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March 29, 2024 at 12:40 AM

The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life

The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life     Peter Beinart March 22, 2024 New York Times For the last decade or so, an ideological tremor has been unsettling American Jewish life. Since Oct. 7, it has become an earthquake. It concerns the relationship betwe…
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March 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Marginal Realists of Standing Together

The Marginal Realists of Standing Together     Harold Meyerson March 25, 2024 The American Prospect An all-too-rare organization of Israeli Palestinians and Jews works for an unfantastical solution to the enduring conflict. What sets Standing Together apart …
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March 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Governors Are Calling for Investments in Early Care and Education

Governors Are Calling for Investments in Early Care and Education     Anna Lovejoy March 15, 2024 Center for American Progress Child care is both hard to find and increasingly expensive for families. The average price of licensed child care for a U.S. family…
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March 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

First City-Wide Rent Reduction in the History of New York State Upheld by Appellate Court

First City-Wide Rent Reduction in the History of New York State Upheld by Appellate Court     John Mage March 26, 2024 MRonLine Five judge panel rules unanimously determination of Kingston Rent Guidelines Board mandating 15% rent reduction is valid “[n]othin…
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March 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.28 2024 – Reader Comments: Ceasefire, Standing With Palestinians; RFK, Jr; Government Numbers About...; Single-Payer Saves-Report France; Greatest Baseball Films; Seafood’s Potential; Käthe Kollwitz – New Exhibition at MOMA in New York

Tidbits – Mar.28 2024 – Reader Comments: Ceasefire, Standing With Palestinians; RFK, Jr; Government Numbers About…; Single-Payer Saves-Report France; Greatest Baseball Films; Seafood’s Potential; Käthe Kollwitz – New Exhibition at MOMA in New York     Mar 28, 2024 -…
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March 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What To Do About It

Portside Culture Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What To Do About It     Steve Lawton March 20, 2024 Portside Leopold’s new book offers a closer and more detailed look at how wealth extrac…
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March 28, 2024 at 5:40 AM

Through a Grid, Darkly

Portside Culture Through a Grid, Darkly     Adrienne Raphel March 14, 2024 Los Angeles Review of Books This book, writes reviewer Raphel, "is both a memoir and a cultural analysis of American crosswords from the 1910s through the 2010s." , …
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March 28, 2024 at 2:50 AM

Cargo Giant in Baltimore Crash Silenced Whistleblowers

Cargo Giant in Baltimore Crash Silenced Whistleblowers     David Sirota, Helen Santoro, Freddy Brewster, Lucy Dean, Stockton, Katya Schwenk March 26, 2024 The Lever Regulators cited Maersk for its “illegal policy” blocking employees from reporting safety con…
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March 28, 2024 at 2:25 AM

Biden Administration’s Gaza Strategy Panned As ‘Mess’ Amid Clashing Goals

Biden Administration’s Gaza Strategy Panned As ‘Mess’ Amid Clashing Goals     Julian Borger March 26, 2024 The Guardian Strain of aiming to influence Israel’s actions without leverage and also avoiding starvation is showing, say analysts A Palestin…
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March 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Greatest Baseball Films

The Greatest Baseball Films     Peter Dreier March 27, 2024 xxxxxx Most baseball films are pure entertainment. But baseball is often the setting for notable films that tell a bigger story about America’s social conditions. As the Major League Baseball season…
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March 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Why Is America Letting the Oil Industry Destroy the Planet?

Why Is America Letting the Oil Industry Destroy the Planet?     Thom Hartmann March 22, 2024 The Hartmann Report The men who made the intentional decision to murder my father are long dead; the men and women who today are plotting to render much of our beaut…
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March 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 27, 2024

Global Left Midweek – March 27, 2024     March 27, 2024 xxxxxx Politics above — politics below UK/Palestine solidarity. Credit, David McAllister   India: Strategy to Defeat the Far Right in Power Surprise Win in Senegal Unfinished Feminist…
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March 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 26, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 26, 2024     March 26, 2024 xxxxxx Sustaining democracy with collective action Trump supporters hold images of Laken Riley before he speaks at a rally in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024. Credit, Elijah Nouve…
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March 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

As Israel Defies UNSC Demand for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Human Rights Body Slams Ongoing Genocide

As Israel Defies UNSC Demand for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Human Rights Body Slams Ongoing Genocide     Juan Cole March 26, 2024 Informed Comment The report concludes that Israel’s policies in Gaza give “reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating I…
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March 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Surprising Link Between Budgeting and Good Health

The Surprising Link Between Budgeting and Good Health     Carl Smith March 22, 2024 Governing Health outcomes and life expectancy improve in counties where residents have greater opportunity to engage in civic life. Residents of Belle Mina, Ala., w…
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March 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Single-Payer Healthcare Would Save Money and Lives

Single-Payer Healthcare Would Save Money and Lives     Jackson Diianni March 26, 2024 Common Dreams Our current way of doing things is inhumane and unsustainable, and it is essential that we transition to a system which prioritizes patient care over profit. …
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March 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Biden Netanyahu Rift

The Biden Netanyahu Rift     Danny Postel and Lisa Goldman March 26, 2024 New Lines Magazine Is the Israeli-American ‘special relationship’ in danger, or are the two leaders merely playing a game of political survival? ,   This week’s diplo…
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March 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Yuki Miyamoto: Was Oppenheimer Primarily a Victim or a Victimizer?

Portside Culture Yuki Miyamoto: Was Oppenheimer Primarily a Victim or a Victimizer?     Frank T. Fitzgerald March 5, 2024 Hollywood Progressive The Oppenheimer film depicted some controversy that erupted at the lab after scientists heard about the de…
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March 26, 2024 at 6:10 AM

Draft UN Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide

Draft UN Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide     Brett Wilkins March 25, 2024 Common Dreams "Israel's genocide on the Palestinians in Gaza is an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler-colonial process of erasure." An injured Pal…
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March 26, 2024 at 3:55 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar 26 – Apr 1

This Week in People’s History, Mar 26 – Apr 1     xxxxxx Unions Set Back by Troops (1904), A Century of Young People's Concerts (1924), Brazilian Fascists Get the Nod (1964), Freedom on the Slow Road (1799), Big Money in Bananas (1899), Good Trouble on Stage…
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March 26, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Bobby, Think It Over: Your Candidacy May Doom Democracy

Bobby, Think It Over: Your Candidacy May Doom Democracy     Russ Baker March 24, 2024 Going Deep Do the right thing; make your family and forebears proud. ,   Dear Bobby,  According to your publicist, this Tuesday, March 26, you will announ…
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March 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

AOC, Sanders Renew Fight for Green New Deal for Public Housing

AOC, Sanders Renew Fight for Green New Deal for Public Housing     Jessica Corbett March 21, 2024 Common Dreams "Every American deserves to live in a safe, vibrant, and environmentally conscious community—including public housing residents," said Rep. Alexan…
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March 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Assessing Seafood’s Potential To Reduce Global Hunger, Improve Health

Portside Culture Assessing Seafood’s Potential To Reduce Global Hunger, Improve Health     Harvard T. H. Chan Newsletter February 14, 2024 Harvard T. H. Chan Aquatic foods have been instrumental in creating healthy and sustainable diets in many regio…
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March 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Legislative Inaction and Dissatisfaction With One-Party Control Lead to More Issues Going Directly to Voters in Ballot Initiatives, With 60% of Them in Six States

Legislative Inaction and Dissatisfaction With One-Party Control Lead to More Issues Going Directly to Voters in Ballot Initiatives, With 60% of Them in Six States     Thom Reilly March 21, 2024 The Conversation Citizen-led ballot measures in recent years hav…
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March 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM

Sunday Science: Our Black Hole Spins at 60% of the Theoretical Maximum – And Other Weird Facts About It

Sunday Science: Our Black Hole Spins at 60% of the Theoretical Maximum – And Other Weird Facts About It     Sabine Hossenfelder March 21, 2024 Sabine Hossenfelder Black holes are weird already, but it turns out that the black hole at the centre of the Milky …
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March 25, 2024 at 4:55 AM

A ‘Wary Faith’ in the Courts

A ‘Wary Faith’ in the Courts     Eric Foner March 19, 2024 New York Review A groundbreaking new book demonstrates that even during the days of slavery, African Americans knew a lot more about legal principles than has been imagined. Spectators and …
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March 25, 2024 at 4:40 AM

‘Flat and Shallow’: Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Divides Viewers in China

Portside Culture ‘Flat and Shallow’: Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Divides Viewers in China     Helen Davidson March 22, 2024 The Guardian Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese story …
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March 25, 2024 at 4:15 AM

The Class Struggle in Silicon Valley

The Class Struggle in Silicon Valley     Cory Doctorow March 11, 2024 Project Syndicate Deteriorating working conditions have led to a shift in perspective, sparking an unprecedented wave of worker activism. , leighklotz CC by 2.0 via Wikimedia Com…
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March 25, 2024 at 3:45 AM

Senegal’s Elites Wanted To Trash Democracy. Voters Didn’t.

Senegal’s Elites Wanted To Trash Democracy. Voters Didn’t.     Gregory Valdespino March 23, 2024 Jacobin Tomorrow, Senegal votes in an election that French-backed president Macky Sall repeatedly delayed. The fact that the election is going ahead is a victory…
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March 25, 2024 at 2:30 AM

Fort Worth’s Forgotten Lynching: In Search of Fred Rouse

Fort Worth’s Forgotten Lynching: In Search of Fred Rouse     Karen Olsson / Texas Observer March 18, 2024 Texas Observer Retracing the steps of a Texan lynched in 1921 requires a trip through dark days in state history. , Texas Observer   …
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March 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

In Oil Country, First Nation With High Cancer Rates Accuses AER of ‘Regulated Murder’

In Oil Country, First Nation With High Cancer Rates Accuses AER of ‘Regulated Murder’     Brandi Morin March 20, 2024 IndigiNews Athabaska Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) Chief Allan Adam said the lawsuit puts the entire oil industry on notice. “When they caus…
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March 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Mexico Defends GM Corn Restrictions With Science

Mexico Defends GM Corn Restrictions With Science     Timothy Wise March 14, 2024 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) "If we win, we will challenge an entire model of production. It would be a huge achievement, setting an international standard.…
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March 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Why Has Niger Declared US Military Presence in Its Territory Illegal?

Why Has Niger Declared US Military Presence in Its Territory Illegal?     Pavan Kulkarni March 19, 2024 Peoples Dispatch Only months after forcing its former colonizer France to withdraw its troops, Niger, West Africa’s largest country, has said the presence…
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March 23, 2024 at 3:30 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 22, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | March 22, 2024     March 22, 2024 xxxxxx RFK Jr. Is a Real-Time Nightmare. Mary Lou Fulton | Many More Of Us. The Captured Supreme Court. New Research Suggests That Our Universe Has No Dark Matter. The Growing Rift Between Gen Z Boys and…
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March 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM

The First Step Toward Disintegrating Israel’s Settler Machine

The First Step Toward Disintegrating Israel’s Settler Machine     Ori Kol March 19, 2024 972 Magazine Despite their narrow focus, recent international sanctions against settlers are laying the foundations to turn verbal condemnations into tangible action. …
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March 23, 2024 at 2:55 AM

Shelby County Opened the Door to Modern-Day Poll Taxes

Shelby County Opened the Door to Modern-Day Poll Taxes     Michael Podhorzer March 21, 2024 Weekend Reading Voter suppression is the modern-day version of poll taxes. The idea that there is an “acceptable” level of voter suppression is antithetical to what i…
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March 23, 2024 at 2:45 AM

How Pregnancy Changes the Brain

How Pregnancy Changes the Brain     Gina Jiménez March 15, 2024 Scientific American A study of more than 100 new parents showed that pregnancy and birth cause changes in brain circuits that may be involved in empathy and bonding with the child , …
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March 23, 2024 at 2:30 AM

But Really, Just File a Motion To Recuse Already

But Really, Just File a Motion To Recuse Already     Joyce Vance March 20, 2024 Civil Discourse Every federal judge is appointed by a president, and most of them go on to set aside the affiliations that got them there. But Cannon, at virtually every turn, h…
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March 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Thirteen Ways of Coping With Trump ’24

Portside Culture Thirteen Ways of Coping With Trump ’24     W. D. Ehrhart Poet W.D. Ehrhart makes a riff off 13 blackbirds, in hopes of you all doing the right thing in November. ,   Thirteen Ways of Coping with Trump `24 By W. D. …
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March 22, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Biden Plans To Halt Rafah Operation and Remind Netanyahu: Israel Needs America

Biden Plans To Halt Rafah Operation and Remind Netanyahu: Israel Needs America     Amos Harel March 21, 2024 Haaretz Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to talk about 'total victory,' despite tensions with the United States – but the fact that he's s…
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March 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Schumer Spoke for Diaspora Jews

Schumer Spoke for Diaspora Jews     Harold Meyerson March 19, 2024 The American Prospect Schumer was giving voice to what most Democratic officeholders believed but were afraid to say, and he clearly had the blessing of President Biden to go ahead and make t…
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March 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM

No, Immigrants Aren’t More Likely To Commit Crimes Than US-Born, Despite Trump’s Border Speech

No, Immigrants Aren’t More Likely To Commit Crimes Than US-Born, Despite Trump’s Border Speech     Terry Collins March 1, 2024 USA TODAY From 2012-2022, undocumented immigrants have a homicide conviction rate 14% below native-born Americans. Immigrants have …
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March 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Angela Davis: Standing With Palestinians

Angela Davis: Standing With Palestinians     Angela Y. Davis March 19, 2024 Hammer & Hope Reflecting on the past 60 years. "This is the first time in my own political memory that the Palestine solidarity movement is experiencing such broad support both t…
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March 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.21 2024 – Reader Comments: Most Committed Are the Uncommitted; Schumer Clears Path for Democrats; Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech; Folk Music and the New Deal; Women’s History Month in Song, Spoken Word; Block & Build-Left Strategy

Tidbits – Mar.21 2024 – Reader Comments: Most Committed Are the Uncommitted; Schumer Clears Path for Democrats; Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech; Folk Music and the New Deal; Women’s History Month in Song, Spoken Word; Block & Build-Left Strategy     March…
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March 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Taking a Hammer to It

Portside Culture Taking a Hammer to It     Jeremy Hsu October 19, 2023 New Scientist Magazine An eye-opening read traces today’s collective rage against big tech back to the Luddite uprising the industrial revolution. Garment workers in Ban…
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March 21, 2024 at 10:50 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 21, 2024

Global Left Midweek – March 21, 2024     March 21, 2024 xxxxxx On the electoral front, surges and splits Desperate Gaza children march against bombing and food shortages. Credit, Video Elephant   Economics Must Change! Jenin Resistance On …
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March 21, 2024 at 6:40 AM

Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention

Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention     Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox March 19, 2024 Tom Dispatch Stop Treating Gaza Like a Natural Disaster Residents say 'nowhere is safe' in Gaza as the air attacks have been targeting site…
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March 21, 2024 at 6:05 AM

Biden Administration Announces Rule Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles

Biden Administration Announces Rule Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles     Coral Davenport March 20, 2024 New York Times The regulation would require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution…
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March 21, 2024 at 5:50 AM

Is SCOTUS About To Make Bribing Politicians the Same As “Earning a Tip”?

Is SCOTUS About To Make Bribing Politicians the Same As “Earning a Tip”?     Thom Hartmann March 20, 2024 The Hartmann Report And now it appears that the six corrupt Republicans currently on the Court are preparing to make political bribery even easier for t…
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March 21, 2024 at 5:40 AM

The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care

The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care     Elliot Haspel March 20, 2024 The Atlantic The service is essential to families and communities. It should be free. ,   Imagine a politician stepping up to a podium and promising that voters will …