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May 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 30, 2025

Global Left Midweek – April 30, 2025     xxxxxx Here, there and everywhere A 1980 May Day poster by Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour. Credit, Liberation Graphics   May Day is Here Brazil, Poland, South Korea: Ousting Autocrats Vietnam’s 50…

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April 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Canada Rebukes Trump—but That May Just Be the Start of Mark Carney’s Role in History

Canada Rebukes Trump—but That May Just Be the Start of Mark Carney’s Role in History     Bill McKibben April 29, 2025 The Crucial Years I’ve been watching Mark Carney for a long time and there's a few things you should know about this man, especially as th…

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April 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM

The Limitations of Military Might

The Limitations of Military Might     Lawrence Wittner April 29, 2025 CounterPunch In 2024, the nations of the world spent a record $2.72 trillion on expanding their vast military strength, an increase of 9.4 percent from the previous year. It was the tent…

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April 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM

In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism

In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism     Michael Tomasky April 28, 2025 The New Republic The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They’re also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter. …

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April 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

With His New Film, Alex Gibney Shines a Light on Dark Money

Portside Culture With His New Film, Alex Gibney Shines a Light on Dark Money     An interview with Alex Gibney April 27, 2025 Jacobin Jacobin sat down with the prolific muckraking filmmaker Alex Gibney to discuss his new documentary The Dark Money …

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April 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – April 29, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – April 29, 2025     April 29, 2025 xxxxxx A future with (an even more) controlled press , Scott Stantis | Copyright 2017 Tribune Content Agency   The End of Press Freedom? A Tidal Wave Started on Reddit Antitrust Agon…

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April 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 30-May 6, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Apr 30-May 6, 2025     xxxxxx Deadly and Dangerous, Imperialism Is, Indeed, a Paper Tiger (1975), Turning Ugly Concrete Pillars Into Things of Beauty (1970), When the War Came Home, Students Paid the Price (1970), An Anti-Racist…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM

The US Is Witnessing the Return of Psychiatric Imprisonment

The US Is Witnessing the Return of Psychiatric Imprisonment     Jordyn Jensen April 27, 2025 The Guardian From ‘wellness farms’ to expanded involuntary commitment policies, the US is embracing psychiatric incarceration under the guise of compassion …

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April 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75

Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75     Trip Gabriel April 24, 2025 The New York Times With “Blood and Politics,” Zeskind predicted that anti-immigrant ideologies would become part of mainstream American politics, and war…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Milwaukee, Country Respond to Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan

Milwaukee, Country Respond to Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan     Henry Redman and Isiah Holmes April 25, 2025 “Arresting people out of a courtroom will lead to a breakdown of civil society. We do not support the presence of ICE where it will lead to intimidat…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

FDA Making Plans To End Its Routine Food Safety Inspections, Sources Say

Portside Culture FDA Making Plans To End Its Routine Food Safety Inspections, Sources Say     Alexander Tin, Edited By Nicole Brown Chau, Paula Cohen April 18, 2025 CBS Thomas Gremillion, Consumer Federation of America, criticized the Administratio…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How the President Is Misusing Emergency Powers To Impose Worldwide Tariffs

How the President Is Misusing Emergency Powers To Impose Worldwide Tariffs     Elizabeth Goitein April 9, 2025 Brennan Center for Justice Concocting an emergency to advance economic and foreign policy goals is an abuse of power. , Justin Sullivan…

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April 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM

Sunday Science: Dire Wolves and Woolly Mammoths: Why Scientists Are Worried About De-Extinction

Sunday Science: Dire Wolves and Woolly Mammoths: Why Scientists Are Worried About De-Extinction     Rachel Nuwer April 25, 2025 BBC The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scien…

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April 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM

What a Better Tax Bill Would Look Like

What a Better Tax Bill Would Look Like     Chuck Marr, Samantha Jacoby, Kris Cox, Stephanie Hingtgen April 23, 2025 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities This year offers an opportunity to enact tax policy changes that would ease the strain on household b…

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April 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM

Collateral Damage: How Trump Is Hollowing Out the Black Middle Class

Collateral Damage: How Trump Is Hollowing Out the Black Middle Class     Mark Kreidler April 24, 2025 Capital & Main The president has gone nuclear against federal union jobs — historically African Americans’ ladder to economic equality. Demo…

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April 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Find an Event for May Day and Beyond

Find an Event for May Day and Beyond     April 27, 2025 http://Mobilize.us Find Events, Petitions, and Volunteer Opportunities for May Day and Beyond ,   Find Events, Petitions, and Volunteer Opportunities for May Day and Beyond May Day …

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April 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM

MLK in the North: The Civil Rights Leader Understood That Racism and Segregation Were National Problems

MLK in the North: The Civil Rights Leader Understood That Racism and Segregation Were National Problems     Jeanne Theoharis April 4, 2025 Teen Vogue Dr. King was arrested 29 times and assaulted by the police on many occasions. , Bettmann …

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April 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How the UFC Went MAGA

Portside Culture How the UFC Went MAGA     Jacob Debets April 23, 2025 Jacobin MMA used to be home to oddballs unified by a love of beating each other up inside cages. But since Donald Trump’s first presidency, the UFC has rebranded the sport as a …

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April 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Have We Found Life on Planet K1-18b?

Have We Found Life on Planet K1-18b?     Chris Impey April 25, 2025 The Conversation Astronomer Carl Sagan asserted that ‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.’ What precisely does that mean? And does the evidence of life on a distant planet…

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April 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Global Battlefields: A No-Holds-Barred Reckoning

Global Battlefields: A No-Holds-Barred Reckoning     Max Elbaum April 14, 2025 Convergence Walden Bello’s memoir wrestles with tough questions of political strategy and radical ethics in a world full of uprisings, wars, obscene inequality, and aggressive c…

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April 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘We Don’t Have an Option Not To Fight’: How Black Women Are Resisting Now

‘We Don’t Have an Option Not To Fight’: How Black Women Are Resisting Now     Errin Haines April 17, 2025 The 19th Black women are rejecting narratives that suggest their lack of visibility since November 5 translates into inaction. Black women s…

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April 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘Care Is a Political Act’: MADRE’s Global Legacy of Organizing and Solidarity

‘Care Is a Political Act’: MADRE’s Global Legacy of Organizing and Solidarity     Eleanor J. Bader April 18, 2025 Ms. Magazine There are moments in history when liberatory movements are ascendant, and moments when we are constrained. Staying mobilized in t…

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April 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump Harvests Autocratic Powers Planted by Bush and Cheney

Trump Harvests Autocratic Powers Planted by Bush and Cheney     Rebecca Gordon April 20, 2025 TomDispatch Sending people to another country didn't start with Donald Trump, but with George W. Bush in the War on Terror, called "extraordinary rendition." “Extra…

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April 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM

Friday Nite Videos | April 25, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | April 25, 2025     xxxxxx April 25, 2025 xxxxxx Who's Breaking Immigration Law: Not Who You Think. Trump & Tariffs | John Oliver. Amateurs Solve a Famous Computer Science Problem. Trump Administration Arrests Judge. 20 Lessons on Tyr…

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April 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Beyond Infection Prevention: The Surprising Brain Benefits of Vaccines

Beyond Infection Prevention: The Surprising Brain Benefits of Vaccines     Jess Steier and Sarah Scheinman April 22, 2025 Unbiased Science New research suggests routine immunizations may help reduce dementia risk ,   Have you ever wondere…

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April 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM

Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf

Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf     Larry David April 21, 2025 The New York Times Larry David (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm) spoofs the fawning "book report" Bill Maher delivered on his show, Real Time With Bill Maher, describing Maher's amicable dinne…

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April 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM

In Kyiv, We Don’t Believe in the Fantasy of Trump’s ‘Peace Deal’. Our Reality Is More Dead Civilians

In Kyiv, We Don’t Believe in the Fantasy of Trump’s ‘Peace Deal’. Our Reality Is More Dead Civilians     Nataliya Gumenyuk April 25, 2025 The Guardian At the scene of the deadliest attack on our capital this year, I see the war on Ukraine is still very rea…

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April 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM

Whither American Catholics?

Whither American Catholics?     Harold Meyerson April 22, 2025 The American Prospect The Church in the U.S., as in much of Europe, is shrinking. In exiting the Church, liberals and radicals and the just plain disgusted have left in their wake a right-wing …

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April 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Small Ode to Joy

Portside Culture Small Ode to Joy     Charlotte Muse At the Corner of Hope and Despair Poet Charlotte Muse knows this life is fleeting, and yet it is the sweetest comfort in the face of political and social chaos. , Nina Koepcke   Hu…

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April 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM

Is America Pissed Off Enough at Trump and Musk for a General Strike?

Is America Pissed Off Enough at Trump and Musk for a General Strike?     Susan Milligan April 24, 2025 The New Republic The United States hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling mul…

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April 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

A Call for Constructive Engagement

A Call for Constructive Engagement     American Association of Colleges and Universities April 22, 2025 American Association of Colleges and Universities More than 440 college presidents and other officials signed a letter Tuesday protesting the “unprecedent…

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April 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Freedom for Sale

Freedom for Sale     Amy Dru Stanley April 22, 2025 Dissent Magazine The government funds institutions that stretch across American society. The Trump administration is demanding the relinquishment of constitutional rights to keep the money flowing. …

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April 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Pope Francis’s Legacy of Love and Peace

Pope Francis’s Legacy of Love and Peace     Kathy Kelly April 24, 2025 Eurasia Review As the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Pope Francis unified people of different generations. He encouraged genuine love for humans—”Todo, todo, tod…

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April 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Apr.24 – Reader Comments: Pope Francis’Message for Peace and Gaza; Rise of End Times Fascism; Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule; New McCarthyism; Webinars; 50 Years Since End of Vietnam War; Labor Can’t Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism;

Tidbits – Apr.24 – Reader Comments: Pope Francis’Message for Peace and Gaza; Rise of End Times Fascism; Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule; New McCarthyism; Webinars; 50 Years Since End of Vietnam War; Labor Can’t Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism;     April 24, 20…

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April 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM

Pope Francis’ Easter Address Appealed for Gaza Cease-Fire

Pope Francis’ Easter Address Appealed for Gaza Cease-Fire     Common Dreams Staff April 21, 2025 Common Dreams "Will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care for Gazans and Palestinians the way he did…

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April 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM

Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials

Portside Culture Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials     Alex Preston April 13, 2025 The Guardian In mapping the Palestinian history and culture that persists despite Israeli suppression, Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson displ…

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April 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM

The Immigrant Families Jailed in Texas

The Immigrant Families Jailed in Texas     Jack Herrera April 23, 2025 The New Yorker Children have long been put in migrant detention if they were apprehended at the border. Today, lawyers have found, families are being removed from stable lives in the Un…

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April 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM

The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer

The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer     Ryan Cooper April 23, 2025 The American Prospect America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds. “United in Blue,” a flag i…

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April 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM

Bernie Asks Us To Run for Office

Bernie Asks Us To Run for Office     Bernie Sanders April 23, 2025 berniesanders.com We need people in every state, county and town in this country to raise their hand and say they are prepared to run for city council, school board, mayor, state legislatur…

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April 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 23, 2025

Global Left Midweek – April 23, 2025     April 23, 2025 xxxxxx Democracy not rearmament Union leaders gather at the memorial stone of Richard Lipper, a young Belgian resistance fighter executed by the Nazis in 1944. Brussels, April 15, 2025. Credit…

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April 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM

What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care

What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care     Hailey Huget April 22, 2025 Jacobin When my toddler’s day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity — which maximizes enro…

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April 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM

By Taking Up the Migrant Cause, Francis Took On Trump and Vance

By Taking Up the Migrant Cause, Francis Took On Trump and Vance     Joan Vennochi April 21, 2025 The Boston Globe The pope wanted to be judged as a voice of moral clarity, speaking out for the marginalized. He made that clear in his fight with Trump and Va…

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April 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM

A World Beyond Tariffs

A World Beyond Tariffs     Luis Feliz Leon April 17, 2025 The American Prospect The United Auto Workers weren’t always in favor of tariffs; they earlier supported cross-border coordination to support better jobs and a peaceful future. ,  …

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April 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Wave of Earth Day Protests As Americans Mobilize Against Trump

Wave of Earth Day Protests As Americans Mobilize Against Trump     Nina Lakhani April 21, 2025 The Guardian Organizers team up with pro-democracy groups for flurry of actions to demand right to free, healthy lives Anti Trump protesters in New Yor…

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April 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 22, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 22, 2025     April 22, 2025 xxxxxx “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!” A hurricane off the Florida coast. Credit, harvepino/Big Stock Photo   A Movement Moment? Racism U.: From Bob Jones to MAGA …

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April 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Brilliantly Staged, Subtext-Rich Vampire Movie

Portside Culture ‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Brilliantly Staged, Subtext-Rich Vampire Movie     Jake Cole April 15, 2025 Slant Sinners is one of the most distinctive, confident mainstream films of the modern era. , Photo: Warner Bros…

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April 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM

Global Climate Movement Mourns Passing of Pope Francis

Global Climate Movement Mourns Passing of Pope Francis     Eloise Goldsmith April 21, 2025 Common Dreams "Pope Francis spoke plainly and with clarity about the climate crisis," said one environmental advocate. A priest holds a sacrament bowl show…

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April 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 23–29, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Apr 23–29, 2025     xxxxxx Got Covid? Have You Tried Injecting Bleach? (2020), No Due Process for Armenians (1915), A Milestone for the Other-Abled (1920), A Dust Bowl Refugee Sings (1940), Harriet Tubman to the Rescue (1860), D…

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April 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM

It’s About One Thing: Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule

It’s About One Thing: Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule     E.J. Dionne Jr. April 17, 2025 The New Republic The tariffs, the treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the DOGE moves—they’re all fundamentally about the same thing. It's time to shed flawed assumption…

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April 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM

From $85 Tomato Leaf Soap to $2,300 Hellmann’s Mayo Handbags, Everyday Food Is Now a Status Symbol

Portside Culture From $85 Tomato Leaf Soap to $2,300 Hellmann’s Mayo Handbags, Everyday Food Is Now a Status Symbol     Leah Asmelash April 13, 2025 CNN Food, especially seemingly modest ingredients, is a way to signify wealth and luxury tastes. Fa…

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