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September 27, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Over 200 Democracy Scholars Call on Congress To End Single-Member Congressional Districts and Adopt Proportional Representation

Over 200 Democracy Scholars Call on Congress To End Single-Member Congressional Districts and Adopt Proportional Representation     September 19, 2022Protect Democracy Our arcane districting process divides and polarizes us and has effectively extinguished competitiv…

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September 27, 2022 at 12:00 AM

‘Africa Is on the Frontlines but Not the Front Pages’: Vanessa Nakate on Her Climate Fight

‘Africa Is on the Frontlines but Not the Front Pages’: Vanessa Nakate on Her Climate Fight     Nina Lakhani September 17, 2022The Guardian The new Unicef goodwill ambassador would like to see reparations from nations most responsible for climate crisis , Photo…

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September 26, 2022 at 5:50 AM

Most US Professors Are Trained at Same Few Elite Universities

Most US Professors Are Trained at Same Few Elite Universities     Anna Nowogrodzki September 21, 2022Nature ‘Jarring’ study reveals hiring bias at US institutions. One in eight tenure-track professors at US institutions got their PhDs from just five elite US u…

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September 26, 2022 at 5:15 AM

Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann: Champion Vows To Say More on Cheating Scandal

Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann: Champion Vows To Say More on Cheating Scandal     Alex Therrien September 25, 2022BBC World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has promised to say more "very soon" on the cheating scandal rocking the game. Norwegian Magnus Carlsen h…

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September 26, 2022 at 4:20 AM

John Roberts’s Long Game

John Roberts’s Long Game     Linda Greenhouse September 19, 2022The Atlantic Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act? , Photo-illustration by Mark Harris. Sources: Alabama Secretary of State’s Election Division; Photka / iStock.   The supreme court deli…

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September 26, 2022 at 4:00 AM

W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction Is Essential Reading

W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction Is Essential Reading     Jeff Goodwin September 21, 2022Jacobin W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction in America is one of the greatest modern studies of revolution and counterrevolution. It’s also an extraordinary example of…

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September 26, 2022 at 4:00 AM

How Bill Gates and Partners Used Their Clout To Control the Global COVID Response — With Little Oversight

How Bill Gates and Partners Used Their Clout To Control the Global COVID Response — With Little Oversight     Erin Banco, Ashleigh Furlong, Lennart Pfahler September 14, 2022Politico Four health organizations, working closely together, spent almost $10 billion on res…

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September 26, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Andor Examines How Capitalism and Authoritarianism Make an Empire

Portside Culture Andor Examines How Capitalism and Authoritarianism Make an Empire     Joshua M. Patton September 21, 2022CBR Star Wars: Andor's first episodes on Disney+ eschew the familiar signs of the Empire in favor of some private corporation - which is pa…

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September 25, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Arizona Judge Reinstates Abortion Ban From 1864

Arizona Judge Reinstates Abortion Ban From 1864     Eliza Fawcett September 23, 2022N.Y.Times A 15-week abortion ban passed this year will take effect on Saturday. But the attorney general has argued that the near-total ban from the 19th century should take precedenc…

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September 25, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Election in Brazil: Has Lula Already Won

Election in Brazil: Has Lula Already Won     Jörg Nowak September 22, 2022The Bullet Will Bolsonaro Come Up With Surprises? , The Bullet   The October 2 Brazilian presidential election campaign is now in its final stage. It is no doubt one of the most gl…

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September 25, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Rashida Tlaib’s Historic Face-Off With Israel Lobby Over ‘Apartheid’

Rashida Tlaib’s Historic Face-Off With Israel Lobby Over ‘Apartheid’     Philip Weiss September 23, 2022Mondoweiss The speed with which key House Dems have lined up against Rep Tlaib – over a misrepresented comment challenging progressives-except-on-Palestine – exemp…

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September 25, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Calls for an End to the War on Drugs in Historic UN Address

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Calls for an End to the War on Drugs in Historic UN Address     September 20, 2022Peoples Dispatch In his speech to the UN General Assembly, the Colombian president highlighted the necessity of ending the war on drugs and saving the …

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September 25, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Historic. Irrelevant? Sunday’s Italian Election

Historic. Irrelevant? Sunday’s Italian Election     Matt Hancock September 22, 2022Stansbury Forum The elections are the first to occur after a referendum slashed the number of seats in parliament and happen when war rages in Europe, poverty increases, the climate cr…

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September 24, 2022 at 12:45 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 23, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | September 23, 2022     September 23, 2022xxxxxx T**** Confuses Hannity With Wild Mar-a-Lago Excuse. The 10 Tactics of Fascism | Jason Stanley. Yanis Varoufakis on Europe’s Energy Crisis, Ukraine, the Queen’s Death. Rep. Raskin Blows the Roof Off …

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September 24, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Trump Realizes Too Late That This Special Master Thing Might Not Be Such a Smart Plan After All

Trump Realizes Too Late That This Special Master Thing Might Not Be Such a Smart Plan After All     Liz Dye September 23, 2022Above the Law Trump is locked in to the special master process with Judge Dearie. And it’s pretty clear that the Eleventh Circuit isn’t prepa…

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September 24, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Mahsa, a National Iranian Symbol of Resistance

Mahsa, a National Iranian Symbol of Resistance     Faribia Amini September 23, 2022Informed Comment The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, while in the custody of Iranian morals police, has sparked a new wave of street demands for democracy. Iranian rulers are targeti…

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September 24, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Alzheimer’s Disease: Controversy, Scandals and New Theories

Alzheimer’s Disease: Controversy, Scandals and New Theories     Donald Weaver September 19, 2022The Conversation Alzheimer’s might not be primarily a brain disease. Studying beta-amyloids as abnormal proteins that cause Alzheimer’s disease has not translated into a u…

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September 24, 2022 at 12:00 AM

I’m a Ukrainian Socialist. Here’s Why I Resist the Russian Invasion.

I’m a Ukrainian Socialist. Here’s Why I Resist the Russian Invasion.     Taras Bilous July 26, 2022Jacobin As a socialist and internationalist, I abhor war. But the basic premise of self-determination justifies the resistance of ordinary Ukrainians to Vladimir Putin’…

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September 23, 2022 at 12:20 AM

Trump’s Legal Defense in the Mar-a-Lago Case Is Crumbling

Trump’s Legal Defense in the Mar-a-Lago Case Is Crumbling     Matt Ford September 20, 2022The New Republic The former president’s hoarding of classified documents is the least complicated of his scandals—and it’s also proving the hardest to dodge. If that were not en…

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September 23, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Let Puerto Rico Be Free (Long Article)

Let Puerto Rico Be Free (Long Article)     Jaquira Díaz September 20, 2022The Atlantic The only just future for my home is not statehood, but full independence from the United States. But the future of a free Puerto Rico doesn’t need to be utopian, or easy, to be jus…

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September 23, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Visiting the Palestinian Narrative Requires More Than a Visit

Visiting the Palestinian Narrative Requires More Than a Visit     Sam Bahour September 20, 2022Medium A heated argument is taking place about the morality, benefit, and value of traveling to Palestine to witness firsthand what Palestinians are facing in the context o…

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September 23, 2022 at 12:05 AM

The US and China Play With Fire

The US and China Play With Fire     Michael T. Klare September 19, 2022Le Monde diplomatique Long before Speaker Pelosi's plane touched down on, relations between China and the United States had been on a downward spiral. Isn’t it time to set aside the blame game and…

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September 23, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 22, 2022 – Reader Comments: Kidnapping Immigrants; Railroad Workers, Railroad Profits; Religion; Ukraine War; Sweden; My Revolutionary Inspiration, Barbara Ehrenreich; Frank Emspak, Troublemaker; the Worker-Led Upsurge; More..

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September 23, 2022 at 12:00 AM

BRIGADISTAS!: A Review

Portside Culture BRIGADISTAS!: A Review     Harry Targ September 15, 2022Diary of a Heartland Radical 40,000 mostly young leftists from 50 countries joined in the military effort to defend democracy. Some 3,000 Americans traveled to Spain to fight fascism. They…

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September 22, 2022 at 4:55 AM

Most Republicans Support Declaring the United States a Christian Nation

Most Republicans Support Declaring the United States a Christian Nation     Stella Rouse and Shibley Telhami September 21, 2022Politico New polling shows the appeal — and limits — of a Christian nationalist message. Appeals to Christian nationalism have a long…

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September 22, 2022 at 4:40 AM

Killed for Walking a Dog

Killed for Walking a Dog     By Peter Sagal. Photographs by Benjamin Rasmussen September 21, 2022The Atlantic The mundanity and insanity of gun death in America , Benjamin Rasmussen / The Atlantic   There is no particular reason people should care about …

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September 22, 2022 at 4:25 AM

How To Beat a Book Ban: Students, Parents and Librarians Fight Back

How To Beat a Book Ban: Students, Parents and Librarians Fight Back     Adam Gabbatt September 21, 2022The Guardian As rightwing campaigns for censorship sweep the US, opponents are finding ways to keep books on the shelves Banned books at Books Inc in Alameda…

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September 22, 2022 at 4:05 AM

Illinois Is Eliminating Cash Bail. To Hysterical Conservatives, It’s the End of the World.

Illinois Is Eliminating Cash Bail. To Hysterical Conservatives, It’s the End of the World.     Akil Vicks September 19, 2022Jacobin Cash bail creates a two-tier justice system where freedom belongs to those who can afford it. For poor people, Illinois’s new bail refo…

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September 22, 2022 at 1:00 AM

How a Debut Graphic Memoir Became the Most Banned Book in the Country

Portside Culture How a Debut Graphic Memoir Became the Most Banned Book in the Country     Alexandra Alter May 1, 2022The New York Times Maia Kobabe’s book, “Gender Queer,” was the most banned book in the U.S. in 2021, a year in which bans and challenges soared…

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September 22, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – September 21, 2022

Global Left Midweek – September 21, 2022     September 21, 2022xxxxxx Africa and neocolonialism, division in Die Linke, focus on Myanmar's fight for democracy, and more Myanmar demonstrators defy the junta. Credit, Unsplash/Pyae Sone Htun   Africa and Ne…

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September 21, 2022 at 12:40 AM

Peace Activists Hit the Streets From DC to San Francisco Urging Ceasefire in Ukraine

Peace Activists Hit the Streets From DC to San Francisco Urging Ceasefire in Ukraine     Marcy Winograd September 20, 2022Common Dreams "There is no military solution short of economic ruin, global famine, climate catastrophe–or worse, nuclear Armageddon." In …

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September 21, 2022 at 12:35 AM

Frontline Activists Gear Up for Fights Against Climate Bill’s Fossil Fuel Concessions

Frontline Activists Gear Up for Fights Against Climate Bill’s Fossil Fuel Concessions     Sara Herschander September 16, 2022Waging Nonviolence Black, Indigenous and Appalachian communities are fighting the Mountain Valley Pipeline and other projects spurred as conce…

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September 21, 2022 at 12:35 AM

My Revolutionary Inspiration, Barbara Ehrenreich

My Revolutionary Inspiration, Barbara Ehrenreich     Lynne Segal September 15, 2022Boston Review Remembrances of the late author have focused on her best-selling Nickel and Dimed with only rare acknowledgement of the major roles she played in women’s liberation and U…

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September 21, 2022 at 12:35 AM

Eric Adams Can’t Be Allowed To Scrap New York’s Right To Shelter

Eric Adams Can’t Be Allowed To Scrap New York’s Right To Shelter     Craig Hughes September 20, 2022Jacobin Mayor Eric Adams has suggested that New York’s response to Governor Greg Abbott’s busing of migrants into the city include rethinking its “right to shelter” la…

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September 21, 2022 at 12:00 AM

‘This Is an Old Story of Heroism, of Feminism’: The Truth Behind the Woman King

Portside Culture ‘This Is an Old Story of Heroism, of Feminism’: The Truth Behind the Woman King     David Smith September 17, 2022The Guardian The historical action epic, starring Viola Davis, tells the story of the Agojie, female African warriors who once rei…

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September 21, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – September 20, 2022

Media Bits and Bytes – September 20, 2022     September 20, 2022xxxxxx When objectivity is impossible, and other media mishugas Credit, David Fitzsimmons   Objectivity in a Time of Moral Collapse Class Rage and ‘Us v Them’ Films Digital Warmaking Feminis…

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September 20, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Hold 1-Day Strike for Better Wages, Benefits

Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Hold 1-Day Strike for Better Wages, Benefits     Maggie Mancini September 16, 2022Philly Voice Unionized workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art began a one-day "unfair practices" strike Friday morning amid ongoing negotiations wi…

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September 20, 2022 at 12:05 AM

‘My Emancipation Proclamation’: The Man Fighting to Free Millions From Their Criminal Records

‘My Emancipation Proclamation’: The Man Fighting to Free Millions From Their Criminal Records     Sam Levin September 14, 2022The Guardian Jay Jordan’s criminal record barred him from job after job, leaving him in poverty. Now he’s helping California take a transform…

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September 20, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Polio: Facts, History and Why We’re on High Alert

Polio: Facts, History and Why We’re on High Alert     Rosemary Rochford September 7, 2022The Conversation Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert. A virologist explains the history of this dreaded disease, why it's resurfacing today …

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September 20, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Meet the Georgia Farmers Who Love to Jam

Portside Culture Meet the Georgia Farmers Who Love to Jam     Emily Baron Cadloff September 18, 2022Modern Farmer The goal of Farmers Jam is to create a more sustainable regional food system, and fruit trees are an integral part of that. They also prioritize BI…

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September 20, 2022 at 12:00 AM

A Lesson From the Past for Ron DeSantis

A Lesson From the Past for Ron DeSantis     Joshua Zeitz September 18, 2022Politico In the 1960s, Southern organizations tried sending African Americans to Northern states in a “cheap” PR stunt designed to embarrass and expose Northern liberals. It didn’t work. …

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September 20, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Jayapal Ties Trumpian Rhetoric to Violent Threats Against US Lawmakers and Democracy

Jayapal Ties Trumpian Rhetoric to Violent Threats Against US Lawmakers and Democracy     Jessica Corbett September 11, 2022Common Dreams "We've got to get people in government who actually believe in government," said the Washington Democrat, "and who believe in demo…

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September 19, 2022 at 10:05 AM

This Jellyfish Can Live Forever. Its Genes May Tell Us How.

This Jellyfish Can Live Forever. Its Genes May Tell Us How.     Veronique Greenwood September 6, 2022New York Times A new study followed as a Turritopsis dohrnii rejuvenated itself, uncovering developmental patterns for further inquiry. A juvenile medusa-stage…

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September 19, 2022 at 9:40 AM

Why Are American Samoans Not American Citizens?

Why Are American Samoans Not American Citizens?     Edward Hunt September 13, 2022Foreign Policy in Focus In a recently published brief, the Justice Department claimed that residents of U.S. territories do not have a right to U.S. citizenship under the Constitution. …

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September 19, 2022 at 8:05 AM

Strike Settled. Now Let’s Nationalize the Railroads.

Strike Settled. Now Let’s Nationalize the Railroads.     Timothy Noah September 16, 2022The New Republic Did you know that railroads are the most profitable industry sector in America? No, that’s not a good thing. , Bill Clark/CQ-ROLL CALL/Getty   The th…

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September 19, 2022 at 7:40 AM

How Lawyers From One Giant DC Firm Influenced Trump’s Supreme Court Picks

How Lawyers From One Giant DC Firm Influenced Trump’s Supreme Court Picks     Terry Gross September 13, 2022NPR Trump's candidacy and his administration were shaped, in no small part, by Jones Day, one of the most politically connected law firms in DC. Preside…

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September 19, 2022 at 7:20 AM

Modeling the Future of Religion in America

Modeling the Future of Religion in America     Stephanie Kramer, Conrad Hackett, Marcin Stonawski - Primary Researchers September 13, 2022Pew Research Center If recent trends in religious switching continue, Christians could make up less than half of the U.S. populat…

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September 19, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Hillary Clinton’s TV Show, Gutsy, Is Obnoxiously Infantilizing and Cutesy

Portside Culture Hillary Clinton’s TV Show, Gutsy, Is Obnoxiously Infantilizing and Cutesy     Liza Featherstone September 13, 2022Jacobin Gutsy, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton’s new TV series, showcases courageous women from an array of fields. But the show’s nar…

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September 18, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Ron DeSantis Should Be Prosecuted

Ron DeSantis Should Be Prosecuted     Jeff Weaver September 17, 2022Jacobin Stop calling it a “political stunt.” Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s use of vulnerable immigrants as props is disgusting and criminal. Florida governor Ron DeSantis speaks to supporter…

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September 18, 2022 at 12:05 AM

They Will Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares

They Will Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares     H Patricia Hynes September 14, 2022xxxxxx Nor will they train for war anymore.” Isaiah2:3-4 Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares, a sculpture by Evgeniy Vuchetich in the United Nations Art Collection, Wikipedia …

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