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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

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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

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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

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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

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February 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM

A Palestinian Film Is an Oscars Favorite − so Why Is It So Hard To See?

A Palestinian Film Is an Oscars Favorite − so Why Is It So Hard To See?     Drew Paul February 21, 2025 The Conversation It is unusual for a film like “No Other Land,” which has garnered critical acclaim and has been recognized at various film festivals and …

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February 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM

How Humans Evolved To Be ‘Energetically Unique’

How Humans Evolved To Be ‘Energetically Unique’     Anne J. Manning November 18, 2024 The Harvard Gazette Human ancestors with higher metabolic rates outpaced ‘couch potato’ primates thanks to sweat, says new study. “The result is that we are an energeticall…

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February 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Undocumented Workers Prepare To Clean Up L.A.’s Fires Amid ICE Raids

Undocumented Workers Prepare To Clean Up L.A.’s Fires Amid ICE Raids     Hilary Beaumont February 12, 2025 Capital and Main As fear of ICE raids and deportation mounts, day laborers risk arrest to help the Los Angeles rebuild and to support their families. …

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February 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM

In Memory of the Forgotten

Portside Culture In Memory of the Forgotten     Suzanne Cleary The Odds Poet Suzanne Cleary sneaks a peek into the production of art in a theocratic society. ,   In Rome in 1600 several famous painters now forgotten  shared a pair of…

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February 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Bob Dylan Biopic and the Origin Story of an Electrified Maggie’s Farm

Portside Culture Bob Dylan Biopic and the Origin Story of an Electrified Maggie’s Farm     Peter Dreier February 16, 2025 Common Dreams The film, A Complete Unknown, accurately portrays Dylan's two sides—a brilliant creative genius as a songwriter/po…

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February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM

How To Organize Our Way out of the Trump-Musk Putsch

How To Organize Our Way out of the Trump-Musk Putsch     Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg February 19, 2025 The Nation A plan to harness grassroots energy—and to hold Democratic leaders accountable. Our predecessors deposed a brain-addled king; crushed the viol…

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February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump Saved Eric Adams’s Bacon—and Put the Country Up for Sale

Trump Saved Eric Adams’s Bacon—and Put the Country Up for Sale     Casey Michel February 18, 2025 The New Republic The quid pro quo deal between the president and the mayor of New York City will throw open the foreign corruption floodgates. As the Trump admi…

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February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump and Netanyahu Have Devised the Crime of the Century

Trump and Netanyahu Have Devised the Crime of the Century     Aida Touma-Sliman February 17, 2025 Haaretz Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented an imperialist horror show. An American and an Israeli, each with…

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February 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Black Washingtonians in the Fight for Equality: An Interview With Maurice Jackson

Black Washingtonians in the Fight for Equality: An Interview With Maurice Jackson     Robert Greene II February 19, 2025 Black Perspectives Interview with Dr. Maurice Jackson about his new book on the use of sport and music. Traditionally not fields touched …

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February 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb.20-Reader Comments: A Coup; Trump Vowed To Champion US Workers – the Reality a Relentless Assault; Make America Corrupt Again; Vance, Racism, German Fascism; for Israelis, ‘From the River to the Sea’ a Reality. For Palestinians, a Crime

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February 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM

How To Create a New World Without Elons

How To Create a New World Without Elons     Sam Pizzigati February 19, 2025 Counterpunch The best way to counter our ongoing billionaire coup? We might want to look east for a five-step set of initiatives designed to cut the super rich down to democratic siz…

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February 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM

What Did the War in Gaza Reveal About American Judaism?

What Did the War in Gaza Reveal About American Judaism?     Interview with Peter Beinart by Isaac Chotiner February 13, 2025 The New Yorker Peter Beinart on the story of Israel and the moral blind spot of the Jewish diaspora. Jewish Voice for Peace…

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February 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM

The Man Madison Warned Us Against

The Man Madison Warned Us Against     Harold Meyerson February 17, 2025 The American Prospect He authored the Constitution to forestall the rise of a despotic president. We’ll soon see if those safeguards suffice. President Donald Trump gestures as…

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February 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM

The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie

The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie     Alexander Clapp February 14, 2025 New York Times We might at the very least be honest with ourselves. We ship our waste to the other side of the planet not only because we produce far too much of it but…

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February 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Ella Fitzgerald, a Voice That Set the American Standard

Portside Culture Ella Fitzgerald, a Voice That Set the American Standard     Dwight Garner December 4, 2023 The New York Times A new biography sheds light on her humble beginnings and prolific, genre-defining career. ,   Becoming El…

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February 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 19, 2025

Global Left Midweek – February 19, 2025     February 19, 2025 xxxxxx The European takeaway Members of civil society and the SUNTRACS trade union protest persecution by Panamanian authorities, including the closure of their bank accounts. Panama Cit…

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February 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM

JD Vance, American Racism, and German Fascism

JD Vance, American Racism, and German Fascism     Chuck Idelson February 18, 2025 Common Dreams A sordid history to remember and the horrific prospects of a vice president's embrace of Germany's neo-Nazi party. Thousands of people gather at Bebelpl…

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February 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier Released From Prison: ‘Finally Free’

Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier Released From Prison: ‘Finally Free’     Anna Betts and agencies February 18, 2025 The Guardian Native American activist moves to home imprisonment after Joe Biden commuted sentence at end of presidency Native Am…

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February 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Where Do You Protest Elon Musk? Everywhere, It Turns Out.

Where Do You Protest Elon Musk? Everywhere, It Turns Out.     Melissa Gira Grant February 18, 2025 The New Republic From Stonewall to Tesla dealerships, protesters are pioneering a form of opposition that doesn't necessarily center on Washington, D.C.. …

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February 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Trump’s Reign of Cruelty

Trump’s Reign of Cruelty     Henry Giroux February 17, 2025 Counterpunch Neoliberalism’s Embrace of Cruelty and Its Assault on Social Bonds , Stephen Mayes   Neoliberalism has always been more than an economic project; it is a political and…

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February 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

28 Anti-Fascist Films

Portside Culture 28 Anti-Fascist Films     Kurt Stand February 16, 2025 Stansbury Forum “What is most important is not what people with unbridled power can impose on us, but rather on what we can do as human beings, as political actors.” …

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February 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – February 18, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – February 18, 2025     February 18, 2025 xxxxxx Use media to fight , Electronic Frontier Foundation   Using Media to Fight  Keeping Government Data Online The Antoinette Lattouf Termination Case Suing DOGE What We’ve …

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February 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM

The DOGE Czar’s Plan To Loot Medicare

The DOGE Czar’s Plan To Loot Medicare     Maureen Tkacik February 14, 2025 The American Prospect Elon Musk’s coup plotters cut their teeth at an obscure Obamacare agency that burned $10 billion testing bogus cost savings initiatives. Brad Smith, th…

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February 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM

How Black Marxists Have Understood Racial Oppression

How Black Marxists Have Understood Racial Oppression     An interview with Jeff Goodwin by Jonah Birch February 17, 2025 Jacobin The rich tradition of Black Marxist thought — one that includes W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Frantz Fanon, among many ot…

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February 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong

Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong     Eugene Ludwig February 11, 2025 Politico Many in Washington bristled at the public’s failure to register how strong the economy was during the Biden Administration but were they relying on flawed st…

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February 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, Feb 19–25, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Feb 19–25, 2025     February 17, 2025 xxxxxx Computer gremlins have interrupted production of this week's. This Week in People's History. With any luck, all will be back to normal next week. One in a series of eight g…

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February 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM

JD Vance’s Munich Speech Laid Bare the Collapse of the Transatlantic Alliance

JD Vance’s Munich Speech Laid Bare the Collapse of the Transatlantic Alliance     Patrick Wintour February 17, 2025 Guardian Vance's Munich speech was a call to arms for the populist right to be able to seize power in Europe, and a promise that the “new sher…

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February 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Farming in the Dark

Portside Culture Farming in the Dark     Diana Kruzman January 29, 2025 Ambrook Research Chemist Feng Jiao and Robert Jinkerson, a specialist in artificial photosynthesis, contend that their system — known as “electro-agriculture” — could convert ele…

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February 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Sunday Science: Bacteria Evolved To Help Neighboring Cells After Death, New Research Reveals

Sunday Science: Bacteria Evolved To Help Neighboring Cells After Death, New Research Reveals     Durham University February 13, 2025 Phys.org Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive…

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February 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM

60 Years of Progress in Expanding Rights Is Being Rolled Back by Trump − a Pattern That’s All Too Familiar in US History

60 Years of Progress in Expanding Rights Is Being Rolled Back by Trump − a Pattern That’s All Too Familiar in US History     Philip Klinkner, Rogers M. Smith February 13, 2025 The Conversation U.S. history is not a steady march toward greater equality, democ…

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February 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM

Trump Vowed To Champion US Workers – the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault

Trump Vowed To Champion US Workers – the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault     Steven Greenhouse February 16, 2025 The Guardian President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC Demonstrators rally in s…

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