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March 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM

Science Sunday: Have We Finally Found Dark Matter?

Science Sunday: Have We Finally Found Dark Matter?     Paul M. Sutter February 28, 2025 Paul Sutter's Near Futures Astronomers believe that a mysterious, invisible substance fills up the universe. Known as dark matter, they think it is a new kind of particle…

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March 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM

23 Dem AGs Think They’ve Cracked the Code to Fighting Trump

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March 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM

In Its Fight Against Fascism, Israeli Academia Remains Blind to a Basic Truth

In Its Fight Against Fascism, Israeli Academia Remains Blind to a Basic Truth     Anat Matar February 26, 2025 972 Magazine The government’s assault on democratic norms can't be separated from its oppression of Palestinians: they are two lobes of the same ri…

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March 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Fired CFPB Director HITS BACK at Zuckerberg, Jamie Dimon, Tech Bros

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March 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM

No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt     Niki Kitsantonis February 28, 2025 New York Times Two years after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, many are still demanding greater safety and accountability. Tens of …

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March 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM

US Pop Culture Has Long Raged Against Health Care Injustice

Portside Culture US Pop Culture Has Long Raged Against Health Care Injustice     David K. Seitz February 26, 2025 Jacobin The memes celebrating Luigi Mangione are far from novel: they represent a long tradition of American popular culture voicing out…

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March 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Republicans Want To Gut Medicaid. They Might Regret It.

Republicans Want To Gut Medicaid. They Might Regret It.     Michael Kinnucan February 28, 2025 New York Times Some red-state governors would very likely push back against cuts that might force them to make an unpopular choice between cutting their Medicaid p…

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March 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM

RFK Jr. Takes Hammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments

RFK Jr. Takes Hammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments     Hafiz Rashid February 27, 2025 The New Republic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS. , Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images   Multiple vacci…

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March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Ocasio-Cortez Blasts GOP for Letting Elon Musk Kill Drug Pricing Reform

Ocasio-Cortez Blasts GOP for Letting Elon Musk Kill Drug Pricing Reform     Alexis Sterling February 28, 2025 Nation of Change She slammed the Republican Party for allowing Elon Musk to derail bipartisan drug pricing reforms, calling the move a clear example…

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March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Can the Progressive Caucus Take Democrats in a New Direction?

Can the Progressive Caucus Take Democrats in a New Direction?     Christopher D. Cook interview with Representative Greg Casar February 24, 2025 The Progressive "I believe in fighting for vulnerable people, reproductive rights and climate action. But we won…

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March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Los Angeles Is Leading the Way in Resisting Trump’s Mass Deportations

Los Angeles Is Leading the Way in Resisting Trump’s Mass Deportations     Victoria Valenzuela February 25, 2025 Waging Nonviolence Since Trump’s inauguration, Latinos and their allies in LA have organized walkouts and near daily protests against ICE and in s…

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March 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM

It Was an Ambush

It Was an Ambush     Tom Nichols February 28, 2025 The Atlantic Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White House on F…

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March 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM

This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes

This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes     Greg Sargent February 14, 2025 The New Republic Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats can claw them …

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March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Resisting the “Everything, Everywhere All at Once” Blitzkrieg

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March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Sahra Wagenknecht Loses Her Civil War on the German Left

Sahra Wagenknecht Loses Her Civil War on the German Left     David Broder February 24, 2025 New Statesman The political upstart, who tried to blend right-wing nationalism and left-wing socialism, failed to make a mark in Germany's election. Sahra W…

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March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM

What Are You Looking At?

Portside Culture What Are You Looking At?     Carine Topal Pedestal Magazine Poet Carine Topal finds resistance even in the most crushingly authoritarian society. , "Cassandra" by Michael Montlack   You are looking at a beating heart…

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February 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Republicans Prepare To Gut Medicaid

Republicans Prepare To Gut Medicaid     Paul Krugman February 27, 2025 Paul Krugman Substack Republicans West Virginia helped put in power are preparing to impose savage cuts on a program that has literally been a lifeline for many in the state, in order to …

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February 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Make Apartheid Great Again?

Make Apartheid Great Again?     Zeb Larson, William Minter February 21, 2025 Foreign Policy in Focuss Trump's actions signal need to understand global history of white supremacy. His executive order "human rights violations occurring in South Africa" echo a …

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February 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Techno-Fascism Comes to America

Techno-Fascism Comes to America     Kyle Chayka February 26, 2025 The New Yorker An unelected tech billionaire has so much power over the government. Tech titans fell in line behind Trump, MAGA-style populism is giving way to an optimization-oriented vision …

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February 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Trump and Musk’s War on Workers

Trump and Musk’s War on Workers     Joseph A. McCartin February 21, 2025 Dissent Magazine - Online Article Organized labor and its allies can and must do much more to respond to the crisis created by DOGE and the Trump administration. As the nation’s largest…

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February 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb.27 – Reader Comments: Fighting the Coup; Support for Public Employees Rising; Trump’s Tax Proposals; Texas Measles Outbreak Was ‘Inevitable’; Trump/Netanyahu Crime of the Century; ‘Stand Up for Science’ Rallies March 7; Lots More;

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February 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Democrats Appear Paralyzed. Bernie Sanders Is Not.

Democrats Appear Paralyzed. Bernie Sanders Is Not.     Branko Marcetic February 24, 2025 Jacobin Since Donald Trump’s election, his opposition party hasn’t acted much like one. The same cannot be said of Bernie Sanders, who hit the road this weekend in red s…

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February 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM

Tariffs—Everything You Need To Know but Were Afraid To Ask

Tariffs—Everything You Need To Know but Were Afraid To Ask     Adam S. Hersh and Josh Bivens February 10, 2025 Economic Policy Institute Answers to key questions. , Francis Scialabba   During his presidential campaign, President Trump pledg…

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February 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM

Republicans Told To ‘Stop Cowering’ From Voters As They Back Unpopular Medicaid Cuts

Republicans Told To ‘Stop Cowering’ From Voters As They Back Unpopular Medicaid Cuts     Jake Johnson February 26, 2025 Common Dreams "We expect every Republican who voted for the budget resolution to hold a town hall during recess on what parts of Medicaid …

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February 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Beauvoir and Belle: A Black Feminist Critique of the Second Sex

Portside Culture Beauvoir and Belle: A Black Feminist Critique of the Second Sex     Naomi Simmons-Thorne August 29, 2024 Marx & Philosophy Review of Books Reviewer Simmons-Thorne this book aims to show "how de Beauvoir and black feminists concei…

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February 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 26, 2025

Global Left Midweek – February 26, 2025     February 26, 2025 xxxxxx Brave new world order? Die Linke leaders on February 21. Left to right: Jan van Aken, Ines Schwerdtner, Heidi Reichinnek and Gregor Gysi. Credit, Christian Mang/Reuters/Ritzau/Sca…

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February 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Refusing To Help DOGE ‘Dismantle Critical Public Services,’ 21 Tech Experts Resign

Refusing To Help DOGE ‘Dismantle Critical Public Services,’ 21 Tech Experts Resign     Jessica Corbett February 25, 2025 Common Dreams "We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations," they w…

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February 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Have the Democrats Given Up on the Homelessness Crisis?

Have the Democrats Given Up on the Homelessness Crisis?     Casey Quinlan February 24, 2025 The New Republic Liberal lawmakers need a real message on this issue because the one they have now is nonexistent at best—and a mirror of the right’s cruel ideology a…

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February 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Growing Up Under Jim Crow Made Me Feel a Responsibility to the Past and Future

Growing Up Under Jim Crow Made Me Feel a Responsibility to the Past and Future     Douglas H. White February 25, 2025 Tom Dispatch As I witness the resurgence of white supremacy under Trump, I remember the segregation and Jim Crow of my youth. A Bl…

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February 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Bird Flu Spreads As Musk’s DOGE Cuts Public Health Funding

Bird Flu Spreads As Musk’s DOGE Cuts Public Health Funding     Justin Perkins, Joel Bleifuss February 24, 2025 Barn Raiser “It’s not enough for us to sit by on the sidelines,” says Dr. Michael Osterholm A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife …

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February 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The New ‘Captain America’ Movie Isn’t Great. But Don’t Call Him a D.E.I. Hire.

Portside Culture The New ‘Captain America’ Movie Isn’t Great. But Don’t Call Him a D.E.I. Hire.     Maya Phillips February 20, 2025 The New York Times The most remarkable part of this film is the irony of how it lands in the political moment: “Brave …

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February 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – February 25, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – February 25, 2025     February 25, 2025 xxxxxx It’s happening here, now The cartoon that gets newer every year. Credit, Christian Bloom (2016)   Fighting for Federal Workers The Cultural Counterrevolution…

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February 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM

Not So Fast on Ukraine

Not So Fast on Ukraine     Robert Kuttner February 24, 2025 The American Prospect Trump’s pitiful pivot to Putin has awakened two sleeping giants—Republican opposition and European unity. European leaders, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk…

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February 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM

‘Viciousness’ of Trump’s Climate Attacks Stuns Even His Critics

‘Viciousness’ of Trump’s Climate Attacks Stuns Even His Critics     Benjamin Storrow and Jean Chemnick February 22, 2025 Politico President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures. President …

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February 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, Feb 26-Mar 4, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Feb 26-Mar 4, 2025     xxxxxx Building a Doomsday Machine (1950), A Rogue Agency? (1975), Origins of International Women’s Day (1909), Gradual Emancipation Is Better than None (1780), Kicking Jim Crow off the Bus (1955), Robeso…

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February 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Federal Workers Launch a New Site To Share Inside Information About DOGE

Federal Workers Launch a New Site To Share Inside Information About DOGE     Lauren Feiner February 21, 2025 The Verge While Reddit and Instagram are already gathering places for federal workers to commiserate, We the Builders aims to offer an alternative ou…

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February 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Mediterranean Diet Is a Lie

Portside Culture The Mediterranean Diet Is a Lie     Alessandro Ford February 3, 2025 Politico The Mediterranean diet has become a mishmash of hyperbole, half-truths and howlers, stirred together for political and commercial ends. Freshly p…

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February 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Inside the Labor Grammys: Joe Hill – Still Alive As You and Me

Inside the Labor Grammys: Joe Hill – Still Alive As You and Me     Craig Smith February 2, 2025 Power at Work It is a song that turns the tragic tale it begins with into a veritable shout, for it concludes not as a somber dirge for one fallen fellow worker b…

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February 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM

Sunday Science: The Science of Racism by Keon West Review – Evidence That Speaks for Itself

Sunday Science: The Science of Racism by Keon West Review – Evidence That Speaks for Itself     Farrah Jarral January 15, 2025 The Guardian Think prejudice is overblown? A social psychologist provides the receipts in this densely informative but highly reada…

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February 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM

Left Party Makes Comeback in German Election

Left Party Makes Comeback in German Election     Marcel Fürstenau February 23, 2025 DW Early projections say Germany's socialist Left Party has managed to get reelected into the Bundestag, with a historically high result. This comes after a successful electi…

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February 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM

Trump Vowed To Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”

Trump Vowed To Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”     Peter Elkind February 18, 2025 ProPublica Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, se…

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February 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM

The Funeral of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah

The Funeral of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah     Sharif Abdel Kouddous February 23, 2025 Drop Site News Today's funeral was a display of mourning and a show of strength by Hezbollah at a time of internal crisis in Lebanon and an ultra-belligerent Israeli…

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February 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Anvil, the Forgotten Magazine of Heartland Marxism

Anvil, the Forgotten Magazine of Heartland Marxism     Marc Blanc February 23, 2025 Jacobin Printed out of a cattle barn in Missouri, Anvil published some of the biggest leftist writers of the 1930s, including Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. Its popular …

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February 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump Sends Conflicting Medicaid Cut Messages

Trump Sends Conflicting Medicaid Cut Messages     Ben Leonard, Adam Cancryn and Robert King February 19, 2025 Politico Republicans are getting worried about how much they’ll have to cut from the popular health safety-net program, and whether the president wi…

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February 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Why the Texas Measles Outbreak Was ‘Inevitable’

Why the Texas Measles Outbreak Was ‘Inevitable’     Joseph Choi February 21, 2025 The Hill Critics of Kennedy accused him of fostering anti-vaccine sentiment in Samoa, months before an outbreak ultimately resulted in 83 measles-related deaths and more than 5…

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February 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Black History Month: Celebrating Progress While Confronting Inequality

Black History Month: Celebrating Progress While Confronting Inequality     Dedrick Asante-Muhammad February 5, 2025 Other Words Despite attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Black political representation has never been greater. Progress is still poss…

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February 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Migration on the Mon

Migration on the Mon     Kalena Thomhave January 23, 2025 Dollars & Sense The Mon Valley, an area ravaged by deindustrialization just outside of Pittsburgh, has attracted thousands of new immigrants in recent years, a fact President-elect Donald Trump ex…

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February 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM

War of Words: From the Mekong Delta to Gaza

War of Words: From the Mekong Delta to Gaza     Lawrence Tritle February 20, 2025 LA Progressive It is the Palestinian’s people’s refusal to disappear, to hang on to their land, that has led so many Israelis to deploy the racist imagery of “human animals.” …

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February 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | February 21, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | February 21, 2025     February 21, 2025 xxxxxx A Sad Moment in American History. The Town Elon Musk Took Hostage. No Other Land | Oscar-Nominated Movie. Trump Gets Bad News from Judge in Major Federal Case. Clean Slate | Prime Video. …

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February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM

Trump’s Doubly Flawed “Invasion” Theory

Trump’s Doubly Flawed “Invasion” Theory     Elizabeth Goitein and Katherine Yon Ebright February 19, 2025 Just Security The President claims unprecedented authority to ignore and override Congress and the Constitution whenever he proclaims an “invasion,” rea…

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