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March 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia

Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia     Andrew Kosenko, Joseph E. Stiglitz March 4, 2025 Project Syndicate If European leaders want to follow through on their statements in support of Ukraine following America’s betrayal of the country, they must seize the…
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March 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz     Giovanni Russonello March 5, 2025 New York Times Explore the Windy City through tracks by Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Lester Bowie and the contemporary artists at the forefront of today’s sound. , D…
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March 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM

This Is What Democracy Looks Like!

This Is What Democracy Looks Like!     Andrew Tonkovich March 9, 2025 Los Angeles Review of Books Andrew Tonkovich reviews Sue Coe and Stephen F. Eisenman’s “The Young Person’s Illustrated Guide to American Fascism.” , Sue Coe   The Young P…
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March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Is Kim Kardashian Actually Going MAGA?

Portside Culture Is Kim Kardashian Actually Going MAGA?     Kyndall Cunningham February 21, 2025 Vox The influencer’s love for Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Trump family has some fans wondering. Kim Kardashian on the SNL50 red carpet …
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March 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

36 Firms Drove Half of World’s Climate-Altering Gasses

36 Firms Drove Half of World’s Climate-Altering Gasses     Sharon Kelly March 5, 2025 DeSmog Companies and states most responsible for climate change are also those working hardest to prevent climate action, new Carbon Majors report finds. Hurrican…
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March 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump Helps BlackRock Buy Panama Canal Ports

Trump Helps BlackRock Buy Panama Canal Ports     Ben Norton March 7, 2025 ScheerPost BlackRock CEO Fink said before the US presidential election in November 2024 that it “really doesn’t matter” who wins, because both parties would benefit Wall Street. …
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March 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

To the Young Women Who Are Changing the World

To the Young Women Who Are Changing the World     Marga Ferré March 6, 2025 Transform!Europe The gender gap in political attitudes has widened dramatically since 2014, and it has done so on a global scale. This is clearly a result of the fourth wave of femin…
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March 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Amidst the Ruins, Flowers Bloom: The Resilience of Gaza’s Women

Amidst the Ruins, Flowers Bloom: The Resilience of Gaza’s Women     Nisreen Morqus March 8, 2025 Morning Star Despite facing destruction, humiliation, and the loss of loved ones, Palestinian mothers and daughters demonstrate extraordinary courage as they str…
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March 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

On the 30th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Whither Gender Equality?

On the 30th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Whither Gender Equality?     Equal Times Newsdesk March 5, 2025 Equal Times Gender inequality impacts everything from income disparity between men and women, to violence and harassme…
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March 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Bloody Sunday: Restored Photos Show the Violence That Shocked a Nation

Bloody Sunday: Restored Photos Show the Violence That Shocked a Nation     Briana Ellis-Gibbs March 7, 2025 The Guardian 'Spider' Martin's newly restored photos reveal firsthand the racist violence on March 7, 1965 in Selma, Alabama. 'Spider' Marti…
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March 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM

US Science Is Under Threat ― Now Scientists Are Fighting Back

US Science Is Under Threat ― Now Scientists Are Fighting Back     Heidi Ledford & Alexandra Witze March 3, 2025 Nature Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists. …
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March 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM

MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK

MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK     Corbin Bolies March 5, 2025 The Daily Beast An AI-generated summary tried to offer “different views” on the hate group. , freepik   The Los Angeles Times removed its new AI-powered “insights” fe…
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March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Case for a Shadow Cabinet

The Case for a Shadow Cabinet     Kenny Stancil March 5, 2025 The American Prospect High-energy progressives can provide a compelling daily account of everything going wrong and coordinate opposition to the Trump-Musk nightmare...a daily press conference, he…
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March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again

Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again     Sherrod Brown March 3, 2025 The New Republic Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life. Ohio S…
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March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Let’s organize a parade of one-legged war heroes, the President said,

Portside Culture Let’s organize a parade of one-legged war heroes, the President said,     Gerald Fleming The Bastard and the Bishop Poet Gerald Fleming pours ice water on displays of martial pride. , Bruce Henderson   fifteen years …
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March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Republicans Want Corporate Oligarchy. We Need Economic Democracy

Republicans Want Corporate Oligarchy. We Need Economic Democracy     Rashida Tlaib and Michael A McCarthy March 6, 2025 The Guardian The GOP budget seeks vast cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and more. Instead, let’s build an economy for everyone. The Repub…
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March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

America Can’t Afford Trump’s Mass Deportations

America Can’t Afford Trump’s Mass Deportations     Alliyah Lusuegro February 12, 2025 Other Words For the cost of mass deportations, we could instead erase medical debt, provide universal school lunches, and end homelessness. The American Immigration Council…
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March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

The ADL Goes Quiet on Some Hatreds

The ADL Goes Quiet on Some Hatreds     Danielle Bryant March 4, 2025 New York Daily News Former ADL education director lays bare the dirty secret: "ADL has long abandoned its stated mission of securing justice and fair treatment for all. Instead, it shields …
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March 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It.

Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It.     William Shoki February 28, 2025 New York Times Discussion of Mr. Musk often misses something: He is a white South African, part of a demographic that for centuries sat atop a racial hierarchy maintained…
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March 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.6 – Reader Comments: Trump: Ambush in White House; War on Workers; Gut Medicaid; Spread Measles and Bird Flu; Techno-Fascism; Anti-Semitism in Oval Office; No More Medicare Telehealth After Mar 31; Stand Up for Science Mar 7

Tidbits – Mar.6 – Reader Comments: Trump: Ambush in White House; War on Workers; Gut Medicaid; Spread Measles and Bird Flu; Techno-Fascism; Anti-Semitism in Oval Office; No More Medicare Telehealth After Mar 31; Stand Up for Science Mar 7     March 6, 2025 xxxxxx…
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March 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM

Bernie Blasts Trump's 100 Minute Diatribe

Bernie Blasts Trump's 100 Minute Diatribe     Bernie Sanders March 4, 2025 sanders.senate.gov "Let us never forget. Real change only occurs when ordinary people stand up against oppression and injustice – and fight back." , New Labor Forum …
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March 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM

Here Comes Trump’s Privatization of the Social Security Administration

Here Comes Trump’s Privatization of the Social Security Administration     Jessica Corbett March 4, 2025 Common Dreams "After years of hard work and a lifetime of contributions, our seniors shouldn't have to worry about Republicans meddling with their Social…
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March 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM

The Communist Folk Singers Who Shaped Bob Dylan

The Communist Folk Singers Who Shaped Bob Dylan     Taylor Dorrell March 5, 2025 Jacobin Before Bob Dylan was Bob Dylan, he was a disciple of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie and his contemporaries were more than folk singers — they were blacklisted radicals, shap…
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March 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm

Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm     John Ismay and Azmat Khan March 4, 2025 New York Times Employees at the Pentagon’s Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response office were told their jobs would be eliminated, as would advisory posts at op…
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March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM

The Missing Persons of Reconstruction

Portside Culture The Missing Persons of Reconstruction     Joshua D. Rothman February 26, 2025 The New Republic Enslaved families were regularly separated​. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited​ with their …
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March 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Solidarity With Ukraine

Global Left Midweek – Solidarity With Ukraine     xxxxxx A 180° turn remaps world politics , UN Digital Library   Solidarity with Ukraine More European Takes International Women’s Day 2025: Accelerate Action Global Day of Action to Close Mi…
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March 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM

‘Anora’ Is More Than a Brooklyn Cinderella Story

Portside Culture ‘Anora’ Is More Than a Brooklyn Cinderella Story     Ginia Bellafanate January 23, 2025 The New York Times A sex worker in a romantic comedy isn’t new. How the Oscar-nominated film uses immigrant Brooklyn to subvert the genre? That’s…
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March 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – March 4, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – March 4, 2025     March 4, 2025 xxxxxx How to use Substack, and more media need-to-know , Art Young   Defending the Free Press The New State Media Unexpected Backlash on Talk Radio Tech Companies and DEI Bezos Turns …
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March 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM

USPS Privatization Would Cost Rural America More Than Mail

USPS Privatization Would Cost Rural America More Than Mail     Emily Hilliard February 26, 2025 Jacobin Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms.…
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March 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM

The Joy of Reading

The Joy of Reading     Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research February 11, 2025 TriContinental The artwork in this dossier draws from the Red Books Day 2025 Calendar. Each of the twelve contributions, produced in collaboration with the International U…
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March 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar 5–11, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Mar 5–11, 2025     xxxxxx Militant Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Catches On (1960), The 20th Century’s Largest One-Day Demonstration (1930), ‘Bloody Sunday’ (1965), March 8, International Women’s Day ,   Milit…
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March 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Ukrainians Unite Behind Zelenskyy After Fight With Trump

Ukrainians Unite Behind Zelenskyy After Fight With Trump     Lena Surzhko Harned March 2, 2025 The Conversation Some fear disaster, others calmly accept a new reality in U.S.-Ukraine relations. The treatment of Ukraine’s president by Trump and Vance has prod…
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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Woe to You Who Deprive the Poor of Their Rights: A Battle of Theologies in the Age of Trump

Woe to You Who Deprive the Poor of Their Rights: A Battle of Theologies in the Age of Trump     Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis March 2, 2025 TomDispatch Today, while the Trump administration continues to unveil new attacks on what the Bible calls, “the least of thes…
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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM

These Foods Will Likely Get More Expensive After Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect

Portside Culture These Foods Will Likely Get More Expensive After Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect     Stacey Leasca February 3, 2025 Food & Wine There may be “some pain” Trump admitted of his tariff schemes; “But we will Make America Great Again, and…
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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

23 Dem AGs Think They’ve Cracked the Code to Fighting Trump     Rachel Bluth, Melanie Mason February 27, 2025 Politico Democratic state attorneys general have been planning their lawsuits for a year. Supporters raise signs after a press conference …
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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

Fired CFPB Director HITS BACK at Zuckerberg, Jamie Dimon, Tech Bros     Rohit Chopra, Ryan Grim February 28, 2025 Breaking Points Ryan sits down with Rohit Chopra, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now essentially shut down by P…
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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

Resisting the “Everything, Everywhere All at Once” Blitzkrieg     Max Elbaum February 27, 2025 Convergence Magazine MAGA’s fast-moving coup is upending the longstanding arrangements that have undergirded domestic politics and the US role in the world. What d…
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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…