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December 19, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Neanderthals: More Knowable Now Than Ever

Neanderthals: More Knowable Now Than Ever     Tim Vernimmen November 28, 2023Knowable Magazine Inviting a Neanderthal for the holidays? That's a good thing. Not only are they the closest relative of homo sapiens, but there's a bit of Neanderthal in almost all of us. …

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December 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Food iS Medicine (FIM): The Latest Food Movement (of Sorts)

Portside Culture Food iS Medicine (FIM): The Latest Food Movement (of Sorts)     Marion Nestle December 11, 2023foodpolitics.com Food as Medicine is an emerging concept and the focus of the Food as Medicine Policy Summit; and a range of food companies are ready…

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December 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Joe Manchin and the Legal Corruption That Threatens Our Planet

Joe Manchin and the Legal Corruption That Threatens Our Planet     Basav Sen December 13, 2023The Hill Manchin’s exit should spark a bigger conversation about the corruption that’s become a defining feature of the U.S. political system. , Shutterstock   …

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December 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Funhouse Mirror

Funhouse Mirror     Christopher L. Brown December 15, 2023London Review of Books ‘Perhaps the greatest shame of the Atlantic slave trade was that it inspired no shame at all. In their own time, Britain’s slave traders were men of distinction: “worthy men, fathers of …

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December 18, 2023 at 7:25 AM

Sunday Science: FDA Approves First Gene-Editing Treatment for Human Illness

Sunday Science: FDA Approves First Gene-Editing Treatment for Human Illness     Rob Stein December 8, 2023NPR But elation over the approvals was tempered by concerns the breakthrough treatments may not be accessible to many sickle cell patients, both are very expensi…

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December 18, 2023 at 6:25 AM

How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras

How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras     Eric Umansky, with additional reporting by Umar Farooq December 14, 2023Propublica, co-published with The New York Times Magazine Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a…

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December 18, 2023 at 5:00 AM

Why Israel’s Top Court Is Greenlighting a Civil Rights Crackdown

Why Israel’s Top Court Is Greenlighting a Civil Rights Crackdown     Eyal Lurie-Pardes December 12, 2023972 Magazine After a year of fierce battles over the judicial coup, Israel’s Supreme Court seems totally subservient to the state’s policies since Oct. 7. What's c…

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December 18, 2023 at 4:25 AM

Chile’s Voters Reject a New, Conservative Constitution

Chile’s Voters Reject a New, Conservative Constitution     Jack Nicas December 17, 2023New York Times For the second time in less than two years, Chileans voted thumbs down on a new national charter, and few seem to have the energy to try again. A rally in San…

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December 18, 2023 at 3:40 AM

How Can Activists Change the World? Experts Offer Seven Strategies

How Can Activists Change the World? Experts Offer Seven Strategies     Steven Greenhouse December 17, 2023The Guardian The new book Practical Radicals takes inspiration from successful social movements to identify tactics that pay off 'A lot of people think of…

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December 18, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Twenty Years Ago, the Shield Captured the Brokenness of American Policing

Portside Culture Twenty Years Ago, the Shield Captured the Brokenness of American Policing     Joe Mayall December 11, 2023Jacobin No ordinary cop show, The Shield starred the LAPD’s corrupt anti-gang unit, which itself functioned and behaved like a gang. The s…

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December 17, 2023 at 8:20 AM

“Against Muslims Today Means Against Jews Again Tomorrow”

“Against Muslims Today Means Against Jews Again Tomorrow”     Iris Hefets and Nadija Samour December 3, 2023The Left Berlin Normalisation and full support in word and deed of Israeli settlement colonialism, apartheid and military occupation of Palestinian territories…

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December 17, 2023 at 8:20 AM

The Leftist Case for Collecting

The Leftist Case for Collecting     Charlie Squire December 14, 2023The Progressive The desire to collect is the desire to understand objects as vehicles for human expression, the physical manifestation of labor, knowledge, collaboration, and movement. , …

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December 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM

A Progressive Democracy Movement To Defeat Fascism

A Progressive Democracy Movement To Defeat Fascism     Thom Hartmann December 16, 2023Common Dreams If we don't get it together, people, things are about to get ugly. Very ugly. Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seen during the UFC 295 event at Madison Squ…

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December 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Rise and Fall of Moms for Liberty

The Rise and Fall of Moms for Liberty     Maurice Cunningham December 15, 2023The Progressive Reeling from school board losses, the “parental rights” organization is collapsing on itself. Bridget Ziegler, a founder of the advocacy group Moms for Liberty, durin…

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December 16, 2023 at 2:55 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 15, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | December 15, 2023     December 15, 2023xxxxxx De-Stigmatizing Sex Work. AI Can Do Your Homework. How Harvard Operates Like a $51 Billion Hedge Fund. How Israeli Settler Violence Forces Palestinians To Flee Their Homes. The Forgotten Populists... …

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December 16, 2023 at 2:10 AM

Traveling for Abortions: The Untold Story

Traveling for Abortions: The Untold Story     Katelyn Jetelina December 14, 2023Your Local Epdemiologist An increasing number of women are traveling out of state for reproductive healthcare. This journey isn’t without very real obstacles. The most tragic part is much…

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December 16, 2023 at 2:00 AM

The States Where Abortion Could Be on the Ballot in 2024

The States Where Abortion Could Be on the Ballot in 2024     Grace Panetta December 15, 202319th News Here’s an overview of where abortion will — and could be — directly on the ballot in 2024, how many signatures organizers need to collect and the challenges advocate…

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December 16, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Sanders Resolution Aims To Have US ‘Reckon With Its Complicity’ in Gaza

Sanders Resolution Aims To Have US ‘Reckon With Its Complicity’ in Gaza     Jake Johnson December 15, 2023Common Dreams "This is a humanitarian cataclysm, and it is being done with American bombs and money," says the Vermont senator. "We need to face up to that fact—…

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December 16, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Elise Stefanik, Great Replacement Theory and Bigotry Against Jews

Elise Stefanik, Great Replacement Theory and Bigotry Against Jews     Juan Cole December 12, 2023Informed Comment Stefanik has campaigned on Great Replacement Theory tropes and indulged genuine anti-Semites. University presidents should stop playing into her hand and…

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December 16, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Dear Human at the Edge of Time

Portside Culture Dear Human at the Edge of Time     Cassandra Bousquet Dear Human at the Edge of Time Our poet Cassandra Bousquet pleads for the shrinking opportunities before us, reminding us that “the edge is not the end”—yet! ,   Dear Human at th…

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December 15, 2023 at 4:15 AM

Biden Staffers Demand Cease-Fire at ‘Historic’ White House Vigil

Biden Staffers Demand Cease-Fire at ‘Historic’ White House Vigil     Jake Johnson December 14, 2023Common Dreams Every single one of these people is risking their jobs and, their careers because they know the stakes of this moment. In November, more than 700 staffers…

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December 15, 2023 at 3:45 AM

How Anti-Zionist American Jews Are Organizing for a Ceasefire in Gaza

How Anti-Zionist American Jews Are Organizing for a Ceasefire in Gaza     Sophie Hurwitz December 8, 2023Teen Vogue Anti-war Jewish Americans are urging U.S. leaders to call for a ceasefire. A progressive wing of American Judaism has gained prominence, one defined by…

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December 15, 2023 at 3:20 AM

Terrorism Investigations on Campus and the New McCarthyism

Terrorism Investigations on Campus and the New McCarthyism     Anthony O’Rourke and Wadie E. Said December 8, 2023Dissent Magazine Federal law enforcement is under pressure to launch specious terrorism investigations into pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuse…

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December 15, 2023 at 3:00 AM

Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!) – The Future if Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office

Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!) – The Future if Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office     Clarence Lusane December 5, 2023TomDispatch In the next year, anything could happen. Donald Trump, could go down, he could be convicted of one or more felonies. He could lo…

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December 15, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Tidbits – Dec. 14, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Embrace of Trump; Israel Assassinations in Gaza Bombing; Drugs Disappear From Insurance Coverage; Fusion??; Kissinger; UE Murals in Chicago; Huge Book Sale; Webinar From Israel-Where Do We Go From Here

Tidbits – Dec. 14, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Embrace of Trump; Israel Assassinations in Gaza Bombing; Drugs Disappear From Insurance Coverage; Fusion??; Kissinger; UE Murals in Chicago; Huge Book Sale; Webinar From Israel-Where Do We Go From Here     December 14, 2023x…

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December 15, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Blacklisted Communist Writer Albert Maltz’s Last Novel Will Finally Be Published in the US

Portside Culture Blacklisted Communist Writer Albert Maltz’s Last Novel Will Finally Be Published in the US     Taylor Dorrell November 30, 2023Jacobin When Communist writer Albert Maltz was blacklisted in the McCarthyist era, no commercial publisher in the U. …

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December 14, 2023 at 7:05 AM

The Secret GOP Plot To Change Our Constitution Slithers Forward

The Secret GOP Plot To Change Our Constitution Slithers Forward     Thom Hartmann December 13, 2023The Hartmann Report If their plan works, these Republican toadies of the billionaires who fund and own them will rewrite our Constitution & state governors, the US …

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December 14, 2023 at 6:55 AM

Final COP28 Deal Riddled With ‘Cavernous Loopholes’ for Fossil Fuel Industry

Final COP28 Deal Riddled With ‘Cavernous Loopholes’ for Fossil Fuel Industry     Jake Johnson December 13, 2023Common Dreams "While this agreement offers faint guidelines toward a clean energy transition, it falls far short of the transformational action we need," sa…

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December 14, 2023 at 6:40 AM

Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away

Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away     Sarah Stillman December 11, 2023The New Yorker A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison. Sadik Baxter is serving a life sentence…

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December 14, 2023 at 6:25 AM

The Selective Silencing of Campus Speech

The Selective Silencing of Campus Speech     Kevin Young December 11, 2023AmherstINDY The problem with the “all-sides-are-being-silenced” argument is that administrators have responded differently based on whether the targeted individuals support or oppose US-Israeli…

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December 14, 2023 at 5:35 AM

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Portside Culture Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism     Joan Burda December 1, 2023New York Journal of Books Maddow's new book surveys pre-WW II fascism in the United States, including the well-known figures in public life who sympathized with or were o…

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December 14, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – December 13, 2023

Global Left Midweek – December 13, 2023     December 13, 2023xxxxxx Focus on China and Germany European Trade Union Confederation members hold banners at a demonstration against government policies in Brussels on December 12, 2023. Credit, Dursun Aydemir/Anado…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:25 AM

COP28 on ‘Verge of Complete Failure’ As Draft Omits Fossil Fuel Phaseout

COP28 on ‘Verge of Complete Failure’ As Draft Omits Fossil Fuel Phaseout     Olivia Rosane December 11, 2023Common Dreams "Nations committed to climate action must reject this weakened proposal," said one campaigner. Activists protest against fossil fuels at C…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:20 AM

We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza

We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza     Michelle Nunn, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Jan Egeland, Abby Maxman, Jeremy Konyndyk and Janti Soeripto December 11, 2023The New York Times As the leaders of some of the world’s large…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:20 AM

How a Trailblazing Tenants Union Forced a Mega-Landlord to the Bargaining Table

How a Trailblazing Tenants Union Forced a Mega-Landlord to the Bargaining Table     Thomas Birmingham December 8, 2023In These Times In less than two weeks, the Blake Street 16 went from facing eviction court to pioneering the first landlord-tenant negotiations in Co…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Did Biden Just Say the U.S. Can’t Protect Jews?

Did Biden Just Say the U.S. Can’t Protect Jews?     The Wire December 12, 2023Jewish Voices for Peace During a Hanukkah event at the White House, he claimed that “were there no Israel, there wouldn’t be a Jew in the world who is safe.” ,   Yesterday, Pre…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:00 AM

‘Anselm’ Review: An Artist Contemplates the Cosmos, in 3-D

Portside Culture ‘Anselm’ Review: An Artist Contemplates the Cosmos, in 3-D     Alissa Wilkinson December 7, 2023The New York Times The history and thought of the artist Anselm Kiefer is threaded throughout this exceptional documentary from Wim Wenders. …

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December 13, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – December 12, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – December 12, 2023     December 12, 2023xxxxxx More censorship, more surveillance, more media resistance , Matt Shirley   The IRS vs Microsoft Mehdi Hasan Gets the Ax - When He’s Most Needed America’s School Internet Censorship Mach…

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December 12, 2023 at 6:20 AM

Peter Beinart & Omer Bartov on UPenn President Resignation, Gaza & the Weaponization of Antisemitism

Peter Beinart & Omer Bartov on UPenn President Resignation, Gaza & the Weaponization of Antisemitism     Amy Goodman, Peter Beinart, Omer Bartov December 11, 2023Democracy Now! Presidents of UPenn, Harvard and MIT questioned by right-wing Republican New York …

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December 12, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting

Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting     Eduardo Medina December 8, 2023New York Times The National Retail Federation had said that nearly half of the industry’s $94.5 billion in missing merchandise in 2021 was the result of organized t…

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December 12, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Cafe Ohlone at UC Berkeley on Schedule To Reopen.

Portside Culture Cafe Ohlone at UC Berkeley on Schedule To Reopen.     Elena Kadvany November 29, 2023San Francisco Chronicle The world’s first Ohlone restaurant closed after a one- year pilot. Now it’s coming back Cafe Ohlone, an outdoor restaurant at U…

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December 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Warrantless Collection of Personal Data

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Warrantless Collection of Personal Data     Mariam Malik December 5, 2023Progressive Caucus Center Despite FISA Section 702’s stated use for foreign intelligence, it has become a tool of domestic surveillance and led …

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December 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, Dec 12–18

This Week in People’s History, Dec 12–18     xxxxxx The Heart of Darkness (in 1903), Racism on the Bench (1893), Terror in Lancaster, Pa. (1763), Physician, Heal Thyself (1973), No Taxation Without Representation (1773), Will Sex Work Ever Be Made Safe? (2003), Cleve…

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December 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Theocratic Ambitions of Project 2025

The Theocratic Ambitions of Project 2025     Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons September 8, 2023MSNBC “Project 2025” is saying the quiet part out loud: Right-wing groups do not want to ensure all Americans have religious freedom, but want to impose conservative Christian v…

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December 11, 2023 at 8:15 AM

Sunday Science: New Technique To Reveal Virtual Particles

Sunday Science: New Technique To Reveal Virtual Particles     Sabine Hossenfelder December 6, 2023Sabine Hossenfelder - Science News The experiment this week is about an experiment which will measure nothing. But not any nothing. A very specific nothing, that's the v…

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December 11, 2023 at 5:50 AM

Why Arab States Aren’t Using Oil as a Weapon Against Israel

Why Arab States Aren’t Using Oil as a Weapon Against Israel     Hafawa Rebhi December 10, 2023Jacobin During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Arab oil producers cut off exports to Israel’s allies. Faced with today’s Israeli war on Gaza, Gulf states dismiss the idea of usi…

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December 11, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Netflix’s Squid Game Reality Show Is Kinda Great. Oh No.

Portside Culture Netflix’s Squid Game Reality Show Is Kinda Great. Oh No.     Alex Abad-Santos December 1, 2023Vox Oops, they did it again (weaponized the desperation of the proletariat for fun). Squid Game: The Challenge is like Squid Game, sometimes ac…

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December 11, 2023 at 1:00 AM

“We Want Freedom”: Refaat Alareer, Gaza Scholar & Activist Killed by Israeli Strike, in His Own Words

“We Want Freedom”: Refaat Alareer, Gaza Scholar & Activist Killed by Israeli Strike, in His Own Words     Amy Goodman, Refaat Alareer December 8, 2023Democracy Now! An Israeli airstrike in Gaza has killed the acclaimed Palestinian academic and activist Refaat Ala…

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December 11, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide

Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide     Fargo Nissim Tbakhi December 8, 2023Protean Magazine An early version of these remarks was delivered as part of the “Palestine as a Craft Question” panel at the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) Fest in Minneap…

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December 11, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Labor Leader AI-Jen Poo Confronts ’The Biggest Driver of Economic Inequality That Nobody Talks About.

Labor Leader AI-Jen Poo Confronts ’The Biggest Driver of Economic Inequality That Nobody Talks About.     Jessica Goodheart December 7, 2023Capital & Main Care for children, the elderly and disabled is among the lowest-paying industries. Poo thinks federal invest…

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