How Do You Stop an AI Model Turning Nazi? What the Grok Drama Reveals About AI Training     Aaron J. Snoswell July 14, 2025 The Conversation Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded in X (formerly Twitter) and built by Elon Musk’s company xA…

The IRS Is Building a Vast System To Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE     William Turton, Christopher Bing and Avi Asher-Schapiro July 15, 2025 ProPublica ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to …

BDS@20: Redefining International Solidarity     Palestinian BDS National Committee July 11, 2025 Socialist Project We must escalate pressure and peacefully disrupt all forms of complicity to contribute to ending Israel’s unspeakable genocide and to dismant…

‘Our Hands Are Loud’: Documentary Creates a New Visual Language To Tell a Trailblazer’s Story     Matt Minton July 8, 2025 The Progressive Not Alone Anymore paints an emotional portrait of Matlin’s acting career and personal life, tracing a line from Matli…

Portside Culture Yes, Superman Has Always Been an Immigration Story     Andrew Slack, Jose Antonio Vargas July 12, 2025 The Hollywood Reporter Accusations that James Gunn has “politicized” Superman come laughably late, as the world's most famous su…

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 15, 2025     July 15, 2025 xxxxxx ICE vs USA , Aïda Amer/Axios   Reproductive Police Going to Work For ICE Volunteering Against ICE Military Insubordination A Fourth of July Message From 1828 Church …

This Week in People’s History, Jul 16–22, 2025     xxxxxx Deadly Fallout Heralds the Nuclear Age (1945), Bob Marley’s Breakthrough (1975), Hitler’s Publishing Debut (1925), Struggle Pays (2000), The Origin of Ignorance (1925), The More Things Change, the More…

Princeton Study Maps 200,000 Years of Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding     Princeton University July 13, 2025 Science Daily For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins. But modern humans and Neanderthals didn’t just cross paths; they repea…

Portside Culture What Happened to America’s Meat Recalls? Pandemic-Era Dip Still Lingers.     Melissa Dai July 9, 2025 Investigate Midwest The Trump administration eliminated two food safety committees: the National Advisory Committee on Meat and P…

Insoumission     Jean-Luc Mélenchon & Tariq Ali July 11, 2025 Sidecar The liberals say it’s every man for himself and the fascists say it’s everyone against the Arabs. They have their worldviews, and we, the left, must offer another way of seeing the w…

Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated     Lydia Saad July 11, 2025 Gallup Record-high 79% consider immigration good for the country and support down for border wall and mass deportation. ,   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans have …

Israeli Settlers Beat American to Death in Illegally Occupied West Bank: Family, Health Ministry     Jessica Corbett July 11, 2025 Common Dreams "If President Trump will not even put America first when Israel murders American citizens, then this is truly a…