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June 19, 2023 at 5:50 AM

Sunday Science: Boston’s Colonial Universities Grab Land for Profit, War, and Medical Apartheid

Sunday Science: Boston’s Colonial Universities Grab Land for Profit, War, and Medical Apartheid     The Mapping Project June 3, 2023The Mapping Project Our interactive map illustrates some ways in which institutional support for the colonization of Palestine is struc…

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June 19, 2023 at 3:55 AM

AI, Job Loss, and Productivity Growth

AI, Job Loss, and Productivity Growth     Dean Baker June 12, 2023CEPR The moral of the story is that there is nothing about AI technology that should lead to mass unemployment and inequality. If those are outcomes, it will be the result of how we structured the rule…

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June 19, 2023 at 3:40 AM

Juneteenth, Explained

Juneteenth, Explained     Fabiola Cineas June 15, 2023Vox The holiday’s 158-year history holds a lot of meaning in the fight for Black liberation today. Juneteenth Celebration at Emancipation Park 1880 touched up. Thirty-one people in Houston's Fourth Ward. Re…

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June 19, 2023 at 2:45 AM

Mandela’s Black Marxism

Mandela’s Black Marxism     An interview with Paul S. Landau by Chris Webb June 16, 2023Africa is a Country Nelson Mandela is deified everywhere. But typically missing is an account of his early years, when he insisted that Marxism be responsive to South African cond…

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June 19, 2023 at 2:25 AM

The Colonial Origins of the UChicago Police

The Colonial Origins of the UChicago Police     Julian Go June 6, 2023Rampart Modern policing has its origin in colonial violence. The University of Chicago has long played a part in cultivating, promoting, spreading, and normalizing the tools of such state violence.…

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June 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

In Obama’s Working, There Is No Way Out

Portside Culture In Obama’s Working, There Is No Way Out     Alex N. Press June 12, 2023Jacobin Barack Obama abandoned his commitments to unions, and many top staffers went to work for the gig economy. In his Netflix series Working, the former president bears w…

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June 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

GOP Wants To Destroy Social Security As We Know It

GOP Wants To Destroy Social Security As We Know It     Jake Johnson June 15, 2023Common Dreams "The largest group of House Republicans just released a budget that calls for massive tax cuts for the super-rich and raising the Social Security retirement age, a benefit …

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June 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Massachusetts Green Bank Is Created

Massachusetts Green Bank Is Created     Gov. Maura Healey June 13, 2023Mass.gov Governor Healey Announces Creation of Massachusetts Community Climate Bank, Nation’s First Green Bank Dedicated to Affordable Housing Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Robin Lubbock…

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June 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Time To Seek Justice, Not Hand Out the Nobel Prize, for Economic Crimes

Time To Seek Justice, Not Hand Out the Nobel Prize, for Economic Crimes     Walden Bello June 13, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Neoliberalism has caused the widespread and institutional violation of human rights. Trash picker in the Philippines, (Shutterstock) …

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June 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The End of the Line for the Raunchy Billionaire Who Set the Stage for Donald Trump

The End of the Line for the Raunchy Billionaire Who Set the Stage for Donald Trump     Sam Pizzigati June 15, 2023Inequality.org This billionaire’s legacy? Two-thirds of all Italians between the ages of 18 and 34 are now living at home with their parents because Ital…

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June 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero

Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero     Chip Gibbons June 16, 2023Jacobin Honoring Ellsberg requires not just recalling him as a historic figure, but carrying on his work and legacy to dismantle the machinery of war that has claimed far too many lives and end its accompan…

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June 17, 2023 at 3:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 16, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | June 16, 2023     June 16, 2023xxxxxx DeSantis and Trump Among the Disciples. "We Built This" - Black-ish Season 4 Premiere. Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty in the Supreme Court. School Board President Destroys Homophobic Protestors. Why Disney W…

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June 17, 2023 at 2:40 AM

‘I’ve Never Regretted Doing It’: Daniel Ellsberg (1931–2023)

‘I’ve Never Regretted Doing It’: Daniel Ellsberg (1931–2023)     David Smith June 13, 2021Guardian Fifty years after exposing US lies about the Vietnam war, Daniel Ellsberg said the culture of official secrecy had gotten worse. He urged whistleblowers: ‘Don’t wait ye…

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June 17, 2023 at 2:10 AM

Justice Department Finds Pattern of Discriminatory Policing in Minneapolis

Justice Department Finds Pattern of Discriminatory Policing in Minneapolis     Stephen Montemayor and Liz Navratil June 16, 2023Star Tribune The Minneapolis Police Department routinely engaged in a pattern of racist and abusive behavior, according to a Justice Depart…

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June 17, 2023 at 1:55 AM

Beyond Racial Liberalism

Beyond Racial Liberalism     Felicia Wong and Kyle Strickland November 16, 2021Democracy Journal Victory requires the long view: the values and ideas that must animate our new fight for racial justice. March to commemorate the 55th anniversary of Bloody Sunday…

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June 17, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Major SCOTUS Victory for Native American Rights

Major SCOTUS Victory for Native American Rights     Kolby KickingWoman June 15, 2023ICT “We won on every single issue and [the petitioners' law firm] is not taking home anything. They're not winning on a 10th amendment issue. They're not winning on Indian as a race-b…

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June 17, 2023 at 1:10 AM

Chile: “We Are Currently Witnessing an Acceleration of Authoritarianism and the Deprivation of Fundamental Rights”

Chile: “We Are Currently Witnessing an Acceleration of Authoritarianism and the Deprivation of Fundamental Rights”     Nazaret Castro June 2, 2023Equal Times To understand what the population rejected on 4 September, we have to look at the left’s lack of an economic …

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June 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Not Brave, Not Free

Portside Culture Not Brave, Not Free     Lee Rossi October 4, 2022Cultural Daily California poet Lee Rossi knows what’s wrong with America—but who will listen? ,   Not Brave, Not Free By Lee Rossi                         after Tony Hoagland All m…

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June 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Living on a Smoke-Bomb of a Planet

Living on a Smoke-Bomb of a Planet     Tom Engelhardt June 15, 2023TomDispatch As those Canadian wildfires suggest, we’re now living on a new, not terribly recognizable, ever more perilous world in which not just this country but Planet Earth itself is in decline. Cl…

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June 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

We Ignore Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Candidacy at Our Peril

We Ignore Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Candidacy at Our Peril     Naomi Klein June 14, 2023The Guardian If recent developments in the Kennedy campaign have demonstrated anything, it’s that denial is not a viable political strategy. His sycophantic treatment of Elon Musk is …

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June 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

I’m a TV Writer on Food Stamps

I’m a TV Writer on Food Stamps     Jeanie Bergen May 16, 2023New York Magazine While writers like me struggle to make ends meet, Hollywood studios get rich off the content we create. Illustration: by Samantha Hahn // New York Magazine,   I was working as…

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June 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Surprising Pervasiveness of Pro-War Propaganda

The Surprising Pervasiveness of Pro-War Propaganda     Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Marcy Winograd June 15, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus The war in Ukraine has divided progressives like few other foreign policy issues in recent years. A Foreign Policy in Focus…

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June 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – June 15, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump Indictment; Killing Blacks a Growth Industry; David Byrne Relents; Readers Respond: “People’s Media” Network; 10 Years of Fight for $15; Eddie Kay Way-Street Naming Ceremony; Cartoons; More

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June 15, 2023 at 7:05 AM

How Much Damage Has the Trump-Putin Collusion Inflicted on America?

How Much Damage Has the Trump-Putin Collusion Inflicted on America?     Thom Hartmann June 14, 2023The Hartmann Report Does Trump’s goal appear to be, to paraphrase Ron DeSantis, to “Make America Russia?” , Image by hafteh7 from Pixabay   If Trump shared…

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June 15, 2023 at 6:55 AM

In ‘Climate-Wrecking’ Reversal, Shell Ditches Plans for Oil Production Cut and Hikes Dividend

In ‘Climate-Wrecking’ Reversal, Shell Ditches Plans for Oil Production Cut and Hikes Dividend     Jake Johnson June 14, 2023Common Dreams "It will always be profit over people and planet for polluters," said one campaigner. "Shell simply cannot be trusted—with either…

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June 15, 2023 at 6:45 AM

Tori Bowie and the Disturbing Reality of Rising Black Maternal Mortality

Tori Bowie and the Disturbing Reality of Rising Black Maternal Mortality     Sage Howard June 14, 2023Huff Post As Black birthing people remain three times more likely to die during childbirth than white people, racism — both in and outside the medical system — plays…

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June 15, 2023 at 6:30 AM

Trump’s Kryptonite: How Progressives Can Win Back the Working Class

Trump’s Kryptonite: How Progressives Can Win Back the Working Class     Editors June 13, 2023Jacobin A first-of-its-kind study from Jacobin, YouGov, and the Center for Working-Class Politics finds that economic populism can help progressives win more working-class vo…

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June 15, 2023 at 2:40 AM

Black Resistance According to Angela Davis and Tschabalala Self

Portside Culture Black Resistance According to Angela Davis and Tschabalala Self     Alexandra M. Thomas May 30, 2023Hyperallergic A radical communion of painting and writing, Art on the Frontline reckons with the leftist political potential of Black visual and…

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June 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – June 14, 2023

Global Left Midweek – June 14, 2023     June 14, 2023xxxxxx The demand: democracy. The response: advancing fascist movements and state repression. Protesters at Place de la Nation in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8. Credit, JOHN WESSELS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES  …

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June 14, 2023 at 12:30 AM

A Public Power Victory in New York State

A Public Power Victory in New York State     Trade Unions for Energy Democracy June 6, 2023The Bullet “Ninety years ago, FDR [President Franklin Delano Roosevelt] established the New York Power Authority to create power for the people. Today we reclaim that power, by…

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June 14, 2023 at 12:25 AM

America Is Facing a Mental Health Crisis

America Is Facing a Mental Health Crisis     Bernie Sanders June 13, 2023The Guardian Young people are grappling with challenges that no generation in modern history has been forced to deal with. They need our help now ‘The pandemic, the worst public health cr…

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June 14, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Amnesty Probe of Israeli Attacks on Gaza Shows ‘Human Toll of Apartheid’

Amnesty Probe of Israeli Attacks on Gaza Shows ‘Human Toll of Apartheid’     Jessica Corbett June 13, 2023Common Dreams "It has been a month since the cease-fire agreement between Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups, but the suffering that these recurren…

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June 14, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Social Housing: How a New Generation of Activists Are Reinventing Housing

Social Housing: How a New Generation of Activists Are Reinventing Housing     H. Jacob Carlson and Gianpaolo Baiocchi June 6, 2023Nonprofit Quarterly What is social housing? The simple answer is that it is a systemic approach to providing homes that treat housing no…

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June 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – June 13, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – June 13, 2023     June 13, 2023xxxxxx How Hollywood became the Marvel Universe , Maxim Usik   How Rightist Media Cover The People v. Trump Everything You Need to Know About AI CEO Out at CNN How Marvel Comics Swallowed Hollywood Th…

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June 13, 2023 at 2:45 AM

The Three Biggest Obstacles to Convicting Trump

The Three Biggest Obstacles to Convicting Trump     Paul Rosenzweig June 11, 2023The Atlantic Although Special Counsel Jack Smith has brought a strong case, he still faces significant challenges. ,   Donald Trump has been indicted on 37 felony counts rel…

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June 13, 2023 at 12:40 AM

The Emerging Anti-MAGA Majority

The Emerging Anti-MAGA Majority     Michael Podhorzer June 8, 2023Weekend Reading Wake up: Trump has fundamentally reshaped the electorate. This is good news for the fight against MAGA fascism. ,   In 2016, Trump shocked the world by tearing down the “Bl…

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June 13, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, June 13 . . .

This Week in People’s History, June 13 . . .     xxxxxx A people's tribune's birthday. Opposing the Vietnam War in 1968. Opposing U.S. imperialism in 1898. Debs' 1918 sedition conviction. A win for abolitionists in 1833. Boycotting Jim Crow in 1953. Thousands say, 'E…

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June 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

California’s ‘Local Food Producers’ Hope Proposed New Label Will Boost Support

Portside Culture California’s ‘Local Food Producers’ Hope Proposed New Label Will Boost Support     Naoki Nitta May 19, 2023Modern Farmer A new bill aims to help the state’s independent farmers by first labeling who they are. The Sunday Marin Farmers Mar…

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June 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

To Deepen Democracy, Give Workers More Say

To Deepen Democracy, Give Workers More Say     Desmond Serrette May 12, 2023Convergence If we are to save our democracy, we must increase the influence of everyday people, of the workers who make corporations run. Worker power is the only counterbalance to corporate …

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June 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The SEC Comes for Big Crypto

The SEC Comes for Big Crypto     Ryan Cooper June 7, 2023The American Prospect The agency has sued both Binance and Coinbase for violating securities law. , Jonathan Raa/NURPHOTO via AP   The crypto industry hasn’t had a great year. We’ve seen the epic c…

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June 12, 2023 at 12:10 AM

The Implications of New US Troop Arrivals in Peru

The Implications of New US Troop Arrivals in Peru     W. T. Whitney June 9, 2023CounterPunch The U.S. troops arrive amid an upsurge of Peru’s underclass. Peru’s mostly rural, poor, and indigenous majority elected the recently deposed Castillo as president in 2021, th…

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June 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

A Slow Emancipation

A Slow Emancipation     Anna Wood June 9, 2023Africa Is A Country What peanut trading in late 19th century Senegal tells us about the fine line between slavery and freedom. , E. Diop on Unsplash   In Slaves for Peanuts, Jori Lewis, an award-winning journ…

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June 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

How Hollywood’s Anti-Communist Crackdown Made TV and Movies Bland and Boring

Portside Culture How Hollywood’s Anti-Communist Crackdown Made TV and Movies Bland and Boring     Eileen Jones June 8, 2023Jacobin The conformity of 1950s film and television was the result of the successful McCarthyist purge of leftists — and their genres — fr…

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June 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

What’s Behind the Summit of South American Nations in Brasilia?

What’s Behind the Summit of South American Nations in Brasilia?     Presenter: Adrian Finighan, Guests: Temir Porras Ponceleon, Guillaume Long, Danny Shaw May 31, 2023Aljazeera Brazil’s president wants economic and political bloc to benefit region. Leaders from South…

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June 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

How Black Women Writers Got It Done

How Black Women Writers Got It Done     Marina Magloire June 6, 2023The Nation Claudia Tate’s 1983 collection of interviews is an important look into the trials writers like Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou faced on their way to mainstream acceptance Nikki Giova…

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June 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Sunday Science: Discovered in Collections, Many New Species Are Already Gone

Sunday Science: Discovered in Collections, Many New Species Are Already Gone     Katarina Zimmer May 29, 2023Undark Scientists are increasingly seeing evidence of “dark extinction” in museum and botanical garden collections. The bee species Hypotrigona kleiner…

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June 11, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden’s Antitrust Adviser Tees Off on Golf Merger

Biden’s Antitrust Adviser Tees Off on Golf Merger     Sara Morrison June 9, 2023Vox Why Tim Wu thinks regulators might block a PGA Tour-LIV Golf “partnership.” Tim Wu, gruntzooki   The golf world was rocked this week by news that the PGA Tour, Europe’s D…

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June 11, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Merck Says Negotiating Drug Prices Is Unconstitutional

Merck Says Negotiating Drug Prices Is Unconstitutional     Ryan Cooper June 8, 2023American Prospect The Inflation Reduction Act took minor steps against Big Pharma price-gouging. Merck is outraged. Merck’s core argument is that the drug price reform in the In…

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June 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM

When California Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Overworked Nurses, Better Patient Outcomes Followed

When California Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Overworked Nurses, Better Patient Outcomes Followed     Mark Kreidler May 12, 2023Capital & Main The case for strict staffing ratios in American hospitals and skilled nursing facilities is remarkably straightforward…

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June 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM

I Crashed Henry Kissinger’s 100th-Birthday Party: The Elite Love Him But for Some Reason Won’t Say Why.

I Crashed Henry Kissinger’s 100th-Birthday Party: The Elite Love Him But for Some Reason Won’t Say Why.     Jonathan Guyer June 8, 2023New York Magazine Kissinger is having an extended birthday month. It has also been a month of outstanding watchdog reporting — inclu…

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