELINE   [[link removed]]   Khadeejah Khan April 3, 2026 The Nation [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Big Tech’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza has pushed STEM students to or…
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April 6, 2026 at 6:25 AM

Israel’s Death-by-Hanging Law Marks Further “Dehumanization of Palestinians”: B’Tselem

[[link removed]] ISRAEL’S DEATH-BY-HANGING LAW MARKS FURTHER “DEHUMANIZATION OF PALESTINIANS”: B’TSELEM   [[link removed]]   Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikkh, Sarit Michaeli April 2, 2026 Democracy Now! [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ The…
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April 6, 2026 at 4:55 AM

New York Is Closing In on Amazon’s Shady Delivery System

[[link removed]] NEW YORK IS CLOSING IN ON AMAZON’S SHADY DELIVERY SYSTEM   [[link removed]]   Alex N. Press April 5, 2026 Jacobin [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Amazon has long exploited subcontracting to avoid taking responsibilit…
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April 6, 2026 at 4:40 AM

Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic Disaster

[[link removed]] WELCOME TO A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ECONOMIC DISASTER   [[link removed]]   Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel March 26, 2026 The Atlantic [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ The AI boom wasn’t built for the polycrisis. _ An Amazo…
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April 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Wallace Shawn’s Road to Socialism

[[link removed]] PORTSIDE CULTURE WALLACE SHAWN’S ROAD TO SOCIALISM   [[link removed]]   Annie Levin April 3, 2026 Jacobin [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ The left-wing actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, currently in two plays i…
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April 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM

The Next Coup Attempt

[[link removed]] THE NEXT COUP ATTEMPT   [[link removed]]   Timothy Snyder April 4, 2026 Thinking About ... [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ A coup attempt is not at all unthinkable; Trump has done it before, and he makes it very clear…
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April 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM

End the Blockade on Cuba

[[link removed]] END THE BLOCKADE ON CUBA   [[link removed]]   Danny Valdes April 3, 2026 Jacobin [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ As a Cuban American traveling with a recent aid convoy, I witnessed the daily hardship sanctions produce…
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April 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM

Food Shock Is Inevitable Due to the Iran War – and It Could Get Bad

[[link removed]] FOOD SHOCK IS INEVITABLE DUE TO THE IRAN WAR – AND IT COULD GET BAD   [[link removed]]   Michael Le Page New Scientist * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Even if the conflict in the Middle East ends today, higher fuel, fertiliser and pesti…
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April 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Evangelical Nationalists and Morality

[[link removed]] EVANGELICAL NATIONALISTS AND MORALITY   [[link removed]]   Simon Tisdall April 4, 2026 The Guardian [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ The brutalisation of global norms by figures like Pete Hegseth must be seen as an et…
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April 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Dolores Huerta and Farmworkers Overshadowed by Cesar Chavez Finally Get Their Due

[[link removed]] DOLORES HUERTA AND FARMWORKERS OVERSHADOWED BY CESAR CHAVEZ FINALLY GET THEIR DUE   [[link removed]]   Mike Matejka April 1, 2026 Chicago Sun-Times [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Chavez was the public figure, but Hu…
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April 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM

Friday Nite Videos | April 3, 2026

[[link removed]] FRIDAY NITE VIDEOS | APRIL 3, 2026   [[link removed]]   xxxxxx April 3, 2026 xxxxxx * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Better To Die In Iran | Jesse Welles. Could This Actually End Citizens United? Are Billionaires Leaving California? We F…
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April 4, 2026 at 1:50 AM

The Trump Dictatorship Is Cracking Up

[[link removed]] THE TRUMP DICTATORSHIP IS CRACKING UP   [[link removed]]   Greg Sargent April 3, 2026 The New Republic [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ In the president’s warped world, his increasingly deranged demands are never the …
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April 4, 2026 at 1:40 AM

Israeli Police Are Violently Suppressing Our Growing Anti-War Protests

[[link removed]] ISRAELI POLICE ARE VIOLENTLY SUPPRESSING OUR GROWING ANTI-WAR PROTESTS   [[link removed]]   Iddo Elam April 1, 2026 +972 Magazine [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ As dissent over the Iran war spreads to the political c…
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April 4, 2026 at 1:30 AM

Billions Over the Moon: Is Artemis II Worth the Price Tag?

[[link removed]] BILLIONS OVER THE MOON: IS ARTEMIS II WORTH THE PRICE TAG?   [[link removed]]   New Space Economy April 1, 2026 New Space Economy [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ The dominance of human spaceflight has repeatedly press…
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April 4, 2026 at 1:05 AM

Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Stupidity

[[link removed]] ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VS. HUMAN STUPIDITY   [[link removed]]   John Feffer April 1, 2026 Foreign Policy in Focus [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Many countries still go to war believing that God is on their side. Ju…
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April 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Revolutionary Letter #48

[[link removed]] PORTSIDE CULTURE REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #48   [[link removed]]   Diane di Prima * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Beat poet Diane di Prima reminds her readers that there is more than one form of resistance, more than one path to freedom. _ …
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April 3, 2026 at 12:15 AM

Trump Says There’s No Money for Daycare Because We Have To Fight Wars

[[link removed]] TRUMP SAYS THERE’S NO MONEY FOR DAYCARE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIGHT WARS   [[link removed]]   Hafiz Rashid April 1, 2026 The New Republic [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ President Trump used an Easter lunch to talk abou…
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April 3, 2026 at 12:05 AM

Trump’s Losing Streak in Court, Supreme Court May Block Trump on Birthright Citizenship

[[link removed]] TRUMP’S LOSING STREAK IN COURT, SUPREME COURT MAY BLOCK TRUMP ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP   [[link removed]]   Robert Kuttner April 1, 2026 The American Prospect [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Based on oral arguments,…
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April 3, 2026 at 12:05 AM

ICE and War Funding Can Now Become the Latest Excuse To Gut the Social Safety Net

[[link removed]] ICE AND WAR FUNDING CAN NOW BECOME THE LATEST EXCUSE TO GUT THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET   [[link removed]]   Emine Yücel April 1, 2026 Talking Points Memo [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Republicans don't need to gut the s…
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April 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM

With the Death Penalty for Palestinians, Israel Signals: Long Live the Jewish Terrorists

[[link removed]] WITH THE DEATH PENALTY FOR PALESTINIANS, ISRAEL SIGNALS: LONG LIVE THE JEWISH TERRORISTS   [[link removed]]   David Issacharoff March 31, 2026 Haaretz [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Legal viability aside, the new la…
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April 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits-Apr 2-Reader Comments: More War, Cuts to Social Safety Net; on the “Left” Criticism of No Kings 3; More States Taxing Ultra-Rich; Happy Farm-Workers Day; Community As Strategy: 10 Ways To Create Belonging, Power; Teaching Antifascist History

[[link removed]] TIDBITS-APR 2-READER COMMENTS: MORE WAR, CUTS TO SOCIAL SAFETY NET; ON THE “LEFT” CRITICISM OF NO KINGS 3; MORE STATES TAXING ULTRA-RICH; HAPPY FARM-WORKERS DAY; COMMUNITY AS STRATEGY: 10 WAYS TO CREATE BELONGING, POWER; TEACHING ANTIFASCIST HISTORY   [[link removed]] …
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April 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM

Senegal on the Edge of Collapse

[[link removed]] SENEGAL ON THE EDGE OF COLLAPSE   [[link removed]]   Vijay Prashad March 26, 2026 Tricontinental [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Burdened by decades of neocolonialism and corruption, Senegal faces an all-too-familiar …
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April 2, 2026 at 3:15 AM

Palestine 36 Reclaims a Buried Anti-Colonial Revolt

[[link removed]] PALESTINE 36 RECLAIMS A BURIED ANTI-COLONIAL REVOLT   [[link removed]]   Annemarie Jacir, Ed Rampell April 1, 2026 Jacobin [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 resurrects the mass anti‑coloni…
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April 2, 2026 at 1:35 AM

The Birthright Con

[[link removed]] THE BIRTHRIGHT CON   [[link removed]]   Jamelle Bouie April 1, 2026 The New York Times [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ The abolitionist vision of national and egalitarian citizenship that the radical Republicans embe…
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April 2, 2026 at 1:10 AM

Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration

[[link removed]] TRUMP’S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DROPPED 23,000 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS IN SHIFT TO IMMIGRATION   [[link removed]]   Ken B. Morales and David Armstrong March 31, 2026 ProPublica [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ The DOJ quie…
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April 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM

When Shakespeare Took On Joe McCarthy

[[link removed]] PORTSIDE CULTURE WHEN SHAKESPEARE TOOK ON JOE MCCARTHY   [[link removed]]   A.O. Scott March 24, 2026 The New York Times [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ In a new book, the Harvard scholar Marjorie Garber suggests…
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April 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — April 1, 2026

[[link removed]] GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK — APRIL 1, 2026   [[link removed]]   April 1, 2026 xxxxxx * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Democracy is not an abstract _ Half a million anti-fascists fill London's streets on March 28, 2026., AFP via Getty Images …
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April 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM

Donald Trump’s ‘New’ 15-Point Plan Is the Biggest Sign Yet That Washington Fears It Is Losing This War

[[link removed]] DONALD TRUMP’S ‘NEW’ 15-POINT PLAN IS THE BIGGEST SIGN YET THAT WASHINGTON FEARS IT IS LOSING THIS WAR   [[link removed]]   Bamo Nouri; Inderjeet Parmar March 25, 2026 The Conversation [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _…
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April 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM

What I Saw in Cuba Was Resilience

[[link removed]] WHAT I SAW IN CUBA WAS RESILIENCE   [[link removed]]   Gerargo Delgado March 31, 2026 CounterPunch [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ What I witnessed over those days was not the Cuba of Western propaganda. It was a cou…
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April 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM

Israel Is Stepping Up Its Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank

[[link removed]] ISRAEL IS STEPPING UP ITS ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THE WEST BANK   [[link removed]]   Interview with Sarit Michaeli March 31, 2026 Jacobin [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Even as Israel attacks Iran and Lebanon, it is also …
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April 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM

This Is a Historic Opportunity for Democrats To Get Immigration Right

[[link removed]] THIS IS A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS TO GET IMMIGRATION RIGHT   [[link removed]]   Felipe De La Hoz March 31, 2026 The New Republic [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ As the public turns against Trump and the Re…
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April 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Before Chuck Norris Was a Texas Ranger, He Was the Face of Cannon Films

[[link removed]] PORTSIDE CULTURE BEFORE CHUCK NORRIS WAS A TEXAS RANGER, HE WAS THE FACE OF CANNON FILMS   [[link removed]]   Craig D. Lindsey March 27, 2026 AV Club [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Of all the blood-soaked actio…
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April 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — March 31, 2026

[[link removed]] MEDIA BITS AND BYTES — MARCH 31, 2026   [[link removed]]   March 31, 2026 xxxxxx * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Fresh hell on the media front _ , Harley Schwadron / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.   * The Social Media Add…
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March 31, 2026 at 2:40 AM

Trump’s Distorted Reality on Iran War Runs Into a Brick Wall

[[link removed]] TRUMP’S DISTORTED REALITY ON IRAN WAR RUNS INTO A BRICK WALL   [[link removed]]   David Smith March 30, 2026 The Guardian [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ The war in Iran is testing the operating principle that has gui…
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March 31, 2026 at 1:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, April 1–7, 2026

[[link removed]] THIS WEEK IN PEOPLE’S HISTORY, APRIL 1–7, 2026   [[link removed]]   xxxxxx * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Many Roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ (1946), Union Wins Big at Ford (1941), Learning from a Riot (1936), Are You Now or Have You Ever Be…
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March 31, 2026 at 12:05 AM

Who Owns the Memory of Struggle?

[[link removed]] WHO OWNS THE MEMORY OF STRUGGLE?   [[link removed]]   Azeezah Adekanmbi March 24, 2026 Africa is a Country [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ An exhibition in Ibadan recovers Nigeria’s buried history of activism, raising…
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March 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM

When the Fight for Equality Comes at Survivors’ Expense

[[link removed]] WHEN THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY COMES AT SURVIVORS’ EXPENSE   [[link removed]]   Errin Haines March 25, 2026 The 19th [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Dolores Huerta has long been a champion for women using their voices t…
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March 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Repression in the Classroom

[[link removed]] REPRESSION IN THE CLASSROOM   [[link removed]]   Paul Buhle March 1, 2026 Monthly Review [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Repression on campus is back in a big way, as readers far beyond the classroom know today. The s…
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March 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Scientists Are Rethinking Protein

[[link removed]] PORTSIDE CULTURE SCIENTISTS ARE RETHINKING PROTEIN   [[link removed]]   Stacey Leasca January 9, 2026 Food & Wine [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Hybrid foods may deliver the taste and texture consumers crave wh…
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March 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM

Sunday Science: How We’re Trying To Detect Dark Matter Particles, With Katherine Freese

[[link removed]] SUNDAY SCIENCE: HOW WE’RE TRYING TO DETECT DARK MATTER PARTICLES, WITH KATHERINE FREESE   [[link removed]]   Neil deGrasse Tyson, Katherine Freese, Chuck Nice March 24, 2026 StarTalk [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Nei…
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March 30, 2026 at 5:05 AM

US Abortion Rate Holds Steady Largely Due to Travel and Telehealth Availability – Report

[[link removed]] US ABORTION RATE HOLDS STEADY LARGELY DUE TO TRAVEL AND TELEHEALTH AVAILABILITY – REPORT   [[link removed]]   Melody Schreiber March 29, 2026 The Guardian [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ Shift seen away from from tra…
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March 30, 2026 at 4:20 AM

‘Erasing the Lines’: How Settler Outposts Are Seizing New Regions of the West Bank

[[link removed]] ‘ERASING THE LINES’: HOW SETTLER OUTPOSTS ARE SEIZING NEW REGIONS OF THE WEST BANK   [[link removed]]   Oren Ziv, Ariel Caine March 24, 2026 +972 Magazine [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ After decades consolidating th…
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March 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM

The Latest Front in Stephen Miller’s Personal War

[[link removed]] THE LATEST FRONT IN STEPHEN MILLER’S PERSONAL WAR   [[link removed]]   Jamelle Bouie March 28, 2026 The New York Times [[link removed]] * [[link removed]] * * [[link removed]] _ How Stephen Miller’s personal and political war on the 14th Amend…