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March 6, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – March 5, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – March 5, 2024     March 5, 2024 xxxxxx Michael Klare on AI The entrance to the New York Times as pro-Palestine activists denounce the paper's coverage of Gaza destruction. Credit, Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images   A…

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March 5, 2024 at 8:30 AM

Segregation Academies Still Exist

Segregation Academies Still Exist     Christopher Young March 1, 2024 LA Progressive Despite the law of the land, lawmaker’s find workarounds to maintain segregation funding through charter schools ,   Sometimes you just have to go see for …

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March 5, 2024 at 1:55 AM

The Hidden Dissent in the SCOTUS Metadata

The Hidden Dissent in the SCOTUS Metadata     Mark Joseph Stern March 4, 2024 Slate We can guess that the bulk of this hidden dissenting opinion, which in the final version appears only a a concurrence, was authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "Son…

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March 5, 2024 at 1:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar 5–11

This Week in People’s History, Mar 5–11     xxxxxx If This Be Treason (in 1774), War Is Such an Ugly Word (1919), U.S. Thumbs Nose at International Law (1984), International Women's Day! (1914), Joe McCarthy's Dam Cracks (1954), Whose Streets? Our Streets! (…

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March 5, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Ironies of Drinking Fluid Milk

Portside Culture The Ironies of Drinking Fluid Milk     Marion Nestle March 1, 2024 Food Politics Today’s mega-milk-industry stems from a lack of scientific perspective that turned milk into a supposed daily necessity for children and, to a lesser ex…

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March 5, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Netanyahu Was Right: Israel Acts Like a US Aircraft Carrier

Netanyahu Was Right: Israel Acts Like a US Aircraft Carrier     Alan Wagman March 3, 2024 Common Dreams Netanyahu likened Israel to a mighty American aircraft carrier. That is how Israel, as a military colony, serves its imperial master A Palestini…

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March 5, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit Park Honors Labor and Environmental History

Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit Park Honors Labor and Environmental History     Paul Draus March 1, 2024 The Conversation When the Ford workers Hunger March to deliver a list of 14 demands to Henry Ford became the Ford Massacre . . . and ulti…

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March 4, 2024 at 8:35 AM

Sunday Science: On the Trail of the Denisovans

Sunday Science: On the Trail of the Denisovans     Carl Zimmer March 2, 2024 New York Times DNA has shown that the extinct humans thrived around the world, from chilly Siberia to high-altitude Tibet — perhaps even in the Pacific islands. Researcher…

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March 4, 2024 at 8:15 AM

Harris County Sends 15 Times More Black Men to Death Row Than White

Harris County Sends 15 Times More Black Men to Death Row Than White     Michelle Pitcher February 22, 2024 Texas Observer Texas’ largest county remains the state’s deadliest when it comes to capital murder convictions, a new report says. 1910 Harri…

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March 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM

W.E.B. Du Bois’ Study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 Still Explains Roots of the Urban Black Experience – Sociologist Elijah Anderson Tells Why It Should Be on More Reading Lists

W.E.B. Du Bois’ Study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 Still Explains Roots of the Urban Black Experience – Sociologist Elijah Anderson Tells Why It Should Be on More Reading Lists     Elijah Anderson February 28, 2024 The Conversation W.E.B. Du Bois is widel…

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March 4, 2024 at 7:25 AM

Growing Racial Disparities in Voter Turnout, 2008–2022

Growing Racial Disparities in Voter Turnout, 2008–2022     Kevin Morris, Coryn Grange March 2, 2024 Brennan Center for Justice The gap is increasing nationwide, especially in counties that had been subject to federal oversight until the Supreme Court invalid…

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March 4, 2024 at 6:30 AM

Major Strike Activity Increased by 280% in 2023

Major Strike Activity Increased by 280% in 2023     Margaret Poydock, Jennifer Sherer February 21, 2024 Economic Policy Institute Many workers still need policies that protect their right to strike Striking workers listening to a speech by US Presi…

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March 4, 2024 at 6:10 AM

Netflix’s Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Everything Fans Hoped It Would Be

Portside Culture Netflix’s Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Everything Fans Hoped It Would Be     Aja Romano February 22, 2024 Vox Avatar remains one of the most unapologetically antifascist shows ever made. It’s not even generically pacifis…

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March 3, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Fed Is Behind the Credit Card Merger

The Fed Is Behind the Credit Card Merger     Matt Stoller March 1, 2024 The Lever If Capital One is allowed to acquire Discover, it’ll gain access to a government loophole allowing it to raise prices and reduce competition. A Discover credit card a…

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March 3, 2024 at 1:05 AM

How Private Equity Conquered America

How Private Equity Conquered America     Chris Hedges and Gretchen Morgenson March 2, 2024 Scheerpost Blackstone, Apollo, and a handful of other firms are demolishing the US economy for short-term gain, and leaving workers and communities in the wreckage. …

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March 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM

American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel

American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel     Arun Gupta February 27, 2024 The Intercept “The entire state of Israel was engaged in framing the narrative that Hamas is equal to ISIS.” Voluntee…

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March 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Has the Global Healthcare Workforce Crisis Finally Reached a Tipping Point?

Has the Global Healthcare Workforce Crisis Finally Reached a Tipping Point?     Veronica Nilsson January 24, 2024 Equal Times Richer countries facing staff shortages in the health sector often recruit staff from poorer countries – leaving those countries’ he…

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March 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Gary Tyler’s Journey From Death Row to the Art World

Gary Tyler’s Journey From Death Row to the Art World     Steve Appleford March 1, 2024 Capital & Main Winner of the Frieze L.A. art fair’s Impact Prize uses quilting to reveal the reality of life in prison: "If my artwork is able to give people an unders…

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March 2, 2024 at 3:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 1, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | March 1, 2024     March 1, 2024 xxxxxx The Paradox of an Infinite Universe. 'Night Thunder': Slide Guitar and Native American Flute. Dulcé Sloan Creates Black Women's History Day | The Daily Show. God & Country | Movie Trailer. Steph…

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March 2, 2024 at 1:45 AM

PhRMA Funnels Millions to Groups Fighting Drug Pricing Reforms

PhRMA Funnels Millions to Groups Fighting Drug Pricing Reforms     David Moore March 1, 2024 Sludge The pharma lobby gave more than $16 million in 2022 to advocacy groups, many of them ostensibly “grassroots,” that are battling the Medicare drug price negoti…

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March 2, 2024 at 1:35 AM

Einstein’s Postwar Campaign To Save the World From Nuclear Destruction

Einstein’s Postwar Campaign To Save the World From Nuclear Destruction     Lawrence Wittner March 1, 2024 Foreign Policy in Focus The scientist's efforts helped create the movement for arms control and disarmament. Einstein: 'Life is like a bicycle…

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March 2, 2024 at 1:25 AM

Israeli Settlers Cross Into Gaza, Build ‘Symbolic’ Outpost

Israeli Settlers Cross Into Gaza, Build ‘Symbolic’ Outpost     Oren Ziv March 1, 2024 972 Magazine Dozens of settlers and right-wing activists stormed Erez Crossing, building two wooden structures while soldiers and police stood aside. Israeli sett…

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March 2, 2024 at 1:15 AM

What Is Left?

What Is Left?     Rebecca Solnit February 23, 2024 Literary Hub Rebecca Solnit on the perennial divisions of the American Left: “It should be a modest request to ask that ‘left’ not mean supporters of authoritarian regimes.” ripped paper, Image by …

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March 2, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Presidential

Portside Culture Presidential     Carol Kanter In this presidential election year, poet Carol Kanter issues an elegant warning of a certain candidate “assuming, accruing power.” ,   Presidential By Carol Kanter Should our highest o…

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March 1, 2024 at 3:45 AM

Open Letter to the Israeli and U.S. Governments and Others Weaponizing the Issue of Rape

Open Letter to the Israeli and U.S. Governments and Others Weaponizing the Issue of Rape     February 28, 2024 Stop Manipulating Sexual Assault All too often in the fog of war, the brutality of sexual assault and rape is lost in the public eye, and bringing …

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March 1, 2024 at 3:15 AM

US Refuses To Assure UK Judges That Assange Won’t Be Executed if He’s Extradited

US Refuses To Assure UK Judges That Assange Won’t Be Executed if He’s Extradited     Marjorie Cohn February 27, 2024 Truthout British law prohibits extradition to a country that may impose capital punishment. The indictment would punish conduct that national…

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March 1, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Victory! – Starbucks Stops Opposing Its Baristas’ Union

Victory! – Starbucks Stops Opposing Its Baristas’ Union     Harold Meyerson February 27, 2024 The American Prospect In a historic breakthrough, Starbucks and its workers announce they’ve come together. In a joint announcement Starbucks and Workers United agr…

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March 1, 2024 at 1:00 AM

‘We Are Very Close to an Eruption Taking Place in Israel’

‘We Are Very Close to an Eruption Taking Place in Israel’     Ehud Olmert February 28, 2024 Haaretz Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on this week's Haaretz Podcast says for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich and Netanyahu, Gaza is only the beginning - they are aiming for "…

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March 1, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb.29, 2024 – Reader Comments: Alabama Supreme Court Decision; Aaron Bushnell; Nex Benedict; How To Avoid Climate Collapse; Jerusalem Youth Chorus North American Spring Tour; Southern Student Organizing Committee Reunion; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – Feb.29, 2024 – Reader Comments: Alabama Supreme Court Decision; Aaron Bushnell; Nex Benedict; How To Avoid Climate Collapse; Jerusalem Youth Chorus North American Spring Tour; Southern Student Organizing Committee Reunion; Cartoons; More…     February 29…

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February 29, 2024 at 4:55 AM

Ultra-Processed Food Linked to 32 Harmful Effects to Health, Review Finds

Ultra-Processed Food Linked to 32 Harmful Effects to Health, Review Finds     Andrew Gregory February 28, 2024 The Guardian World’s largest review finds direct associations with higher risks of cancer, heart disease and early death Ultra-processed …

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February 29, 2024 at 4:40 AM

Private Equity Has Its Eyes on the Child-Care Industry

Private Equity Has Its Eyes on the Child-Care Industry     Adam Harris February 21, 2024 The Atlantic As states and the federal government pour money into early education, how will they keep a public good from becoming a private cash cow? , …

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February 29, 2024 at 4:25 AM

‘Ready To Win’: Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Move To Join UAW

‘Ready To Win’: Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Move To Join UAW     Thor Benson February 27, 2024 Common Dreams "We're here to tell you that we are the majority. Mercedes workers are ready to stand up." Workers protest during recent UAW strike., …

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February 29, 2024 at 4:10 AM

Michigan’s Primary Shows Biden Is Courting Political Suicide

Michigan’s Primary Shows Biden Is Courting Political Suicide     Branko Marcetic February 28, 2024 Jacobin The “uncommitted” vote in Michigan way outperformed expectations last night, reflecting Democratic unhappiness with Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s br…

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February 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit

Portside Culture Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit     K.C. Compton August 18, 2022 Early Learning Nation Over a period of the five years, beginning in 2014, the City of Detroit cut of water services for over a quarter million r…

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February 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 28, 2024

Global Left Midweek – February 28, 2024     February 28, 2024 xxxxxx Unrest worldwide, and what it means Female farmers listen to a speech by a farming leader at the protest site on the Indian Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab. Credit, Md M…

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February 28, 2024 at 1:45 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – February 27, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – February 27, 2024     February 27, 2024 xxxxxx Beyoncé vs Nashville , Anna Kim/Slate   Understanding Good Ol’ Nazis The Color Line in Country Who Are Moms for Liberty? America Loves to Lose The Banked and…

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February 28, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Public Ownership of Housing Could Be Closer Than You Think

Public Ownership of Housing Could Be Closer Than You Think     Mindy Isser February 15, 2024 In These Times Forget private developers—cities and states could just build their own housing to solve the crisis. In New York, now there’s a bill to do it. …

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February 28, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Making It Work From the River to the Sea

Making It Work From the River to the Sea     Matthew Teller February 26, 2024 New Lines Magazine For Israel and Palestine, security depends on equal treatment now that the ‘land for peace’ formula has failed A man walks past a section of Israel’s s…

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February 28, 2024 at 1:00 AM

World Court Hearing on Legality of Israeli Occupation Ends Following Week of Testimony

World Court Hearing on Legality of Israeli Occupation Ends Following Week of Testimony     David Kattenburg February 26, 2024 Mondoweiss Over 50 nations presented testimony to the ICJ on the legality of the Israeli occupation, with the majority offering stir…

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February 28, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Elon Musk Flees to Billionaires’ New Court

Elon Musk Flees to Billionaires’ New Court     Katya Schwenk; Helen Santoro February 27, 2024 The Lever Burned by legal decisions, Elon Musk is relocating his rocket company to Texas — where he’ll enjoy a new, separate justice system controlled by his ally, …

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February 27, 2024 at 5:45 AM

This Week in People’s History, Feb 27-Mar 4

This Week in People’s History, Feb 27-Mar 4     xxxxxx A Big Loss for Labor (in 1939), Legal Lynching is Still Lynching (1919), Women Hold Up Half the Sky (1864), Nuclear Test Disaster (1954), Disability Inclusion's Ancient Roots (1829), This is Freedom of t…

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February 27, 2024 at 1:45 AM

It Was Never a Civil War

It Was Never a Civil War     Michael Podhorzer February 20, 2024 Washington Monthly The threat posed by Trump and the MAGA movement, like the Confederate States, is not “conservative” or even “extremist” but criminally anti-democratic. ,   …

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February 27, 2024 at 1:05 AM

After Setting Himself on Fire, US Airman Aaron Bushnell Dies Declaring ‘Free Palestine’

After Setting Himself on Fire, US Airman Aaron Bushnell Dies Declaring ‘Free Palestine’     Brett Wilkins February 26, 2024 Common Dreams "Many of us like to ask ourselves, 'What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? …

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February 27, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The New Chicken Run Movie Is Fun — And a Damning Critique of America’s Meat Industry

Portside Culture The New Chicken Run Movie Is Fun — And a Damning Critique of America’s Meat Industry     Kenny Torrella December 8, 2023 VOX The film is a critique of the factory farm industry’s deceptive marketing to convince the public that animal…

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February 27, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Black Students Join Gaza War Protesters

Black Students Join Gaza War Protesters     Mandile Mpofu February 21, 2024 The Bay State Banner At a Feb. 19 pro-Palestine rally in Cambridge, a crowd of supporters held up signs and waved Palestinian flags. At one point, a chant of “No justice. No peace” …

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February 27, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Harriet Tubman and the Most Important, Understudied Battle of the Civil War

Harriet Tubman and the Most Important, Understudied Battle of the Civil War     Eric Herschthal February 23, 2024 The New Republic Edda L. Fields-Black sets out to restore the Combahee River Raid to its proper place in Tubman’s life and in the war on slavery…

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February 26, 2024 at 8:30 AM

Sunday Science: Einstein on the Run: How the World’s Greatest Scientist Hid From Nazis in a Norfolk Hut

Sunday Science: Einstein on the Run: How the World’s Greatest Scientist Hid From Nazis in a Norfolk Hut     Donna Ferguson February 10, 2024 The Guardian The physicist’s refuge from assassins on a British heath changed the course of history, as a new docudra…

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February 26, 2024 at 7:40 AM

The National Fight for Rent Control

The National Fight for Rent Control     Oksana Mironova February 18, 2024 Protean Rent control is back from the dead with a vengeance, with serious organizing campaigns underway in at least 15 states. Protesters at a Rent Guidelines Board hearing, …

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February 26, 2024 at 6:35 AM

There Is Only One Way for Biden To Fulfill His Promise To “Restore Roe”

There Is Only One Way for Biden To Fulfill His Promise To “Restore Roe”     Elie Mystal February 20, 2024 The Nation If the president truly wants to protect reproductive rights, he’s going to have to do what he’s so far refused even to consider: expand the S…

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February 26, 2024 at 6:10 AM

Fragile Juggernaut: What Was the CIO?

Fragile Juggernaut: What Was the CIO?     Andrew Elrod January 24, 2024 N+1 What is there to learn from the history of industrial workers’ struggles in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s? Detail of mural painted by Ben Shahn, Hightstown, NJ, Ben Shahn …

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