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August 11, 2023 at 1:40 AM

This World Cup’s Anti-USWNT Outrage Isn’t Just Hateful, It’s Irrational

This World Cup’s Anti-USWNT Outrage Isn’t Just Hateful, It’s Irrational     Meg Linehan August 9, 2023The Athletic Consider the fact that so many of the people heaping invective on this U.S. team are doing so while trumpeting the need to “protect women’s sports” – so…
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August 11, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Tidbits – Aug.10, 2023 – Reader Comments: Ohio Voted!; Hiroshima – Nagasaki – Never Again!; VFX Workers Unionizing at Marvel Studios; How Policy Has Shaped Racial Economic Disparities; Films: Sacco and Vanzetti; King Coal; Cartoons; More; ...

Tidbits – Aug.10, 2023 – Reader Comments: Ohio Voted!; Hiroshima – Nagasaki – Never Again!; VFX Workers Unionizing at Marvel Studios; How Policy Has Shaped Racial Economic Disparities; Films: Sacco and Vanzetti; King Coal; Cartoons; More; …     August 10, 2023xxxxxx …
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August 10, 2023 at 5:15 AM

The Hollywood Strike Drags On Because of One Stumbling Block: Studio Greed

The Hollywood Strike Drags On Because of One Stumbling Block: Studio Greed     Kathleen Sharp August 8, 2023The Guardian Execs make hundreds of millions of dollars, yet 87% of Sag actors don’t make the $26,470 a year to qualify for health insurance , CBS News …
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August 10, 2023 at 5:05 AM

India Is on the Brink

India Is on the Brink     Debasish Roy Chowdhury August 9, 2023New York Times India is a diverse nation, crisscrossed by religious, ethnic, caste, regional and political fault lines. Prime Minister Modi's government has torn those asunder seeking to remake India’s se…
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August 10, 2023 at 4:45 AM

Whole-of-Community Resilience

Whole-of-Community Resilience     Lydia Bates August 7, 2023Learning for Justice Helping young people build resilience against manipulative extremist narratives and conspiracy theories requires all adults in a young person’s trusted network to be equipped with the sk…
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August 10, 2023 at 4:30 AM

A New, Chilling Secret About the Manhattan Project Has Just Been Made Public

A New, Chilling Secret About the Manhattan Project Has Just Been Made Public     Fred Kaplan August 8, 2023Slate Turns out Oppenheimer’s boss lied, repeatedly, about radiation poisoning. Maj. Gen. Groves and J. R. Oppenheimer view the base of the steel tower u…
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August 10, 2023 at 3:05 AM

Poetry, Biography, and the Unknowable

Portside Culture Poetry, Biography, and the Unknowable     Hollis Robbins July 30, 2023Los Angeles Review of Books These books offer two approaches to the life and work of Wheatley, who is a cornerstone figure of the U.S. and African American literary tradition…
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August 10, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Climate Movement All Over

Global Left Midweek – Climate Movement All Over     August 9, 2023xxxxxx “We need to have a grown-up conversation about what kind of system do we need, that will stop this ridiculous, outrageous harming that we're doing to ourselves and the planet.” - Gail Bradbrook …
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August 9, 2023 at 12:35 AM

“Nurses Fight Godzilla”

“Nurses Fight Godzilla”     Chris Hedges August 3, 2023The Chris Hedges Report Nurses, battered by the almost inhuman demands put on them during the pandemic, have been especially hard hit. Almost one-third of New Jersey’s nurses have left the profession in the last …
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August 9, 2023 at 12:30 AM

The 1933 Conference That Helped Forge Civil Rights Unionism

The 1933 Conference That Helped Forge Civil Rights Unionism     Eben Miller August 8, 2023Jacobin Ninety years ago this month, at the Amenia conference co-organized by W. E. B. Du Bois, young black leftists argued for a mass politics aligned with the labor movement. …
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August 9, 2023 at 12:30 AM

Voters Don’t Have a Voice in Governance. Citizen Assemblies Could Be the Answer.

Voters Don’t Have a Voice in Governance. Citizen Assemblies Could Be the Answer.     Marjan H. Ehsassi August 6, 2023Truthout What will it take for U.S. politicians to provide outlets for a consequential voice to citizens between elections? People gather durin…
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August 9, 2023 at 12:30 AM

Why Reverend Jesse Jackson Was Right. The Issue Is Not Race or Class, but Rather Race and Class.

Why Reverend Jesse Jackson Was Right. The Issue Is Not Race or Class, but Rather Race and Class.     Vincente Navarro August 7, 2023xxxxxx The Issue Is Not Race or Class, but Rather Race and Class. Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke at the UN today for the Internati…
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August 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Why Barbie Must Be Punished

Portside Culture Why Barbie Must Be Punished     Leslie Jamison July 29, 2023The NewYorker "She was flawless, something had to be wrong. I wanted to heal her, but I also needed her sick. I wanted to become Barbie, and I wanted to destroy her. I wanted her perf…
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August 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – August 8, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – August 8, 2023     August 8, 2023xxxxxx X marks the despot, hackivists fight the power, and more hot flashes from media land ,   The Digitalization of Work Musk, X and Hate Covering the Tipping Point BlueSky Disney’s Content Purge …
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August 8, 2023 at 12:10 AM

The ‘Socialism of Fools’ of the ‘Anti-Imperialist’ Left

The ‘Socialism of Fools’ of the ‘Anti-Imperialist’ Left     William Robinson August 7, 2023The Philosophical Salon Such 'socialism' condemns repression practiced by the U.S. and the governments it supports, yet turns a blind eye to, or even defends repressive, author…
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August 8, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, August 8 – 14

This Week in People’s History, August 8 – 14     xxxxxx Documenting the Vietnam War in 1969. War crime in Yemen in 2018. Face-masks protect from pandemic in 1918. Hip-hop is born in 1973. White House report doesn't see race in 1938. Blowin' In the Wind dropped in 196…
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August 8, 2023 at 12:05 AM

WHO Releases Updated Guidelines on Defining Healthy Diets

Portside Culture WHO Releases Updated Guidelines on Defining Healthy Diets     Harvard Chan Newsletter The Nutrition Source Harvard experts say most recommendations are well-supported, but guidance on total fat intake omits decades of evidence ,   T…
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August 8, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Redemption Songs: The Forgotten History of American Prison Music

Redemption Songs: The Forgotten History of American Prison Music     Maurice Chammah August 3, 2023The Marshall Project From blues to gospel, country to rap, people have been making music behind bars for decades. Here’s why we should all tune in. , MEREDITH RI…
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August 8, 2023 at 12:00 AM

On 78th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing, Mayor Decries ‘Folly’ of Deterrence Theory

On 78th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing, Mayor Decries ‘Folly’ of Deterrence Theory     Olivia Rosane August 6, 2023Common Dreams "Believers of proactive nuclear deterrence, who say nuclear weapons are indispensable to maintain peace, are only delaying the progress …
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August 8, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Looking Back at the Steelworkers Fight Back Campaign – Part 3

Looking Back at the Steelworkers Fight Back Campaign – Part 3     Garrett Brown July 5, 2023Stansbury Forum 3rd in three-part posting on Steelworkers Fightback reform movement in the 1970s. Brown documents issues and personalities that drove the movement of relevance…
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August 7, 2023 at 7:50 AM

Sunday Science: A Theory of Childbirth’s Evolution May Not Be What You’re Expecting

Sunday Science: A Theory of Childbirth’s Evolution May Not Be What You’re Expecting     Carl Zimmer July 30, 2023New York Times Scientists are revisiting an influential theory that the evolution of big brains made human childbirth risky. , Nicole Rifkin …
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August 7, 2023 at 7:20 AM

Momentum for New and Expanded State Child Tax Credits, Earned Income Tax Credits Continued in 2023

Momentum for New and Expanded State Child Tax Credits, Earned Income Tax Credits Continued in 2023     Samantha Waxman, Amelia Minkin August 1, 2023Center on Budget and Policy Priorities These two efforts build on the success of the federal Child Tax Credit in reduci…
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August 7, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Sarah Polley’s Act of Imagination

Sarah Polley’s Act of Imagination     Brianna Di Monda August 3, 2023Dissent Women Talking is about the struggle to unearth language capable of describing profound desires for freedom and safety. Still from Women Talking , Universal Pictures   In Sarah P…
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August 7, 2023 at 5:45 AM

The Election That Could Determine the Future of Democracy in Ohio

The Election That Could Determine the Future of Democracy in Ohio     Sam Levine August 6, 2023The Guardian Ohio will be voting on a measure that makes it harder to amend the constitution in a high-stakes election – and the Republican proposal is ‘minority rule’, exp…
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August 7, 2023 at 4:05 AM

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room     August 5, 2023 There cannot be democracy for Jews in Israel as long as Palestinians live under a regime of apartheid, as Israeli legal experts have described it. , Shoshke   We, academics and other public figures from Israel/…
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August 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation Production Staff File To Unionize

Portside Culture Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation Production Staff File To Unionize     Susana Polo July 20, 2023Polygon The effort by Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation production staff filing to unionize was sparked by Warner Bros. recent reorgani…
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August 6, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Liberation Statement on the Situation in Niger

Liberation Statement on the Situation in Niger     Morning Star The people of Niger, facing a desperate situation, are threatened with the withdrawal of vital humanitarian aid from the country in response to the coup, a move tantamount to a punitive measure and essent…
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August 6, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Who Is Hustling Who?

Who Is Hustling Who?     Mukoma wa Ngugi July 31, 2023Africa is a Country In Kenya, political elites across the spectrum are trying to sell off the country for themselves—capitulation is inevitable. , Photo by Bennett Tobias on Unsplash.   There should b…
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August 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘The Athletic Is the Negation of Local Sports Coverage’

‘The Athletic Is the Negation of Local Sports Coverage’     Janine Jackson interviews Dave Zirin August 2, 2023FAIR They say, “Hey, we’re going to have the best sports coverage in the world.” After you fire or reassign all your sports reporters? That’s how you make t…
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August 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

August 2, 2023

August 2, 2023     Heather Cox Richardson August 3, 2023Letters from an American “I understand Trump fatigue, but it feels like the president and his advisors preparing to use the military to quash protests against his planned coup should be bigger news." , …
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August 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

US Leaders Split on China Policy

US Leaders Split on China Policy     Richard Wolff August 4, 2023CounterPunch On the one hand, U.S. policy aims to constrain China’s economic and military development because it is our chief competitor and thus enemy. On the other hand, it seeks to secure the benefit…
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August 5, 2023 at 12:45 AM

Friday Nite Videos | August 4, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | August 4, 2023     August 4, 2023xxxxxx One Company Controls America’s Entire Health Care System. Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall. Reservation Dogs | Season 3. Oppenheimer’s Secret City, Explained. How Humans Change Their Own DNA. …
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August 5, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Florida Activists Aim To Put Abortion Rights on the Ballot

Florida Activists Aim To Put Abortion Rights on the Ballot     Regan McCarthy August 4, 2023NPR A Florida Supreme Court decision is expected to trigger a six-week ban passed by the Republican-led state legislature. But an effort is now underway to enshrine the right …
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August 5, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Trump War on Democracy Is Far From Over

The Trump War on Democracy Is Far From Over     David Corn Mother Jones Ultimately, Trump is not the main danger. Trump was aided and abetted by millions of co-conspirators: the MAGA Republicans who bought his lies and still do. ,   Fight disinformation: …
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August 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan Acts

A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan Acts     Joseph Patrick Kelly August 4, 2023The Conversation The 1870s laws passed by the Reconstruction Congress to enforce 14th Amendment rights and to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, are now being used against Trump. …
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August 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Poisoned Water

Portside Culture Poisoned Water     Philip C. Kolin Mississippi poet Philip C. Kolin reminds us of the next imminent global disaster—bad water—and in some places it’s already here. ,   Poisoned Water By Philip C. Kolin Water worldwide is dying of p…
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August 4, 2023 at 11:20 PM

About Half of US Republicans Could Spurn Trump if He Is Convicted, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Shows

About Half of US Republicans Could Spurn Trump if He Is Convicted, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Shows     Jason Lange August 3, 2023Reuters The two-day poll, which closed before Trump's Thursday arraignment, asked respondents if they would vote for Trump for president if he we…
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August 4, 2023 at 12:30 AM

Using the Klu Klux Klan Acts To Indict Trump Is the Most Significant Aspect of This Case

Using the Klu Klux Klan Acts To Indict Trump Is the Most Significant Aspect of This Case     Charles Ellison August 2, 2023The B|E Note The most important of all indictments against the former president: openly and long-time racist businessman and politician being br…
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August 4, 2023 at 12:10 AM

White Minority Locks Out First Black Mayor of Newbern, Alabama

White Minority Locks Out First Black Mayor of Newbern, Alabama     Equal Justice Initiative July 24, 2023Equal Justice Initiative Patrick Braxton, first Black mayor of Newbern, small town in Alabama’s Black Belt region, filed federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the…
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August 4, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Other Progressives To Visit Left-Ruled Latin American Nations

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Other Progressives To Visit Left-Ruled Latin American Nations     Tracy Wilkinson August 3, 2023Los Angeles Times New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a group of fellow progressive Democrats are heading to South America later this mont…
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August 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Judea vs ’Fantasy Israel: Ilan Pappé on the Collapse of Israeli Pillars, and the Opportunities for Palestine

Judea vs ’Fantasy Israel: Ilan Pappé on the Collapse of Israeli Pillars, and the Opportunities for Palestine     Ilan Pappé July 31, 2023The Palestine Chronicle The future liberated and de-Zionised Palestine may look now as a fantasy, but unlike Fantasy Israel, it ha…
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August 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Aug. 3, 2023 – Reader Comments: Criminal Indictments; Eliminate Nuclear Weapons; Voting Rights and DC Statehood; Campaign for Democracy; Israel Reality; Message From a German Reader; John H. Bracey, Jr Memorial; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – Aug. 3, 2023 – Reader Comments: Criminal Indictments; Eliminate Nuclear Weapons; Voting Rights and DC Statehood; Campaign for Democracy; Israel Reality; Message From a German Reader; John H. Bracey, Jr Memorial; Cartoons; More…     August 3, 2023xxxxxx Read…
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August 3, 2023 at 6:10 AM

‘A Second Prison’: People Face Hidden Dead Ends When They Pursue a Range of Careers Post-Incarceration

‘A Second Prison’: People Face Hidden Dead Ends When They Pursue a Range of Careers Post-Incarceration     Tara Garcia Mathewson July 28, 2023The Hechinger Report Nearly 14,000 laws and regulations restrict people who have been convicted or even just arrested from ge…
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August 3, 2023 at 5:55 AM

The 45 Pages That Skewer Trump’s Bid To Destroy American Democracy

The 45 Pages That Skewer Trump’s Bid To Destroy American Democracy     Ed Pilkington August 2, 2023The Guardian Two and half years in the making, special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment presents a devastating case laced with telling detail Special counsel Jack…
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August 3, 2023 at 5:40 AM

Top Medical Journals Publish Unprecedented Joint Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Top Medical Journals Publish Unprecedented Joint Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons     Jake Johnson August 2, 2023Common Dreams "The nuclear-armed states must eliminate their nuclear arsenals before they eliminate us." Anti-nuclear protest in Taipei.…
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August 3, 2023 at 5:25 AM

50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt

50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt     Stan Karp August 1, 2023Rethinking Schools The Shaky Foundations of U.S. School Funding , Illustrator: Boris Séméniako   This year marks the 50th anniversary of San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, t…
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August 3, 2023 at 12:45 AM

“No Equal Justice”: The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett

Portside Culture “No Equal Justice”: The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett     David Gespass January 5, 2023National Lawyers Guild Review George W. Crockett was a pioneering labor lawyer, defender of Communists and other left wingers, a progressive…
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August 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Views From Left Parties

Global Left Midweek – Views From Left Parties     August 2, 2023xxxxxx Changing the world — because it needs it Bárbara Navarrete, secretary-general of the Communist Youth of Chile. Credit, Alborada   Prospects For a New Left in South Africa Workers’ Par…
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August 2, 2023 at 12:40 AM

Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex     William Hartung July 30, 2023Tom Dispatch The new film about Robert Oppenheimer leaves out some important facts and context. , Shutterstock   Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the p…
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August 2, 2023 at 12:35 AM

‘Most Significant Charges Yet’: Trump Indicted for Trying To Overturn 2020 Election

‘Most Significant Charges Yet’: Trump Indicted for Trying To Overturn 2020 Election     Jessica Corbett August 1, 2023Common Dreams "Holding Trump accountable for his crimes pulls our democracy back from the precipice and prevents his criminal attempt to overturn an …
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