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September 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Great Parmesan Cheese Enigma

Portside Culture The Great Parmesan Cheese Enigma     Willa Paskin September 2, 2025 Slate According to historian Alberto Grandi, if you want to eat the original Parmigiano like our great-grandparents used to eat, you should go to Milwaukee or Madi…

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September 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM

Sunday Science: Happy Birthday, LIGO. Now Drop Dead.

Sunday Science: Happy Birthday, LIGO. Now Drop Dead.     Dennis Overbye September 10, 2025 The New York Times Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same sin…

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September 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM

If RFK Jr. Doesn’t Resign, Physicians Should Join a Limited Strike (Opinion)

If RFK Jr. Doesn’t Resign, Physicians Should Join a Limited Strike (Opinion)     Richard L. Kravitz September 12, 2025 STAT News It’s a nuclear option — but it may be necessary Junior doctors take part in a strike on the picket line outside the S…

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September 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM

How Originalism Killed the Constitution

How Originalism Killed the Constitution     Jill Lepore September 10, 2025 The Atlantic A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution. , Nora Carol Photography / Getty   A bushy-browed, pipe-smoking, pi…

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September 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Charlie Kirk’s Killing Was a Tragedy. But We Must Not Rewrite His Life

Charlie Kirk’s Killing Was a Tragedy. But We Must Not Rewrite His Life     Moira Donegan September 14, 2025 The Guardian In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous In the wake…

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September 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Colonize Then, Deport Now

Colonize Then, Deport Now     Jonathan Ort September 9, 2025 Africa is a Country Trump’s deportation regime revives a colonial blueprint first drafted by the American Colonization Society, when Black lives were exiled to Africa to safeguard a white republi…

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September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Pitt and Other Medical Shows Finally Acknowledge ‘Backbone’ of Health Care: Filipino Nurses

Portside Culture The Pitt and Other Medical Shows Finally Acknowledge ‘Backbone’ of Health Care: Filipino Nurses     Christine Pagulayan September 13, 2025 CBC News Filipino Canadian nurses weigh in on what TV portrayals get right and where they ca…

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September 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Ex-IDF Chief Confirms Gaza Casualties Over 200,000

Ex-IDF Chief Confirms Gaza Casualties Over 200,000     Julian Borger September 12, 2025 The Guardian Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip. Former army chief of staff He…

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September 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Daniel Bensaid and Question of Strategy

Daniel Bensaid and Question of Strategy     Sankha Subhra Biswas September 8, 2025 Socialist Project The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was not merely a geopolitical event but also resulted, globally, in a profound crisis in revolutionary thought. …

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September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Why Los Angeles Must Resist

Why Los Angeles Must Resist     Max Benavidez September 10, 2025 The Stansbury Forum The city that raised me—this dazzling, sprawling place of freedom and invention—is under siege Police officers and members of the National Guard are deployed out…

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September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How Omar Fateh Brought His Own ‘Mamdani Moment’ to Minneapolis

How Omar Fateh Brought His Own ‘Mamdani Moment’ to Minneapolis     Owen Jakel September 9, 2025 The Progressive In both Minneapolis and New York City, democratic socialist municipal candidates have made strides—and faced backlash from the Democratic establ…

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September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump, Tyranny and the Need for a People’s Program

Trump, Tyranny and the Need for a People’s Program     Richard Rubenstein September 5, 2025 CounterPunch We urgently need to create a people’s movement. Meeting locally and nationally, interested Americans of all backgrounds can form “committees of corresp…

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September 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM

The Far Right Is Already Blaming the Left for Charlie Kirk’s Shooting

The Far Right Is Already Blaming the Left for Charlie Kirk’s Shooting     Robert McCoy September 10, 2025 The New Republic The attack on the conservative activist Wednesday garnered an outpouring of rage online. Is this our Reichstag moment, similar to wha…

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September 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Who Died? Did Trump Know? What About the Hostages? Five Key Questions on Israel’s Strike in Doha

Who Died? Did Trump Know? What About the Hostages? Five Key Questions on Israel’s Strike in Doha     Amir Tibon September 10, 2025 Haaretz Many details surrounding the IDF's airstrike on a Hamas leadership meeting in Qatar remain unclear – including the le…

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September 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Electing a Socialist in New York City – Where Taking Care of Everyone Is Common Sense.

Electing a Socialist in New York City – Where Taking Care of Everyone Is Common Sense.     Hamilton Nolan September 8, 2025 How Things Work What socialism really means is public services for the public good. Using government to socialize the things that ca…

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September 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM

What I Got Wrong About D.E.I.

What I Got Wrong About D.E.I.     Eugenia Cheng September 5, 2025 The New York Times Math teaches us that D.E.I. initiatives should be about carefully defining metrics we use to measure how far people have come, thus how far they have the potential to go. …

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September 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Tidbits- Sept 11 -Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; in Memory of Melissa Hortman; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15

Tidbits- Sept 11 -Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; in Memory of Melissa Hortman; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15     September 11, …

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September 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM

All Elements in Place for a US Decapitation Strike on Venezuela

All Elements in Place for a US Decapitation Strike on Venezuela     Roger D. Harris and Joe Emersberger September 5, 2025 LA Progressive All the elements, especially US impunity, are in place to eventually attempt a decapitation strike eliminating the Sout…

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September 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures     Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth August 28, 2025 The New York Times A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying …

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September 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Marx’s Last Studies

Portside Culture Marx’s Last Studies     Charles Reitz May 15, 2025 Marx & Philosophy Review of Books Between 1879 and 1882, Marx the studied latest research and writing on communal clan-based social formations around the globe, focusing on the…

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September 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Sotomayor Slams SCOTUS for Unconscionable Racial Profiling Decision

Sotomayor Slams SCOTUS for Unconscionable Racial Profiling Decision     Robert McCoy September 8, 2025 The New Republic Every liberal justice on the Supreme Court issued a scathing dissent in the decision to let ICE resume its racial-profiling tactics. …

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September 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Federal Agents in NY Retreat in SUV With Slashed Tires As Protesters Shout ‘Gestapo’

Federal Agents in NY Retreat in SUV With Slashed Tires As Protesters Shout ‘Gestapo’     Gino Fanelli September 10, 2025 Gothamist The group shouted “shame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led action d…

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September 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — September 10, 2025

Global Left Midweek — September 10, 2025     September 10, 2025 xxxxxx The planet in play , La Via Campesina   Via Campesina: Reclaim Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power! “Block Everything!” France Ignites  Xi Platforms East and South U…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

What We Can Learn From Nordic Socialism

What We Can Learn From Nordic Socialism     Chris Kutalik September 9, 2025 Jacobin A new book by Danish MP Pelle Dragsted argues that socialists can start building economic democracy even before capitalism is fully overcome. Dragsted’s vision is…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Global Sumud Flotilla: When States Fail, Humanity Sets Sail

Global Sumud Flotilla: When States Fail, Humanity Sets Sail     Deniz Baran September 9, 2025 Middle East Eye The flotilla sails as a lawful act of civil society, seeking to challenge Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver essential humanitarian aid to a st…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

What the Polls Are Screaming to ‘Mainstream’ Democrats

What the Polls Are Screaming to ‘Mainstream’ Democrats     Harold Meyerson September 9, 2025 The American Prospect The Democratic rank and file is much more aligned with Bernie, AOC, and Zohran than it is with Chuck and Hakeem. Sen. Bernie Sander…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The One Crime Trump Doesn’t Seem To Have a Problem With? Domestic Violence.

The One Crime Trump Doesn’t Seem To Have a Problem With? Domestic Violence.     Julianne McShane September 8, 2025 Mother Jones “If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see? So now I can’t claim 100 percent [reduction in crime…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 9, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 9, 2025     September 9, 2025 xxxxxx Culture wars turning from cold to hot , Patrick Chappatte   Multilevel Marketing Shapes Our Reality The Rich Democratic Party Gerontocracy Mobile Home Mobili…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Caught Stealing Is a Wild and Violent Romp

Portside Culture Caught Stealing Is a Wild and Violent Romp     Eileen Jones September 2, 2025 Jacobin Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing sees the typically pretentious auteur shift gears toward fun and violence in late 1990s NYC. It’s a throwback …

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September 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM

Need I List All the Reasons Why Trump Shouldn’t Get a Nobel Peace Prize?

Need I List All the Reasons Why Trump Shouldn’t Get a Nobel Peace Prize?     Sidney Blumenthal September 8, 2025 The Guardian Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death , REUTERS/Brian Snyde   Donald Trump’s thuggish camp…

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September 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites

Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites     Kevin Sack September 5, 2025 The New York Times This is a betrayal of history’s fundamental purpose: to learn from the past. If we ever aspire to become one nation, the entirety of our past, includin…

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September 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sep 10–16, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Sep 10–16, 2025     xxxxxx Starvation in the Midst of Plenty: Deadly Landlordism During the Potato Famine in Ireland Police evicting an Irish farm family,   Starvation in the Midst of Plenty: Deadly Landlordism…

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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh

People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh     Peter Lucas September 5, 2025 The Nation The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party …

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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Pomegranate in History and Myth

Portside Culture The Pomegranate in History and Myth     Demir Alp August 29, 2025 JSTOR DAILY The pomegranate shows a marked versatility in its cultural connotations and connections. The intrigues of pomegranates extend beond the culinar…

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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

D.C. Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Alleging Illegal Federal Takeover

D.C. Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Alleging Illegal Federal Takeover     Stacy M. Brown September 4, 2025 Washington Informer “Deploying the National Guard to engage in law enforcement is not only unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dange…

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September 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM

Sunday Science: Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced

Sunday Science: Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced     Bill McKibben September 7, 2025 The New Yorker International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out? Chris Wright testifies at …

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September 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM

80 Years Ago, a Jewish Radical and Two Negro League Stars Led a Crusade To Integrate Baseball That Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson

80 Years Ago, a Jewish Radical and Two Negro League Stars Led a Crusade To Integrate Baseball That Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson     Peter Dreier September 7, 2025 Common Dreams The little known story about Sam Nahem, Leon Day, and Willard Brown who in…

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September 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.     Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott, Alex Mierjeski September 4, 2025 ProPublica The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, fo…

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September 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM

An Arkansas Group’s Effort To Build a White Ethnostate Forms Part of a Wider US Movement Inspired by White Supremacy

An Arkansas Group’s Effort To Build a White Ethnostate Forms Part of a Wider US Movement Inspired by White Supremacy     Paul J. Becker September 5, 2025 The Conversation The group, which describes itself as a “private membership association” that helps gr…

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September 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Mostly Economics Podcast #:18 Beyond ‘I Have a Dream’ – the Forgotten Economic Demands of 1963

Mostly Economics Podcast #:18 Beyond ‘I Have a Dream’ – the Forgotten Economic Demands of 1963     Dean Baker, Dr. William P. Jones August 28, 2025 Center for Economic and Policy Research Dean Baker speaks with historian Dr. William P. Jones about his book…

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September 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

If You’re a Socialist, Root for the Green Bay Packers

Portside Culture If You’re a Socialist, Root for the Green Bay Packers     Josh Androsky September 4, 2025 Jacobin Let’s get one thing straight: the Green Bay Packers are the only socialist team in the NFL. Israel Abanikanda #23 of the Gr…

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September 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Washington, DC, Residents Protest Against Trump

Washington, DC, Residents Protest Against Trump     Brad Ulery September 6, 2025 Reuters Several thousand protesters march to oppose Trump's troop deployment Justice Department data shows violent crime at 30-year low in D.C D.C. Attorney General files laws…

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September 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Sanders Backs Trump Plan for Government Stake in Intel

Sanders Backs Trump Plan for Government Stake in Intel     August 20, 2025 Al Jazeera The new stake in the tech giant aims to increase US semiconductor chip production. The United States government’s interest in the semiconductor chipmaker has sp…

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September 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

US Lawmakers Urged To Follow Merkley and Van Hollen’s Lead After Senators Denied Access to Gaza

US Lawmakers Urged To Follow Merkley and Van Hollen’s Lead After Senators Denied Access to Gaza     Jessica Corbett August 31, 2025 Common Dreams CAIR said that they "have taken a bold and necessary step by confronting the Israeli-manufactured and US-backe…

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September 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘Hard Work of Hope’: A Memoir of the New Left, Antiwar Movement, and Working Class Politics

‘Hard Work of Hope’: A Memoir of the New Left, Antiwar Movement, and Working Class Politics     Roger Bybee August 25, 2025 Foreign Policy in Focus While not providing a clear antidote to Trumpism, Michael Ansara’s “Hard Work” still delivers indispensable …

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September 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump Promised an Antiwar Presidency. He’s Delivered the Opposite.

Trump Promised an Antiwar Presidency. He’s Delivered the Opposite.     Khury Petersen-Smith September 2, 2025 Newsweek Any expectation that Trump would bring a new era of reduced wars is being dashed by the brutal, opposite reality. The Nimitz-cl…

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September 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 5, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | September 5, 2025     xxxxxx September 5, 2025 xxxxxx The Ballad of Big Balls. The Most Corrupt Stock Traders in Congress. Could the Epstein Vote Take Down Trump? Graham Platner for U.S. Senate | Launch Video. Chuck Schumer's Fantasy Cou…

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September 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM

A (Scientifically Based) Guide To Fall 2025 Vaccines

A (Scientifically Based) Guide To Fall 2025 Vaccines     Katelyn Jetelina September 3, 2025 Your Local Epidemiologist Vaccines are one of the best things you can do this fall and winter to stay healthy and minimize disruption. Here is the Who, What and Whe…

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September 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM

Epstein Survivors Have Had Enough

Epstein Survivors Have Had Enough     Mimi Rocah September 4, 2025 MSNBC Trump's DOJ shoved Epstein's survivors too many times, and now they are determined to push back and to demand justice. "We are here today, and we are speaking, and we are not going to…

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September 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Cost of Children Is Too Damn High

The Cost of Children Is Too Damn High     Nancy Folbre September 2, 2025 Dollars & Sense Most so-called pronatalist policies seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment. Sketch by Nancy Folb…

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