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April 22, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Other Abortion Pill Option

The Other Abortion Pill Option     Katelyn Jetelina and Heidi Moseson April 21, 2023Your Local Epdemiologist A really important piece of the abortion rights story has gotten little attention the past few weeks: even if mifepristone is severely restricted, we have ano…

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April 22, 2023 at 12:55 AM

The Most Dangerous Security Threat to the United States

The Most Dangerous Security Threat to the United States     John Feffer April 19, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus For all his youth and naivete, Jack Teixeira represents a sizable government-skeptical force that works in or adjacent to the U.S. government. Many of these …

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April 22, 2023 at 12:25 AM

‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Can Get You Killed

‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Can Get You Killed     Caroline Light April 21, 2023The Conversation Since 2005, “stand your ground” laws have spread to around 30 states, transforming the legal landscape. Enacted in the context of deep racial biases, they encourage armed ci…

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April 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Graffiti

Portside Culture Graffiti     Josh Lefkowitz February 12, 2021Rattle Colorado poet Josh Lefkowitz reads the writing on the wall, asking what it means. ,   Graffiti By Josh Lefkowitz 35,400 years ago, in a cave on Sulawesi – fourth-largest Indonesi…

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April 21, 2023 at 3:22 AM

Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt To Erase Black History (revised)

Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt To Erase Black History (revised)     Eleanor J. Bader April 17, 2023Truthout The right has compiled a glossary of words like “abolition” and “equity” that it deems suspect in classroom contexts. Ayo Wal…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt To Erase Black History

Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt To Erase Black History     Eleanor J. Bader April 17, 2023Truthout The right has compiled a glossary of words like “abolition” and “equity” that it deems suspect in classroom contexts. Ayo Walker / Trut…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Speaker McCarthy Is Feeling the Heat

Speaker McCarthy Is Feeling the Heat     Michelle Cottle April 17, 2023New York Times A huge number of his members have no idea what they’re doing. Legislating is a skill—maybe even an art — for which it’s useful for members to have experience with something beyond m…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Congress Members Urge Probe Into Use of US Weapons by Israel

Congress Members Urge Probe Into Use of US Weapons by Israel     Al Jazeera Staff April 14, 2023Al Jazeera A group of progressive Democrats in the United States Congress has called on President Joe Biden to “shift” American policy on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

BRICS Bank De-Dollarizing, Promises 30% of Loans in Local Currencies, New Chief Dilma Rousseff Says

BRICS Bank De-Dollarizing, Promises 30% of Loans in Local Currencies, New Chief Dilma Rousseff Says     Ben Norton Geopolitical Economy Report The new chief of the BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank, Brazil’s leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradu…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Apr. 20, 2023 – Reader Comments: Clarence Thomas = Corrupt; Mifepristone Ruling; Supreme Court “Ethics”; Biden’s Right Turn and 2024; Lula’s Plan: Global Battle Against Trumpism; LBJ vs. MLK; Danger of Nuclear War; AI, Labor, and Tech;

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April 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Tax the Patriarchy To Support Women and Families

Tax the Patriarchy To Support Women and Families     Rebekah Entralgo April 14, 2023Inequality.Org A new tool from the National Women’s Law Center shows how taxing billionaires could fund "long overdue" investments in the care economy. , Simplemost   Whi…

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April 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why Anti-Abortion Groups Are Citing the Ideas of a 19th-Century ‘Vice Reformer’

Why Anti-Abortion Groups Are Citing the Ideas of a 19th-Century ‘Vice Reformer’     Sarah McCammon April 18, 2023NPR Anti-abortion activists appear to feel emboldened by last summer's Supreme Court decision and apparently are trying to use the Comstock Act to reopen …

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April 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Loyal NRA Friends Vow To Save Our Guns and Fridges

Loyal NRA Friends Vow To Save Our Guns and Fridges     Abby Zimet April 19, 2023Common Dreams Among a swarm of GOP pols, the Orange Nazi memorably decried yuge gangs of "communist maniacs" attacking "apartment stores" and carting off refrigerators, air conditioners, …

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April 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Class Ceilings

Class Ceilings     Allison L. Hurst April 17, 2023Working Class Perspectives The insidious myth of meritocracy belies increasingly insane levels of inequality in the US that prevent even younger generations born into the middle class from achieving “the American Drea…

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April 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Silvia Federici Sees Your Unpaid Work

Portside Culture Silvia Federici Sees Your Unpaid Work     Joanna Biggs February 11, 2022The New Republic The crisis that Federici identified in the 1970s has reached a boiling point. ,   Patriarchy of the Wage Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism S…

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April 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Africa

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Africa     April 19, 2023xxxxxx Unrest spreads across the continent In Johannesburg, members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union struck for higher wages last month. Credit, The Citizen/Jacques Nelles …

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April 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

No Amount of Money Erases What We Already Learned About Fox in the Dominion Case

No Amount of Money Erases What We Already Learned About Fox in the Dominion Case     Tori Otten April 18, 2023The New Republic A settlement doesn’t make all the other revelations go away, no matter how much money it is. Lawyers representing Dominion Voting Sys…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Understanding the Latest Restrictions on Mifepristone

Understanding the Latest Restrictions on Mifepristone     Robert Kuttner April 14, 2023The American Prospect These efforts will backfire on the right—but produce a lot of suffering along the way. Three members of the Women’s March group protest in support of a…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

You’re Paying Taxes Today. The Rich Aren’t.

You’re Paying Taxes Today. The Rich Aren’t.     Andrew Perez, Matthew Cunningham-Cook, Rebecca Burns April 18, 2023Jacobin Today is Tax Day, the deadline for Americans to pay their taxes. One group that won’t be paying much today: the rich, who have stashed $2 trilli…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Mass Destruction

Mass Destruction     Daniel Bessner March 27, 2023Boston Review A Review: Every Citizen a Statesman: The Dream of a Democratic Foreign Policy in the American Century, by David Allen, Harvard University Press Real democratic participation in foreign policy is a…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Folly of Censoring “Joyland,” a Sublime Film About Family

Portside Culture The Folly of Censoring “Joyland,” a Sublime Film About Family     Mohammed Hanif April 12, 2023The New Yorker A new movie from the director Saim Sadiq, "Joyland", Pakisitan's 2023 Oscar entry, depicts queer love against the backdrop of a Pakist…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – April 18, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – April 18, 2023     April 18, 2023xxxxxx Striking writers take on The Industry, and more news from tech and media Writers Guild members have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The vote was approved by nearly 98% of the eligible v…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Leveling Rutgers Wealth Pyramid From the Bottom Up

Leveling Rutgers Wealth Pyramid From the Bottom Up     Bob Hennelly April 15, 2023Insider NJ The Rutgers strike can’t be seen in isolation but as part of a massive national movement looking to counter the corporate takeover of higher education that’s helped to accele…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why You Should Feed Your Hangry Gut Bacteria

Why You Should Feed Your Hangry Gut Bacteria     Christopher Damman April 10, 2023The Conversation The microbiome’s signals regulate the growth and function of energy-producing mitochondria across many cell types. The ultraprocessed foods that make up an increasing f…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Demystifying the US Farm Bill

Portside Culture Demystifying the US Farm Bill     Miranda Lipton April 7, 2023Modern Farmer While the farm bill may seem too dense to digest, its contents underpin the functioning of the American food and agriculture system, which directly impacts how and what…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why GOP Culture Warriors Lost Big in School Board Races This Month

Why GOP Culture Warriors Lost Big in School Board Races This Month     Juan Perez Jr. April 17, 2023Politico “Don’t assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said. "Fortunate…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Day Care Waitlists Are So Long, Moms Are Quitting Their Jobs or Choosing To Stop Having Kids

Day Care Waitlists Are So Long, Moms Are Quitting Their Jobs or Choosing To Stop Having Kids     Chabeli Carrazana March 30, 2023The 19th After the pandemic decimated the child care industry, parents are now routinely waiting years for care and doing anything they ca…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Why Did Madison Write the Second Amendment?

Why Did Madison Write the Second Amendment?     Carl T. Bogus April 9, 2023History News Network The Second Amendment was intended in the first instance to protect slaveholders from the people they owned. Slave patrol examining passes on the levee road below Ne…

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April 17, 2023 at 7:00 AM

Sunday Science: Mysterious Dark Matter Mapped in Finest Detail Yet

Sunday Science: Mysterious Dark Matter Mapped in Finest Detail Yet     Jonathan Amos April 11, 2023BBC Research led by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration maps the universe’s cosmic growth supporting Einstein's theory of general relativity. In the ar…

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April 17, 2023 at 6:35 AM

How Policymakers Fight a Losing Battle With Models

How Policymakers Fight a Losing Battle With Models     Elizabeth Warren April 4, 2023The American Prospect Reforms are needed to ensure that inaccurate budgetary math doesn’t take precedence over maximizing long-term prosperity. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) co…

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April 17, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Brandon Johnson Won in Chicago. Now His Movement Will Have To Beat Capital Strikes.

Brandon Johnson Won in Chicago. Now His Movement Will Have To Beat Capital Strikes.     Kevin A. Young April 12, 2023Jacobin Brandon Johnson’s mayoral victory is a first step toward transforming the deeply unequal city. If he’s going to undertake radical reform effor…

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April 17, 2023 at 5:40 AM

A Framework To Help Us Understand the World

A Framework To Help Us Understand the World     Olúf ́mi O. Táíwò March 10, 2023Hammer and Hope Out of a common history emerged racism, capitalism, and the whole world. This offers us a clue on how to change that world. “The Weight of Scars,” 2015, Otobong Nka…

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April 17, 2023 at 5:15 AM

Lula’s Plan: A Global Battle Against Trumpism

Lula’s Plan: A Global Battle Against Trumpism     Alexander Burns April 13, 2023Politico Inspired by Brazil’s president, Americans on the left consider whether to match the international right with a movement of their own. Presidents Joe Biden and Luiz Inácio …

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April 17, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Beef Is the Best Show Netflix Has Had in Recent Memory

Portside Culture Beef Is the Best Show Netflix Has Had in Recent Memory     Alex Abad-Santos April 12, 2023Vox Netflix and A24’s Beef is astounding, anti-ambient TV. Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, and Ali Wong’s wig — the three fantastic actors in Netflix’s Beef…

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April 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

PACT Act Problems

PACT Act Problems     Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early April 6, 2023The Progressive The VA is unprepared for a flood of claims from veterans disabled by toxic exposure. n this February 4, 2013, file photo, US soldiers watch garbage incinerate in a burn pit at Forwa…

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April 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Americans Say Medication Abortion Should Be Legal

Americans Say Medication Abortion Should Be Legal     Hannah Hartig April 11, 2023Pew Research Center By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state. , Pew Research Center   With the future of abortion pills in …

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April 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

An American Dilemma: Michael Kazin and the Recycling of Cold War Liberalism

An American Dilemma: Michael Kazin and the Recycling of Cold War Liberalism     Jonathan Feldman April 11, 2023CounterPunch A coherent U.S. policy would be based on a more cooperative posture towards the Russians not militarist expansionism which empowers militarists…

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April 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Ilhan Omar Embarks on New Path No Longer Defined by ‘Firsts’

Ilhan Omar Embarks on New Path No Longer Defined by ‘Firsts’     Farnoush Amiri April 9, 2023AP News While many voiced concerns that her removal from the House Foreign Affairs Committee would effectively silence her on foreign policy, Omar said Republicans badly misc…

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April 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Impossibility of Actual Politics

The Impossibility of Actual Politics     Nihal El Aasar April 10, 2023Africa is a Country Reflections on the Arab Spring After Twelve Years: A ‘failed’ revolution may not be entirely failed if we consider significant transformations that may transpire at the level of…

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April 15, 2023 at 2:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | April 14, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | April 14, 2023     April 14, 2023xxxxxx Clarence Thomas' Secret Life of Luxury. Teach Your Children | Playing For Change. Tennessee Republicans Met With Devastating Response. What Is Working-Class Environmentalism? How Solar Energy Got So Cheap.…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:05 AM

LBJ vs. MLK

LBJ vs. MLK     Jonathan Eig and Jeanne Theoharis April 12, 2023New York Times New documents reveal that Johnson was more of an antagonist to King and a conspirator with Hoover than he has been portrayed. He knew exactly what J. Edgar Hoover was doing. Martin…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:05 AM

After His Abortion Pill Ruling, What Will Judge Kacsmaryk Do Next?

After His Abortion Pill Ruling, What Will Judge Kacsmaryk Do Next?     Grace Benninghoff April 11, 2023The Texas Monthly Coming up on the docket of Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Amarillo judge: cases involving socially conscious investing, press freedoms, and workplace hara…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Organizing Pays Off: Brandon Johnson’s Chicago Win

Organizing Pays Off: Brandon Johnson’s Chicago Win     Barbara Ransby April 13, 2023The Nation Movement organizers claimed a hard-won collective victory with Brandon Johnson's election. Now the Windy City’s first movement mayor faces a formidable array of challenges,…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Republican ‘Billionaires Pay Zero Tax’ Act

The Republican ‘Billionaires Pay Zero Tax’ Act     Bob Lord April 4, 2023Inequality.org A new GOP bill, formally entitled the ’Death Tax Repeal Act,’ would enable our super-rich to avoid both income and estate tax on their investment gains. ,   Under Ame…

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April 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

No Regrets

Portside Culture No Regrets     W.D. Ehrhart April 14, 2023 The poet W.D. Ehrhart, veteran of both the Marines and Vietnam Veterans Against the War asks seriously, how can people like Henry Kissinger claim a lifetime of “no regrets”? ,   No Regrets…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced To Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas’s

54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced To Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas’s     Adam Cohen April 11, 2023New York Times The last time such serious allegations were made against a sitting justice, Congress responded firmly, in bipartisa…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Six Ways Existing Economic Models Are Killing the Economy

Six Ways Existing Economic Models Are Killing the Economy     Nick Hanauer April 5, 2023The American Prospect Economic models do not, and never can, fully reflect the extraordinary complexity of human markets. The point is to create useful abstractions to provide dec…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Behind the Expulsions of Two State Representatives in Tennessee – GOP Super-Majorities Are Undermining Democracy in States

Behind the Expulsions of Two State Representatives in Tennessee – GOP Super-Majorities Are Undermining Democracy in States     Sue Halpern April 10, 2023The New Yorker The expulsions of two Black lawmakers, following large student protests for gun control, are part o…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Doctors in Britain Go on Four-Day Strike

Doctors in Britain Go on Four-Day Strike     Sachin Ravikumar April 11, 2023Reuters Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the…

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April 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Apr. 13, 2023 – Reader Comments: Clarence Thomas Lived Large Thanks to Nazi Worshipper; GOP Expels Black Representatives for ’Representing While Black; Ukraine War, NATO; Celebrate the Legacy of Charlene Mitchell; More...

Tidbits – Apr. 13, 2023 – Reader Comments: Clarence Thomas Lived Large Thanks to Nazi Worshipper; GOP Expels Black Representatives for ’Representing While Black; Ukraine War, NATO; Celebrate the Legacy of Charlene Mitchell; More…     April 13, 2023xxxxxx Reader Comme…

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