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July 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM

MAGA Desperate To Prove Superman Isn’t an Immigrant but the Law Is Clear

MAGA Desperate To Prove Superman Isn’t an Immigrant but the Law Is Clear     Joe Patrice July 11, 2025 Above the Law There's no legal argument that Superman is anything but an immigrant. ,   There’s a new Superman movie out this week and …

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July 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Why Do Fascists Dream of Alligators?

Why Do Fascists Dream of Alligators?     Asher Elbein July 9, 2025 Defector.com The real animal is subsumed by the fantasy, in the way that the real human lives under threat—every man, woman and child under the gun of a government carried away with its own…

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July 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Marat / Sade Medley

Portside Culture Marat / Sade Medley     Judy Collins In honor of Bastille Day, a medley of tunes from Peter Brooks' production of Peter Weiss's play, Marat / Sade. Sung by Judy Collins. ,   The Persecution and Assassination of J…

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July 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM

What Can Zohran Accomplish?

What Can Zohran Accomplish?     J.W. Mason July 4, 2025 Dissent Magazine Mamdani’s agenda will face serious obstacles. A massive wave of new voters doesn’t just carry you into office. It shifts the landscape, it creates political capital that can be turned…

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July 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Paris Housing Victories

Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Paris Housing Victories     Ian Brossat, Interviewed by Harrison Stetler July 7, 2025 Jacobin As Paris’s deputy mayor, Ian Brossat massively expanded the French capital’s public housing stock. He spoke to Jacobin about the lef…

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July 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Israeli Plan for Forced Transfer of Gaza’s Population ‘A Blueprint for Crimes Against Humanity’

Israeli Plan for Forced Transfer of Gaza’s Population ‘A Blueprint for Crimes Against Humanity’     Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem July 7, 2025 The Guardian Israel’s defense minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on th…

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July 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Beyond Legal Status: Rethinking Immigration and Health in Rural America

Beyond Legal Status: Rethinking Immigration and Health in Rural America     Thurka Sangaramoorthy July 7, 2025 Barn Raiser For immigrants on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, documentation does not guarantee access to health care. Rural America is changing rapidly…

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July 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Living Life With a Purpose: Tim Sheard’s Solidarity Songs

Portside Culture Living Life With a Purpose: Tim Sheard’s Solidarity Songs     Kurt Stand July 10, 2025 Portside We live in an era in which, from the White House on down, meanness has become normalized, become normalized. Music can provide an antidot…

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July 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- July 10-Readers Comments: Big Death Bill; DOGE Cuts Warnings, Texas Approves Camp Mystic Disaster Plan Two Days Before Flood, DHS Now Cancels Extreme Warning Grants – More Disasters To Come; Zohran Mamdani; New Gaza Flotilla Handala Launches

Tidbits- July 10-Readers Comments: Big Death Bill; DOGE Cuts Warnings, Texas Approves Camp Mystic Disaster Plan Two Days Before Flood, DHS Now Cancels Extreme Warning Grants – More Disasters To Come; Zohran Mamdani; New Gaza Flotilla Handala Launches     July 10, …

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July 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM

UAW President Denounces Trump-GOP Budget Law As ‘Total Betrayal’ of American Working Class

UAW President Denounces Trump-GOP Budget Law As ‘Total Betrayal’ of American Working Class     Jake Johnson July 9, 2025 Common Dreams "This bill isn't governance," said United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain. "This is a class war waged from Capitol Hill…

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July 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM

After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined To Stop Him

After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined To Stop Him     Jeffery C. Mays and Nicholas Fandos July 7, 2025 The New York Times Though Zohran Mamdani scored a resounding victory in New York City’s Democratic primary, some in his own party are strate…

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July 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Checks and Balances? Dream On in the Age of Trump!

Checks and Balances? Dream On in the Age of Trump!     Karen J. Greenberg July 6, 2025 TomDispatch Portland in 2020, Los Angeles Today, the United States Tomorrow? A demonstrator points his finger towards members of the California National Guard …

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July 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM

If the Truth Is a Crime, Then We Are All Criminals, Because Silence Is What Tyranny Depends On

If the Truth Is a Crime, Then We Are All Criminals, Because Silence Is What Tyranny Depends On     Thom Hartmann July 8, 2025 Hartmann Report Now that Trump has threatened to prosecute CNN, what happens next will define the role of the press and the soul o…

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July 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM

The Writer As Editor in “Toni at Random”

Portside Culture The Writer As Editor in “Toni at Random”     Gianni Washington June 19, 2025 Chicago Review of Books "This book is not about Toni Morrison, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author," writes reviewer Washington, "but about Toni Morri…

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July 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Asia

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Asia     July 9, 2025 xxxxxx Workers build a democracy of their own Women join the general strike in Gujarat, India. Credit, Facebook   Myanmar Workers and Democratization  General Strike in India Left Dialog…

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July 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump and Texas Republicans Show How Not To Prepare for the Climate Crisis

Trump and Texas Republicans Show How Not To Prepare for the Climate Crisis     Kenny Stancil July 8, 2025 Common Dreams In an era of escalating climate threats, we need a stronger public sector with more resources to mitigate risks, help people weather sto…

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July 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM

New Social Housing Programs Seek To Make Homes Permanently Affordable for a Range of Incomes

New Social Housing Programs Seek To Make Homes Permanently Affordable for a Range of Incomes     Susanne Schindler July 7, 2025 The Conversation Social housing promises a different path forward. A group of people hold green signs next to two peop…

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July 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Requiem for the Wagner Act

Requiem for the Wagner Act     Joseph A. McCartin July 8, 2025 The American Prospect Signed into law 90 years ago, labor’s onetime ‘magna carta’ is now a very dead letter. Union workers hold signs at the Port Newark/Elizabeth-Port Authority Marin…

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July 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

States Scramble To Shield Hospitals From GOP Medicaid Cuts

States Scramble To Shield Hospitals From GOP Medicaid Cuts     Anna Claire Vollers July 7, 2025 Stateline Hospitals stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars under the new tax and spending law, with rural facilities at particular risk. Some states are …

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July 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – July 8, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – July 8, 2025     July 8, 2025 xxxxxx All the President’s tech , Clay Jones   The Dark Enlightenment CBS Grovels to POTUS NYT: Knives Out Attack on Mamdani Social Media and Protest Summer ICEBlock App AI and Bias The …

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July 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

James Gunn Says ‘Superman’ Is About an ‘Immigrant That Came From Other Places’ and How We’ve ‘Lost’ the Value of ‘Basic Human Kindness’: ‘Yes, It’s About Politics’

Portside Culture James Gunn Says ‘Superman’ Is About an ‘Immigrant That Came From Other Places’ and How We’ve ‘Lost’ the Value of ‘Basic Human Kindness’: ‘Yes, It’s About Politics’     Jack Dunn July 6, 2025 Variety ‘Superman’ is the story of Ameri…

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July 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Reveals the Ongoing Cruelty Towards Migrants in US

Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Reveals the Ongoing Cruelty Towards Migrants in US     Richard Luscombe July 7, 2025 The Guardian President’s supporters are gleeful but Everglades jail could prove to be a humanitarian and environmental tragedy Presi…

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July 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM

If You Like Zohran Mamdani, You’re Going To Love His Dad

If You Like Zohran Mamdani, You’re Going To Love His Dad     Kojo Koram July 3, 2025 Novara Media What Zohran Mamdani shows is that the tradition his father represents – a postcolonial critique that is sceptical of moralism, wary of elite consensus, attent…

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July 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jul 9–15, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Jul 9–15, 2025     xxxxxx ‘Nuclear Weapons Endanger the Human Race’ (1955), Standing Up for the Wrong Thing (1955), Jobless Workers on the March (1935), ‘The FBI Can Do No Wrong’ (1975), On the Eve of Destruction (1965) …

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July 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A Communist Wins the Left Primary in Chile and Prepares To Battle the Right in the Presidential Election in November

A Communist Wins the Left Primary in Chile and Prepares To Battle the Right in the Presidential Election in November     Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva July 3, 2025 ZNetwork When Jeanette Jara’s victory in the left primary was certain, President Bori…

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July 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Every Word Is To Be Construed in Favor of Liberty

Every Word Is To Be Construed in Favor of Liberty     Joshua D. Rothman June 3, 2025 Los Angeles Review of Books Joshua D. Rothman reviews Zaakir Tameez’s biography “Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation.” ,   Charles Sumner: Conscience …

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July 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Scientists Find the Most Bitter Tasting Thing Ever

Portside Culture Scientists Find the Most Bitter Tasting Thing Ever     Editors April 9, 2025 BBC This new discovery of bitter taste can aid research into how humans evolved to be able to detect bitter tastes and why. Scientists have foun…

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July 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Sunday Science: Did Baby Talk Give Rise to Language?

Sunday Science: Did Baby Talk Give Rise to Language?     Carl Zimmer June 25, 2025 The New York Times The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language. …

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July 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM

The Oligarchs’ Big Prize in Trump’s Budget-Busting Bill

The Oligarchs’ Big Prize in Trump’s Budget-Busting Bill     Timothy Noah July 3, 2025 The New Republic Avoiding an income-tax increase is nice, but that’s not the bill’s greatest gift to the rich. , Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images   If Amer…

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July 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM

The Parrot in the Machine

The Parrot in the Machine     James Gleick July 3, 2025 The New York Review of Books The artificial intelligence industry depends on plagiarism, mimicry, and exploited labor, not intelligence. , Julie Cockburn: The Maths Lesson, 2011   Th…

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July 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Cautionary Tales From the New Left

Cautionary Tales From the New Left     Steve Early July 2, 2025 Jacobin In a new memoir, New Left leader Michael Ansara wants to impart lessons from his own time as a campus activist to today’s protesters. But his later role in a corruption scandal that se…

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July 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM

I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing.

I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing.     Emma Jackson April 16, 2025 The Nation For the first time, I feel driven to speak publicly, because our company is now powering state violence across the globe. A protest out…

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July 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

America Goes Full-Tilt Satire As Trump Announces He’s Holding UFC Fights at the White House Now

Portside Culture America Goes Full-Tilt Satire As Trump Announces He’s Holding UFC Fights at the White House Now     William Hughes July 4, 2025 AV Club Nothing says "Happy Birthday, America!' like choking a guy out in the Rose Garden. Do…

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July 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Donald Trump’s UFC Stunt Is More Than a Circus.

Donald Trump’s UFC Stunt Is More Than a Circus.     Karim Zidan July 5, 2025 The Guardian MMA was once used to curry favor with Putin. Now, Trump is using the UFC to project a nationalist cult of masculinity Over the past few years, Trump has fre…

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July 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Soldiers Are Taking a Stand Against Trump’s Abuses

Soldiers Are Taking a Stand Against Trump’s Abuses     Liza Featherstone July 4, 2025 The New Republic On the Fourth of July, members of the military are calling on Congress to protect service members who disobey the president’s immoral or unlawful orders.…

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July 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

July 4th in the Face of Fascism

July 4th in the Face of Fascism     Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Bishop William J. Barber, II July 4, 2025 Our Moral Moment This 4th of July, may we all gather with Fannie Lou Hamer and the moral fusion family closest to us – both the living and the dead …

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July 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Zohran Mamdani’s Electrifying Upset in NYC:#RankTheSlate – “Don’t Rank Cuomo”

Zohran Mamdani’s Electrifying Upset in NYC:#RankTheSlate – “Don’t Rank Cuomo”     Nan Faessler July 1, 2025 The Stansbury Forum Along with the turnout of 50,000 volunteers who embraced the Mamdani campaign, the NY WFP, achieved the following: Knocked 7,750…

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July 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Original Sin and the Road to Redemption

Original Sin and the Road to Redemption     Paul Garver July 2, 2025 Chartist For many Democratic operatives, the victory of the Left in the Democratic Party, now represented by Sanders, the Squad, and Mamdani, would be a catastrophic blow, at least as obn…

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July 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | July 4, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | July 4, 2025     July 4, 2025 xxxxxx Zohran Mamdani Responds to Trump’s Threat of Arrest. 'The House I Live In' | Paul Robeson. Trump Dropping Bombs For Peace! | Trevor Noah. The Truth About Silicon Valley’s Radical Vision for AI. Gaza |…

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July 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM

How Trump Is Keeping Americans From Celebrating the Fourth of July

How Trump Is Keeping Americans From Celebrating the Fourth of July     Harold Meyerson July 4, 2025 The American Prospect As ICE agents run amok, Latino cities and communities have been compelled to cancel their celebrations. A group of people on…

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July 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM

It’s Settled: How Adult Brains Make New Neurons

It’s Settled: How Adult Brains Make New Neurons     Nora Bradford July 3, 2025 Scientific American Adult brains grow new neurons, and scientists have finally pinpointed where they come from. These new findings settle a major dispute that neuroscientists ha…

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July 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Radical Past and Future of Christian Zionism

The Radical Past and Future of Christian Zionism     Sarah Jones July 1, 2025 New York Magazine Christian Zionism is again salient as Donald Trump surrounds himself with Evangelicals who profess the ideology and he pays lip service to it, as he does to other…

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July 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A Tribunal in Waiting That Cannot Touch Vladimir Putin — for Now

A Tribunal in Waiting That Cannot Touch Vladimir Putin — for Now     Gleb Bogush The Insider The tribunal will focus on the crime of aggression against Ukraine, but Putin is immune while in office. Even with its limitations, it is a significant step towards t…

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July 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Teaching Poetry in the Prisons

Portside Culture Teaching Poetry in the Prisons     Susan Kelly-DeWitt Poet Susan Kelly Dewitt takes us inside the mind and heart of the lockhouse. , Gunpowder Press   I think of him as a victim (a veteran) of war-- every day was the…

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July 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM

What Zohran Mamdani Needs To Do To Succeed As New York City’s Mayor

What Zohran Mamdani Needs To Do To Succeed As New York City’s Mayor     Peter Dreier June 30, 2025 xxxxxx Mamdani has one more big hurdle to overcome–a general election in November. Pulling together a successful electoral coalition is difficult, but forging …

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July 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM

The Republicans’ Draconian Budget Bill Is Now a Reality

The Republicans’ Draconian Budget Bill Is Now a Reality     Heidi Shierholz July 3, 2025 Economic Policy Institute The Republican budget will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, and shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax breaks that will go overwh…

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July 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM

Trump’s Sneak Attack on Medicare

Trump’s Sneak Attack on Medicare     Robert Kuttner July 2, 2025 The American Prospect For the first time, required pre-authorizations are coming to traditional Medicare. The Trump administration proposes to extend pre-authorizations to traditional Medicar…

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July 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM

My Favorite ‘Anti-Semite’ – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and All Those Who Refuse To Be Silenced on Israeli Apartheid

My Favorite ‘Anti-Semite’ – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and All Those Who Refuse To Be Silenced on Israeli Apartheid     Tony Karon July 1, 2025 Rootless Cosmopolitan In honor of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and all those who refuse to be silenced on Isr…

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July 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Tidbits- July 3-Readers Comments: Bill of Death in House; Big Beautiful BS; Trump and Uber-Rich Usurp Country’s Independence and Constitution; Mamdani and Lander Combined Two Strands; NYC Labor Unites Behind Mamdani; Resource: How Bad Is It?; More

Tidbits- July 3-Readers Comments: Bill of Death in House; Big Beautiful BS; Trump and Uber-Rich Usurp Country’s Independence and Constitution; Mamdani and Lander Combined Two Strands; NYC Labor Unites Behind Mamdani; Resource: How Bad Is It?; More     July 3, 2025…

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July 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM

When the Helping Hand Holds a Machine Gun

When the Helping Hand Holds a Machine Gun     Jeffrey St. Clair June 28, 2025 CounterPunch Israeli troops were ordered to kill starving, unarmed civilians who were trying to get food for their families. Starving Palestinians gather in the early m…

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