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April 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why GOP Culture Warriors Lost Big in School Board Races This Month

Why GOP Culture Warriors Lost Big in School Board Races This Month     Juan Perez Jr. April 17, 2023Politico “Don’t assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said. "Fortunate…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Day Care Waitlists Are So Long, Moms Are Quitting Their Jobs or Choosing To Stop Having Kids

Day Care Waitlists Are So Long, Moms Are Quitting Their Jobs or Choosing To Stop Having Kids     Chabeli Carrazana March 30, 2023The 19th After the pandemic decimated the child care industry, parents are now routinely waiting years for care and doing anything they ca…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Why Did Madison Write the Second Amendment?

Why Did Madison Write the Second Amendment?     Carl T. Bogus April 9, 2023History News Network The Second Amendment was intended in the first instance to protect slaveholders from the people they owned. Slave patrol examining passes on the levee road below Ne…

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April 17, 2023 at 7:00 AM

Sunday Science: Mysterious Dark Matter Mapped in Finest Detail Yet

Sunday Science: Mysterious Dark Matter Mapped in Finest Detail Yet     Jonathan Amos April 11, 2023BBC Research led by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration maps the universe’s cosmic growth supporting Einstein's theory of general relativity. In the ar…

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April 17, 2023 at 6:35 AM

How Policymakers Fight a Losing Battle With Models

How Policymakers Fight a Losing Battle With Models     Elizabeth Warren April 4, 2023The American Prospect Reforms are needed to ensure that inaccurate budgetary math doesn’t take precedence over maximizing long-term prosperity. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) co…

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April 17, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Brandon Johnson Won in Chicago. Now His Movement Will Have To Beat Capital Strikes.

Brandon Johnson Won in Chicago. Now His Movement Will Have To Beat Capital Strikes.     Kevin A. Young April 12, 2023Jacobin Brandon Johnson’s mayoral victory is a first step toward transforming the deeply unequal city. If he’s going to undertake radical reform effor…

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April 17, 2023 at 5:40 AM

A Framework To Help Us Understand the World

A Framework To Help Us Understand the World     Olúf ́mi O. Táíwò March 10, 2023Hammer and Hope Out of a common history emerged racism, capitalism, and the whole world. This offers us a clue on how to change that world. “The Weight of Scars,” 2015, Otobong Nka…

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April 17, 2023 at 5:15 AM

Lula’s Plan: A Global Battle Against Trumpism

Lula’s Plan: A Global Battle Against Trumpism     Alexander Burns April 13, 2023Politico Inspired by Brazil’s president, Americans on the left consider whether to match the international right with a movement of their own. Presidents Joe Biden and Luiz Inácio …

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April 17, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Beef Is the Best Show Netflix Has Had in Recent Memory

Portside Culture Beef Is the Best Show Netflix Has Had in Recent Memory     Alex Abad-Santos April 12, 2023Vox Netflix and A24’s Beef is astounding, anti-ambient TV. Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, and Ali Wong’s wig — the three fantastic actors in Netflix’s Beef…

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April 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

PACT Act Problems

PACT Act Problems     Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early April 6, 2023The Progressive The VA is unprepared for a flood of claims from veterans disabled by toxic exposure. n this February 4, 2013, file photo, US soldiers watch garbage incinerate in a burn pit at Forwa…

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April 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Americans Say Medication Abortion Should Be Legal

Americans Say Medication Abortion Should Be Legal     Hannah Hartig April 11, 2023Pew Research Center By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state. , Pew Research Center   With the future of abortion pills in …

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April 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

An American Dilemma: Michael Kazin and the Recycling of Cold War Liberalism

An American Dilemma: Michael Kazin and the Recycling of Cold War Liberalism     Jonathan Feldman April 11, 2023CounterPunch A coherent U.S. policy would be based on a more cooperative posture towards the Russians not militarist expansionism which empowers militarists…

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April 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Ilhan Omar Embarks on New Path No Longer Defined by ‘Firsts’

Ilhan Omar Embarks on New Path No Longer Defined by ‘Firsts’     Farnoush Amiri April 9, 2023AP News While many voiced concerns that her removal from the House Foreign Affairs Committee would effectively silence her on foreign policy, Omar said Republicans badly misc…

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April 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Impossibility of Actual Politics

The Impossibility of Actual Politics     Nihal El Aasar April 10, 2023Africa is a Country Reflections on the Arab Spring After Twelve Years: A ‘failed’ revolution may not be entirely failed if we consider significant transformations that may transpire at the level of…

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April 15, 2023 at 2:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | April 14, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | April 14, 2023     April 14, 2023xxxxxx Clarence Thomas' Secret Life of Luxury. Teach Your Children | Playing For Change. Tennessee Republicans Met With Devastating Response. What Is Working-Class Environmentalism? How Solar Energy Got So Cheap.…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:05 AM

LBJ vs. MLK

LBJ vs. MLK     Jonathan Eig and Jeanne Theoharis April 12, 2023New York Times New documents reveal that Johnson was more of an antagonist to King and a conspirator with Hoover than he has been portrayed. He knew exactly what J. Edgar Hoover was doing. Martin…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:05 AM

After His Abortion Pill Ruling, What Will Judge Kacsmaryk Do Next?

After His Abortion Pill Ruling, What Will Judge Kacsmaryk Do Next?     Grace Benninghoff April 11, 2023The Texas Monthly Coming up on the docket of Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Amarillo judge: cases involving socially conscious investing, press freedoms, and workplace hara…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Organizing Pays Off: Brandon Johnson’s Chicago Win

Organizing Pays Off: Brandon Johnson’s Chicago Win     Barbara Ransby April 13, 2023The Nation Movement organizers claimed a hard-won collective victory with Brandon Johnson's election. Now the Windy City’s first movement mayor faces a formidable array of challenges,…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Republican ‘Billionaires Pay Zero Tax’ Act

The Republican ‘Billionaires Pay Zero Tax’ Act     Bob Lord April 4, 2023Inequality.org A new GOP bill, formally entitled the ’Death Tax Repeal Act,’ would enable our super-rich to avoid both income and estate tax on their investment gains. ,   Under Ame…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

No Regrets

Portside Culture No Regrets     W.D. Ehrhart April 14, 2023 The poet W.D. Ehrhart, veteran of both the Marines and Vietnam Veterans Against the War asks seriously, how can people like Henry Kissinger claim a lifetime of “no regrets”? ,   No Regrets…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced To Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas’s

54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced To Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas’s     Adam Cohen April 11, 2023New York Times The last time such serious allegations were made against a sitting justice, Congress responded firmly, in bipartisa…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Six Ways Existing Economic Models Are Killing the Economy

Six Ways Existing Economic Models Are Killing the Economy     Nick Hanauer April 5, 2023The American Prospect Economic models do not, and never can, fully reflect the extraordinary complexity of human markets. The point is to create useful abstractions to provide dec…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Behind the Expulsions of Two State Representatives in Tennessee – GOP Super-Majorities Are Undermining Democracy in States

Behind the Expulsions of Two State Representatives in Tennessee – GOP Super-Majorities Are Undermining Democracy in States     Sue Halpern April 10, 2023The New Yorker The expulsions of two Black lawmakers, following large student protests for gun control, are part o…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Doctors in Britain Go on Four-Day Strike

Doctors in Britain Go on Four-Day Strike     Sachin Ravikumar April 11, 2023Reuters Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Apr. 13, 2023 – Reader Comments: Clarence Thomas Lived Large Thanks to Nazi Worshipper; GOP Expels Black Representatives for ’Representing While Black; Ukraine War, NATO; Celebrate the Legacy of Charlene Mitchell; More...

Tidbits – Apr. 13, 2023 – Reader Comments: Clarence Thomas Lived Large Thanks to Nazi Worshipper; GOP Expels Black Representatives for ’Representing While Black; Ukraine War, NATO; Celebrate the Legacy of Charlene Mitchell; More…     April 13, 2023xxxxxx Reader Comme…

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April 13, 2023 at 5:30 AM

One camp at a time, a Seattle group is transforming its approach to homelessness

One camp at a time, a Seattle group is transforming its approach to homelessness     Katia Riddle April 11, 2023NPR Program staff spend weeks getting to know people in homeless encampments like this one. In addition to housing, they find out what the people need. …

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April 13, 2023 at 5:15 AM

Judge’s Ruling Against Abortion Pill Is Filled With Activists’ Language

Judge’s Ruling Against Abortion Pill Is Filled With Activists’ Language     Charlie Savage and Pam Belluck April 11, 2023The New York Times The preliminary ruling from Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk adopts the terminology of anti-abortion groups, such as “chemical aborti…

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April 13, 2023 at 5:05 AM

AOC: The Biden Administration’s Rightward Turn Is “A Profound Miscalculation”

AOC: The Biden Administration’s Rightward Turn Is “A Profound Miscalculation”     AOC Interview by David Sirota April 11, 2023Jacobin In an interview, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discusses her call for Clarence Thomas’s impeachment, Joe Biden’s reelection prospects…

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April 13, 2023 at 4:35 AM

US Fascism Is Spreading Under the Guise of “Patriotic Education”

US Fascism Is Spreading Under the Guise of “Patriotic Education”     Henry A. Giroux , April 10, 2023Truthout Republicans are rallying behind racist pedagogy as an organizing principle. Great Oak High School students leave campus in protest of the district's b…

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April 13, 2023 at 12:35 AM

Sex and the State

Portside Culture Sex and the State     Sex and the State December 22, 2022Dissent Paisley Currah’s Sex Is as Sex Does raises questions about efforts to achieve equal recognition under laws that sanction repression and inequality. ,   Sex Is as Sex …

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April 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 12, 2023

Global Left Midweek – April 12, 2023     April 12, 2023xxxxxx European insights – Who votes for the left, and why? The iconic image of Kandaka Alaa Salah during the revolutionary protests on April 8, 2019, in Khartoum. Credit, Lana H. Haroun   Europe: El…

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April 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Tennessee Republicans Kicked Out Justin Jones for Gun Control Protests. He’s Back.

Tennessee Republicans Kicked Out Justin Jones for Gun Control Protests. He’s Back.     Li Zhou April 11, 2023Vox Jones was unanimously reinstated by the Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday. State Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville raises his fist after being …

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April 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Pentagon Leaks: US Seeks To Mend Ties After Claims Washington Spied on Key Allies

Pentagon Leaks: US Seeks To Mend Ties After Claims Washington Spied on Key Allies     Justin McCurry in Tokyo, Julian Borger in Washington and Ben Doherty in Sydney April 11, 2023The Guardian Defense secretary speaks to South Korean counterpart after leak suggesting …

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April 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Celebrating Daniel Ellsberg and a Courage Unconfined to the Past

Celebrating Daniel Ellsberg and a Courage Unconfined to the Past     Norman Solomon April 11, 2023Common Dreams In the closing time of his life, the famed whistleblower continues to speak out with urgency, in particular about the need for genuine diplomacy between th…

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April 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Just Another Week in the Federalist Society Hellscape

Just Another Week in the Federalist Society Hellscape     Michael Podhorzer April 10, 2023Substack Power corrupts; gerrymandering corrupts absolutely. , Painting by Sharif Tarabay   Q: What do last week’s stories about Clarence Thomas, the Tennessee expu…

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April 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘Showing Up’ Review: A Stressed Artist Befriends a Wounded Pigeon in Kelly Reichardt’s Feather-Light Comedy

Portside Culture ‘Showing Up’ Review: A Stressed Artist Befriends a Wounded Pigeon in Kelly Reichardt’s Feather-Light Comedy     David Erlich May 27, 2022Indie Wire Making art in all its everyday glory: In their latest movie together, Michelle Williams and dire…

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April 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 11, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 11, 2023     April 11, 2023xxxxxx What a difference a day makes! Chicago and Wisconsin voters turn the tables , Judy Heumann, 1947-2023   The Left Lashes Back Chicago’s New Mayor is a Public Education Champ Tennes…

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April 11, 2023 at 4:55 AM

How One Mother’s Love for Her Gay Son Started a Revolution

How One Mother’s Love for Her Gay Son Started a Revolution     Kathryn Schulz April 10, 2023The New Yorker In the sixties and seventies, fighting for the rights of queer people was considered radical activism. To Jeanne Manford, it was just part of being a parent. …

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April 11, 2023 at 12:45 AM

The American Civil War Ended on This Day. It Should Be a National Holiday

The American Civil War Ended on This Day. It Should Be a National Holiday     Steve Phillips April 9, 2023Guardian Rather than celebrate this milestone of multiracial democracy, our leaders conspicuously ignore the occasion ,   Today should be a national…

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April 11, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Rutgers Strike Sends Professors to Picket Lines Chanting ‘RU Listening? We Are Picketing.’

Rutgers Strike Sends Professors to Picket Lines Chanting ‘RU Listening? We Are Picketing.’     Katie Kausch, Jackie Roman, Jeff Goldman April 10, 2023NJ.com Union members representing three Rutgers University unions took to picket lines on Monday morning as 9,000 mem…

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April 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM

What These Imitation Foods Are Actually Made Of

Portside Culture What These Imitation Foods Are Actually Made Of     Brian Boone December 12, 2022The Daily Meal In order to get as many people as possible to buy their products, food companies often employ labeling which is misleading. A high number of commonl…

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April 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Ecuador: Murder of Key Witness in Investigation of President Lasso, Others, Raises More Questions

Ecuador: Murder of Key Witness in Investigation of President Lasso, Others, Raises More Questions     April 3, 2023CEPR Witness Was Close Associate of Lasso’s Inner Circle, Business Partners, and Campaign Donors Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso speaks durin…

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April 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Capitalism’s Fascist Temptation

Capitalism’s Fascist Temptation     Dave Anderson March 30, 2023Boulder Weekly MAGA mega-donor Peter Thiel, the leading Silicon Valley libertarian who promoted cryptocurrency and floating tax refuges beyond the reach of government, wrote in 2009 that democracy is no …

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April 10, 2023 at 7:10 AM

Science Sunday: Racist and Sexist Depictions of Human Evolution Still Permeate Science, Education and Popular Culture Today

Science Sunday: Racist and Sexist Depictions of Human Evolution Still Permeate Science, Education and Popular Culture Today     Rui Diogo April 5, 2023The Conversation Despite the significant societal changes that have occurred in the last 150 years, sexist and racis…

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April 10, 2023 at 6:50 AM

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar’s End Child Poverty Act Is a Political and Policy Home Run

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar’s End Child Poverty Act Is a Political and Policy Home Run     Matt Bruenig April 7, 2023Jacobin US Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar just introduced the End Child Poverty Act, which would set up a universal child benefit. It’s a major i…

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April 10, 2023 at 5:05 AM

When Truly Stolen Elections Changed the Course of American History

When Truly Stolen Elections Changed the Course of American History     Stan Haynes April 9, 2023History News Network While the recent election fraud allegations have been rejected by the courts due to lack of supporting evidence, there was a time in American history …

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April 10, 2023 at 4:45 AM

King David and Boss Daley

King David and Boss Daley     Bobby Vanecko November 17, 2022South Side Weekly Professor Lance Williams traces the stories and conflicts of two powerful Chicago leaders, David Barksdale and Richard J. Daley, in a recent book. David Barksdale and Richard J. Dal…

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April 10, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Why Israeli Efforts To Write a Constitution Always Fail

Why Israeli Efforts To Write a Constitution Always Fail     Dahlia Scheindlin April 4, 2023+972 Magazine Resurrected by the protest movement, the idea of a constitution has been pursued throughout Israel's history. But opposition to equality foils its fruition. …

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April 10, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies Review: A Blast From the Past Through a Modern Lens

Portside Culture Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies Review: A Blast From the Past Through a Modern Lens     Jenna Scherer April 6, 2023AV Club Paramount Plus' 1950s-set series 'Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies' is filled with progressive Gen-Z values. Their struggl…

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April 9, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Everyone Blasts Ruling on FDA’s Mifepristone Approval

Everyone Blasts Ruling on FDA’s Mifepristone Approval     Brett Wilkins April 8, 2023Common Dreams "Today's ruling from a MAGA judge—who was hand-selected to hear this case by the anti-abortion activists who brought it—is an audacious act of judicial meddling in our …

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