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May 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Food Blogger Cooking Through Gaza’s Hunger Crisis

Portside Culture The Food Blogger Cooking Through Gaza’s Hunger Crisis     Sarah Aziza April 24, 2024 Bon Appetit In a refugee camp, Hamada Shaqoura turns aid packages into pizza wraps, curry, and “Gazan style” tacos, gaining internet-wide attention.…
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May 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Israeli War on Gaza: Post-War Scenarios

The Israeli War on Gaza: Post-War Scenarios     Omar Shaban April 30, 2024 Arab Reform Initiative The war on Gaza, with all the killing and destruction it has caused, must provide a historic opportunity to start a new path towards a landmark settlement that …
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May 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Palestine and History: Macklemore v. Hillary Clinton

Palestine and History: Macklemore v. Hillary Clinton     Juan Cole May 11, 2024 Informed Consent I have never understood the trope that Israel made generous offers to the Palestinians (it never did) but that the Palestinians rejected them, and therefore the …
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May 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Number of Religious ‘Nones’ Has Soared, but Not the Number of Atheists – and As Social Scientists, We Wanted To Know Why

The Number of Religious ‘Nones’ Has Soared, but Not the Number of Atheists – and As Social Scientists, We Wanted To Know Why     Christopher P. Scheitle, Katie Corcoran May 6, 2024 The Conversation First, what makes an individual more or less likely to ident…
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May 13, 2024 at 7:10 AM

Sunday Science: Playing With the Kids Is Important Work for Chimpanzee Mothers

Sunday Science: Playing With the Kids Is Important Work for Chimpanzee Mothers     Zarin Machanda, Kris Sabbi May 8, 2024 The Conversation So on this Mother’s Day, consider raising a glass to also celebrate these amazing – and tired – chimpanzee moms. …
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May 13, 2024 at 6:45 AM

The Supreme Court Rules That Cops Can Steal Your Stuff—As They Always Have

The Supreme Court Rules That Cops Can Steal Your Stuff—As They Always Have     Elie Mystal May 10, 2024 The Nation By a 6-3 vote, the conservative justices decided that there is no need for the state to provide a preliminary hearing in civil forfeiture cases…
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May 13, 2024 at 6:15 AM

How Bondage Built the Church

How Bondage Built the Church     Tiya Miles May 7, 2024 The New York Review Rachel Swarns’s recent book about a mass sale of enslaved people by Jesuit priests to save Georgetown University reminds us that the legacy of slavery is simultaneously the legacy of…
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May 13, 2024 at 5:35 AM

Who Created the Israel-Palestine Conflict?

Who Created the Israel-Palestine Conflict?     Harold Meyerson May 6, 2024 The American Prospect It wasn’t really Jews or Palestinians. It was the U.S. Congress, which closed American borders 100 years ago this month. The Jewish population of Pales…
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May 13, 2024 at 5:20 AM

What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America     Ariel Dorfman May 6, 2024 Lit Hub Ariel Dorfman Has Some Recommendations for Culturally Illiterate Presidents and Autocrats , Lit Hub   Daniel Noboa, the pres…
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May 13, 2024 at 12:45 AM

Why Did It Take 30 Years for a Latino Character To Join the Core X-Men on TV?

Portside Culture Why Did It Take 30 Years for a Latino Character To Join the Core X-Men on TV?     Isabel Sophia Dieppa Betancourt May 8, 2024 AV Club The Disney+ series X-Men '97 finally shines a light on Sunspot, the first Latino character to be a …
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May 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Promise and Problems of US Construction Industry

The Promise and Problems of US Construction Industry     Jeff Grabelsky May 8, 2024 Commonwealth Beacon A former union leader wrestles with the challenge of making construction work the path to the middle class it once was , Peggy Marco   T…
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May 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Ponzi-Friendliest Court in America

The Ponzi-Friendliest Court in America     Maureen Tkacik May 6, 2024 American Prospect Steward Health just filed for bankruptcy in Houston’s scandal-plagued, private equity-pilled bankruptcy court. The "complex cases panel" in the Southern Distric…
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May 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Will the Palestinian Groups Create a New Palestinian Political Project?

Will the Palestinian Groups Create a New Palestinian Political Project?     Vijay Prashad May 8, 2024 Peoples Dispatch The first task is to prevent the attack on Rafah and end the genocide. However, soon thereafter, the political malaise that has befallen th…
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May 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Groups Look To Bail Out Black Mothers, Caregivers in Pretrial Detention for Mother’s Day

Groups Look To Bail Out Black Mothers, Caregivers in Pretrial Detention for Mother’s Day     Ralph Chapoco May 10, 2024 Alabama Reflector “We don’t look at the crime. We are looking at predetention when you have not been convicted of a crime. We didn’t make …
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May 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Why So Many Young Asian Americans Stand With Palestine

Why So Many Young Asian Americans Stand With Palestine     Cathi Choi May 8, 2024 Yes Magazine If we are to make meaning out of “Asian America” this AAPI Heritage Month, we must root ourselves in intersectional principles, draw threads across global and loca…
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May 11, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism

Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism     Joseph E. Stiglitz May 1, 2024 Project Syndicate Scandals, culture wars, and threats to democracy dominate the headlines in this super election year. But anti-democratic populist authoritarianism is itself …
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May 11, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | May 10, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | May 10, 2024     May 10, 2024 xxxxxx The Most Shocking Billionaire Interview. Henry Ford versus Karl Marx | Epic Rap Battles of History. Gaza, Gaza. Smoking Is Awesome. Why Trump's Lawyer Called Him the 'Orange Turd.' To view a…
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May 11, 2024 at 12:10 AM

A Simple Fact: There Will Be a Palestinian State. Its Location: Palestine

A Simple Fact: There Will Be a Palestinian State. Its Location: Palestine     Alon Idan May 5, 2024 Haaretz Only a fool doesn't understand that eventually there will be a Palestinian state. And we Israelis are the biggest fools. A child holds a Pal…
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May 11, 2024 at 12:10 AM

A Peek Inside the Brains of ‘Super-Agers’

A Peek Inside the Brains of ‘Super-Agers’     Dana G. Smith April 29, 2024 New York Times New research explores why some octogenarians have exceptional memories. ,   When it comes to aging, we tend to assume that cognition gets worse as we…
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May 11, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Why I’m Not Calling the Police on My Students’ Encampment

Why I’m Not Calling the Police on My Students’ Encampment     Michael S. Roth May 7, 2024 The New Republic The president of Wesleyan University explains why he’s allowing pro-Palestinian protesters to pitch tents on campus. The pro-Palestinian enca…
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May 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Undone

Portside Culture Undone     Michelle Morin March 19, 2024 Canary Literary Review South Dakota poet Michelle Morin takes a super-long view of climate change, with or without us. ,   Undone By Michelle Morin Maybe, when we are gone,…
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May 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Netanyahu Ignored Every Warning. Now Biden Is Telling Israel: ‘Enough Is Enough’

Netanyahu Ignored Every Warning. Now Biden Is Telling Israel: ‘Enough Is Enough’     Alon Pinkas May 9, 2024 Haaretz With a shipment of some 3,500 bombs currently on halt, U.S. President Joe Biden is sending a clear message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya…
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May 10, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Build a Majority for Palestine, and the Importance of Free Speech

Build a Majority for Palestine, and the Importance of Free Speech     Norman G. Finkelstein May 8, 2024 Jacobin Holocaust scholar and pro-Palestine activist Norman Finkelstein expresses his support for the student protests, insisting on the importance of fre…
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May 10, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The New Anti-Antisemitism

The New Anti-Antisemitism     Rick Perlstein May 8, 2024 The American Prospect You know who has good reason to fear for their safety? People, many of them Jews, getting pummeled by cops and fascists. People getting high-powered rifles aimed at them from roof…
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May 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

What Beethoven’s Ninth Teaches Us

What Beethoven’s Ninth Teaches Us     Daniel Barenboim May 6, 2024 New York Times I don’t believe that Beethoven was interested in everyday politics. He was not an activist. He was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was concerned wi…
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May 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – May 9 – Reader Comments: Graduation 2024; College Presidents Cave to GOP in Congress; Why University Divestment Matters; We Need “Outside Agitators”; Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel; Lots of Announcements; Cartoons; More…

Tidbits – May 9 – Reader Comments: Graduation 2024; College Presidents Cave to GOP in Congress; Why University Divestment Matters; We Need “Outside Agitators”; Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel; Lots of Announcements; Cartoons; More…     May 9, 2024 xxxxxx …
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May 9, 2024 at 6:15 AM

Biden ‘Moving the Goal Post’ With Threat To Withhold Bombs From Israel

Biden ‘Moving the Goal Post’ With Threat To Withhold Bombs From Israel     Brett Wilkins May 8, 2024 Common Dreams "Now Israel has a green light to destroy Rafah in slow motion," said one critic. A Palestinian child injured following an Israeli str…
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May 9, 2024 at 6:00 AM

The Distortion of Campus Protests Over Gaza

The Distortion of Campus Protests Over Gaza     Helen Benedict May 2, 2024 Tom Dispatch How the Right Has Weaponized Antisemitism to Distract from Israel's War Protestors link arms as other police officers enter the campus of Columbia University, i…
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May 9, 2024 at 5:40 AM

New Laws Are Turning Police Into ‘Supercitizens’

New Laws Are Turning Police Into ‘Supercitizens’     John Pfaff May 8, 2024 The American Prospect A series of legislative and judicial efforts have removed police oversight from oversight boards and communities. Miami police detain a pro-Palestinia…
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May 9, 2024 at 5:20 AM

77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—and They’re Horrified

77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—and They’re Horrified     Olivia Rosane May 8, 2024 Common Dreams "I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South," one expert said. …
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May 9, 2024 at 3:05 AM

The Illiberalism at America’s Core

Portside Culture The Illiberalism at America’s Core     Julian E. Zelizer May 2, 2024 The New Republic A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today. ,   lliberal America: …
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May 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – May 8, 2024

Global Left Midweek – May 8, 2024     May 8, 2024 xxxxxx Militarism lays waste to the climate ,   Militarism Here and Now Lifers Socialism Criminalized in Russia Labor Holds the Line in Argentina Vietnam’s Bamboo Diplomacy Reports From Spa…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World

Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World     Shawn Fain April 30, 2024 In These Times The UAW President is calling on unions everywhere to align their contract expiration dates for mass impact. Clockwise from left: …
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May 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM

A Hospital Heist Seeks Protection in the Ponzi-Friendliest Court in America

A Hospital Heist Seeks Protection in the Ponzi-Friendliest Court in America     Maureen Tkacik May 6, 2024 The American Prospect Steward Health just filed for bankruptcy in Houston’s scandal-plagued, private equity-pilled bankruptcy court. The "com…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Police Let Violent Mobs Attack UCLA Students. This Is What Lawlessness Looks Like

Police Let Violent Mobs Attack UCLA Students. This Is What Lawlessness Looks Like     Judith Levine May 7, 2024 The Guardian UCLA watched the chaos unfold in the middle of the night and did nothing until it was far too late ‘Something else is slidi…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM

A Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel

A Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel     Diana Buttu May 7, 2024 Zeteo From top-charting songs to dating apps, genocide fever has taken over Israel. Palestinian citizens of Israel march with anti-war banners and Palestinian flags during a rall…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

‘Lyd’: A Must-See Palestinian Documentary

Portside Culture ‘Lyd’: A Must-See Palestinian Documentary     Silvi Van-Wall March 14, 2024 Screen Hub 'Lyd' is the story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world – and what it could have become. Lyd Film Poster, cinematerial.c…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 7, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 7, 2024     May 7, 2024 xxxxxx A moral panic overruns free speech Attendees cheer during a Missourians for Constitutional Freedom rally after the campaign turned in more than 380,000 signatures for its initiat…
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May 7, 2024 at 7:20 AM

We Need “Outside Agitators”

We Need “Outside Agitators”     Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix May 4, 2024 Jacobin Pro-Palestine student protesters are being smeared as puppets of shadowy “outside agitators.” The presence of community members and experienced activists in the protests i…
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May 7, 2024 at 5:40 AM

This Week in People’s History, May 7–13

This Week in People’s History, May 7–13     xxxxxx Colonialism Is Hard to Kill (in 1954), “It Was the Right Thing to Do” (1929), “Join, Or Die” (1754), Apartheid’s End (1994), Class War in the Midwest (1894), Unsafe at Any Speed (1969), “I Dreamed I Saw Joe …
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May 7, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Five Takeaways About Segregation 70 Years After the Brown Decision

Five Takeaways About Segregation 70 Years After the Brown Decision     Jill Barshay May 6, 2024 Hechinger Report Despite decades of progress, there are some worrying signs ,   It was one of the most significant days in the history of the U.…
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May 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Celebrating Links Across Species Amid a Nightmare of War

Celebrating Links Across Species Amid a Nightmare of War     Rebecca Gordon April 30, 2024 TomDispatch Did you know that Gaza — well, Palestine — even has a national bird? The Palestine sunbird is a gorgeous creature, crowned in iridescent green and blue. “T…
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May 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Refillery Is Coming for Your Grocery Store Routine

Portside Culture The Refillery Is Coming for Your Grocery Store Routine     Kate Ray February 20, 2024 Taste Cooking At package-free stores you bring your own container, weigh it, and fill it with the amount of rice or walnuts or Peanut M&Ms that…
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May 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Chair Stabenow’s Farm Bill Vision Protects and Strengthens SNAP; Chair Thompson’s Puts a Healthy Diet out of Reach for Millions

Chair Stabenow’s Farm Bill Vision Protects and Strengthens SNAP; Chair Thompson’s Puts a Healthy Diet out of Reach for Millions     Ty Jones Cox May 1, 2024 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance P…
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May 6, 2024 at 7:35 AM

Sunday Science: How Does Gravity Escape a Black Hole?

Sunday Science: How Does Gravity Escape a Black Hole?     Sabine Hossenfelder May 5, 2024 Sabine Hossenfelder If nothing gets out of a black hole, how does gravity do it? Something with virtual gravitons? Is this really necessary? It's tricky question, but t…
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May 6, 2024 at 6:55 AM

Banned by Germany

Banned by Germany     Yanis Varoufakis April 30, 2024 Project Syndicate Germany prohibited a Palestinian Congress from taking place, arrested its Jewish supporters, and barred one of its organizers, former Greek finance minister, from entering the country: P…
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May 6, 2024 at 6:35 AM

Left Unions Were Repressed Because They Threatened Capital

Left Unions Were Repressed Because They Threatened Capital     Victor G. Devinatz May 29, 2024 Jacobin During the 20th century’s two red scares in US and Canada, Wobblies and Communist-aligned unions faced fierce repression from employers and government. The…
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May 6, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Where’s the Barbed Wire?

Where’s the Barbed Wire?     John Lahr May 2, 2024 London Review of Books Hartigan’s book is the first full-length examination of Wilson’s life and art since his death in 2005 from liver cancer. There is both a need and demand for the story of how he and his…
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May 6, 2024 at 5:05 AM

The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators

The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators     Jamelle Bouie April 30, 2024 New York Times There is a coordinated, nationwide effort to roll back child labor laws, part of a broader campaign to concentrate even more power into the hands of employers…
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May 6, 2024 at 3:10 AM

A Man in Full Review: David E. Kelley Tackles Tom Wolfe

Portside Culture A Man in Full Review: David E. Kelley Tackles Tom Wolfe     John DeVore May 2, 2024 AV Club Netflix’s A Man In Full lacks Wolf’s sardonic bite, insider knowledge of privilege, and an outsider’s disdain for American institutions and t…
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