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June 6, 2023 at 12:05 AM

What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days

What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days     Maria Cramer June 4, 2023New York Times On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls. It was a bold experiment that some bel…

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June 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Food Innovations That Came From War

Portside Culture Food Innovations That Came From War     Diana Hubbell May 12, 2023Atlas Obscura Many processed foods now common in civilian life were first created by and for the military-industrial complex. Thank Uncle Sam for Cheetos, air fryers, and other m…

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June 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Latino Activist Rudy Lozano Was Murdered 40 Years Ago. Some Called It a ‘Political Assassination.’

Latino Activist Rudy Lozano Was Murdered 40 Years Ago. Some Called It a ‘Political Assassination.’     Ron Grossman June 4, 2023Chicago Tribune An organizer for the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, he had made an unsuccessful run for 22nd Ward alderman i…

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June 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Liberalism and the Spectre of Inverted Totalitarianism

Liberalism and the Spectre of Inverted Totalitarianism     Henry Heller May 28, 2023Canadian Dimension What is paradoxical is that U.S. imperial ideology happens to be not fascism but an all-encompassing and intolerant liberalism refitted for rationalizing military a…

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June 5, 2023 at 4:30 AM

Sunday Science: Quantum Physics Proposes a New Way To Study Biology – And the Results Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of How Life Works

Sunday Science: Quantum Physics Proposes a New Way To Study Biology – And the Results Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of How Life Works     Clarice D. Aiello May 15, 2023The Conversation Research suggests that quantum effects influence biological functions. If …

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June 5, 2023 at 4:05 AM

What Will Be Left of the Voting Rights Act?

What Will Be Left of the Voting Rights Act?     Michael Waldman May 31, 2023Brennan Center for Justice The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority returns to one of its favorite victims. , Jason Armond/Getty   June is the cruelest month. Tomorrow begi…

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June 5, 2023 at 3:50 AM

The Little Man’s Big Friends

The Little Man’s Big Friends     Eric Foner June 1, 2023London Review of Books This book covers more than two centuries of American history, seeking to explain the evolution and enduring power of a racially inflected understanding of freedom. ,   Freedom…

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June 5, 2023 at 3:30 AM

Getting Across Baltimore

Getting Across Baltimore     Gabrielle Gurley June 1, 2023The American Prospect Gov. Wes Moore’s credibility in the largest city in Maryland rides on building a light-rail line long blocked by racist fears. Bus riders in Baltimore endure one or more long bus c…

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June 5, 2023 at 3:05 AM

This Is Not the End of the Supreme Court’s War on Labor

This Is Not the End of the Supreme Court’s War on Labor     Elie Mystal June 2, 2023The Nation With Glacier, eight justices sabotaged the most powerful weapon unions have: the strike. The west facade of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., at dusk.,…

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June 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Reality, Starring Sydney Sweeney, Is Unsettling, Vital Viewing

Portside Culture Reality, Starring Sydney Sweeney, Is Unsettling, Vital Viewing     Alissa Wilkinson May 29, 2023Vox The HBO film adapts the FBI transcript from Reality Winner’s interrogation into a stunning thriller. Sydney Sweeney as whistleblower Real…

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June 4, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Years Mass. Graduates Are 400 Million in Debt

This Years Mass. Graduates Are 400 Million in Debt     Bahar Adman Imboden, Rich Levy and Ian Rhodewalt June 3, 2023CommonWealth Something can be done about it-- on Beacon Hill Celebrating at Middlesex Community College, CommonWealth   GRADUATING FROM CO…

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June 4, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Capital and Resistance

Capital and Resistance     John Clarke May 26, 2023The Bullet A Review of Socialist Register 2023 , Socialist Register   Socialist Register 2023: Capital and Politics provides what the editors, Greg Albo, Nicole Aschoff, and Alfredo Saad-Filho, describe …

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June 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM

How Subaltern Studies Changed Our Understanding of Resistance Struggles

How Subaltern Studies Changed Our Understanding of Resistance Struggles     Stellan Vinthagen May 1, 2023Waging Nonviolence We sought to highlight a range of social, political, economic, and cultural forms of oppression that braided together in different ways in diff…

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June 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Cash Bail Is an Abomination of Justice. We Should Get Rid of It

Cash Bail Is an Abomination of Justice. We Should Get Rid of It     Mansa Musa interview with David Gaspar May 29, 2023Real News Network The blunt fact about the cash bail system in the US is that it creates a two-tier system of “justice” in which the presumption of …

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June 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM

“The Police Excluded People From Our Demonstration Against Our Will and Against Our Recommendation”

“The Police Excluded People From Our Demonstration Against Our Will and Against Our Recommendation”     Phil Butland Interview with Udi Raz (Board Member Jüdische Stimme) May 26, 2023The Left Berlin As Jewish Berliners, we are involved, both as an organization and as…

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June 3, 2023 at 3:30 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 2, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | June 2, 2023     June 2, 2023xxxxxx What a Vietnam War Riot Says About Today’s Culture Wars. Color of the ‘Āina | Pō & the 4fathers | Playing for Change. This Could Be the Biggest Strike in U.S. History. The Boys – Season 3 Official Trailer.…

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June 3, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Bernie Sanders: I Could Not, in Good Conscience, Vote for the Debt Ceiling Bill

Bernie Sanders: I Could Not, in Good Conscience, Vote for the Debt Ceiling Bill     Bernie Sanders June 2, 2023Guardian This bill cuts programs for the most vulnerable, and is totally unnecessary – why doesn’t Biden invoke the 14th amendment? Bernie Sanders, b…

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June 3, 2023 at 1:25 AM

The Surprising Pervasiveness of American Arrogance

The Surprising Pervasiveness of American Arrogance     John Feffer May 24, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Advocates of "peace now" in Ukraine would do well to listen to what Ukrainian and Russian progressives have to say. ,   Henry Kissinger is arrogant. At…

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June 3, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Paxton Is Burning

Paxton Is Burning     Nancy Goldstein May 28, 2023Texas Observer While Paxton burns—or simmers or escapes entirely—intra-party fighting and dirty laundry airing be damned, the USA’s largest, richest, and most powerful wing of the GOP have screwed Texas on such a larg…

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June 3, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Kareem Abdul Jaabar: My Body Wants To Assassinate Me

Kareem Abdul Jaabar: My Body Wants To Assassinate Me     Kareem Abdul Jaabar May 29, 2023Kareem Substack As the NBA playoffs begin, all-time basketball great Kareem Abdul Jaabar reflects on the love/hate relationship he has had with his own body as he and it have age…

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June 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Upon Voiding Pills

Portside Culture Upon Voiding Pills     Lavinia Kumar April 12, 2023New Verse News Lavinia Kumar’s poetry protests the government’s repression of safe medical abortion. ,   Upon Voiding Pills  By Lavinia Kumar  Pill 1: Mifepristone Man, White, Cat…

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June 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The $20 Billion Scam at the Heart of Medicare Advantage

The $20 Billion Scam at the Heart of Medicare Advantage     Matthew Cunningham-Cook and Andrew Perez May 26, 2023The Lever Last year, the federal government spent $20.5 billion overpaying private insurers for Medicare Advantage plans — and the industry’s aggressive l…

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June 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden’s Antisemitism Strategy Gets a Lot Right — But Has One Problem

Biden’s Antisemitism Strategy Gets a Lot Right — But Has One Problem     Natasha Roth-Rowland May 27, 2023+972 Magazine By failing to push back on problematic definitions of antisemitism, the White House is missing a golden opportunity in the fight against hate. …

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June 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Sara Innamorato Upends Fracking Politics in Pennsylvania

Sara Innamorato Upends Fracking Politics in Pennsylvania     Megan Mcdonough May 31, 2023Common Dreams A resounding victory in the primary race to be the next Allegheny County Executive shows that bold candidates can defy conventional wisdom by taking on the fossil f…

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June 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Fed’s 2% Inflation Target – Good for the Rich, Not the Rest of Us

The Fed’s 2% Inflation Target – Good for the Rich, Not the Rest of Us     John Miller May 2, 2023Dollars & Sense The Fed’s pursuit of its 2% inflation target will slow economic growth, repress wage gains, make almost everyone’s job less secure, and put us at risk…

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June 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – June 1, 2023 – Reader Comments: Debt Ceiling Agreement; Tina Turner; Ukraine War; Amanda Gorman; Tribute Book for Charlene Mitchell; Nakba 75 Conference; Fascism 101 – 8-Part Series; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – June 1, 2023 – Reader Comments: Debt Ceiling Agreement; Tina Turner; Ukraine War; Amanda Gorman; Tribute Book for Charlene Mitchell; Nakba 75 Conference; Fascism 101 – 8-Part Series; Cartoons; More…     June 1, 2023xxxxxx Reader Comments: Debt Ceiling Agree…

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June 1, 2023 at 5:00 AM

The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On “Liberal” as an Adjective

Portside Culture The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On “Liberal” as an Adjective     Mario Clemens May 30, 2023LSE Review of Books In this new book, writes reviewer Clemens, author Walzer "muses on the evolution of the word liberal, from indicating a fixed id…

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June 1, 2023 at 3:05 AM

Have Any of Karl Marx’s Critics Today Actually Read Him?

Have Any of Karl Marx’s Critics Today Actually Read Him?     Ben Burgis May 31, 2023Jacobin The Right never seems to stop talking about “Marxism” and its wily tricks. But for all their denunciations, conservative pundits really just keep proving they don’t even know …

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June 1, 2023 at 2:25 AM

My Friend Jordan Neely Was Homeless and in Mental Distress. But He Was Not Expendable.

My Friend Jordan Neely Was Homeless and in Mental Distress. But He Was Not Expendable.     Moses Harper, as told to Nicole Lewis May 28, 2023The Marshall Project Jordan Neely was choked to death on a New York City subway car. Mentor and fellow Michael Jackson enthusi…

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June 1, 2023 at 2:00 AM

The GOP Vote Thieves Strike Again

The GOP Vote Thieves Strike Again     Thom Hartmann May 31, 2023The Hartmann Report Republicans know the only way they can continue to hold onto national power — and even keep their control over states like Texas, Georgia, and Florida — is by making it difficult to r…

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June 1, 2023 at 1:45 AM

For Black Drivers, a Police Officer’s First 45 Words Are a Portent of What’s To Come

For Black Drivers, a Police Officer’s First 45 Words Are a Portent of What’s To Come     Nell Greenfieldboyce May 29, 2023NPR Car stops that result in a search, handcuffing, or arrest are nearly three times more likely to begin with the police officer issuing a comma…

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June 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – May 31, 2023

Global Left Midweek – May 31, 2023     May 31, 2023xxxxxx Labor is busting out all over Extinction Rebellion protestors have been apprehended in the Netherlands for blocking a major road in The Hague. The 1,579 people who refused to leave the A12 motorway afte…

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May 31, 2023 at 12:50 AM

Common Good a Big Subject in Oakland Schools Strike

Common Good a Big Subject in Oakland Schools Strike     Daria Marcantonio Kieffer and Micaela Morse May 19, 2023Labor Notes Eighty-eight percent of teachers had voted to strike, after it became clear that our demands were not being taken seriously at the negotiating …

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May 31, 2023 at 12:45 AM

Not All Political Comedy Is Equal – How Comics Can Either Depress Turnout or Activate Voters in 2024

Not All Political Comedy Is Equal – How Comics Can Either Depress Turnout or Activate Voters in 2024     Lorna Grisby May 26, 2023The Conversation There’s no question that it is easy to make fun of the two top presidential candidates for 2024. But as I explain in my new …

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May 31, 2023 at 12:45 AM

When Will US Join Global Call To End Ukraine War?

When Will US Join Global Call To End Ukraine War?     Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies May 30, 2023Common Dreams Must our leaders take us to the brink of World War III, with all our lives on the line in an all-out nuclear war, before they will permit a ceasefire a…

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May 31, 2023 at 12:45 AM

The Peasants Are Seizing the Commons (Again)

The Peasants Are Seizing the Commons (Again)     Charlotte Elton May 25, 2023In These Times Protesters stormed a U.K. national park, demanding the freedom to camp anywhere on public land. "Right to Roam" protesters gather on the edge of Dartmoor National Park…

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May 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Discovery of a Little-Known History of the Nuremberg Trials

Portside Culture The Discovery of a Little-Known History of the Nuremberg Trials     Peter Canby May 24, 2023The NewYorker “Filmmakers for the Prosecution” producer describes emptying out her mother's loft and under a daybed, found boxes of documents concerning…

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May 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – May 30, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – May 30, 2023     May 30, 2023xxxxxx The endless tentacles of ad tech Advertising technology and motivations of advertising undergird the economy of the internet. The information we seek about our world is underpinned with, and shaped by,…

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May 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The First Decoration Day

The First Decoration Day     David W. Blight May 29, 2011Zinn Education Project A precursor to Memorial Day occurred in 1865 when thousands of freed slaves marched in Charleston, South Carolina to declare their sense of the meaning of the Civil War, that it was about…

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May 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Will ‘Superfood Powders’ Actually Make You Healthier?

Portside Culture Will ‘Superfood Powders’ Actually Make You Healthier?     Dani Blum May 19, 2023New York Times These once-daily supplements claim to boost energy, nourish your gut, support your immune system and more. But health experts aren’t convinced. …

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May 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

As Deals Go, This Is One of Them

As Deals Go, This Is One of Them     David Dayen May 28, 2023The American Prospect The slings and arrows in this agreement result from the failure to solve the debt ceiling in 2022 when Democrats controlled the government. It generally makes things a little bit worse…

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May 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, May 30 . . .

This Week in People’s History, May 30 . . .     xxxxxx Union organizer fired for insubordination. In 1779, no peace for Native Americans. Sojourner Truth takes her new name. Child labor on the rise. "No nukes" on Long Island. Boston says NO! to slave-catchers. Anti-sl…

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May 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Clintons and the Rich Women

The Clintons and the Rich Women     Jeffrey St. Clair May 26, 2023CounterPunch Who is Marc Rich? And why did he need a presidential pardon? Clinton talks on the Oval Office telephone with Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel. , David Scull, National Archives. …

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May 29, 2023 at 9:00 AM

Debt Ceiling Agreement Reflects Improvements Over House Bill, Harmful Provisions Remain

Debt Ceiling Agreement Reflects Improvements Over House Bill, Harmful Provisions Remain     Statement of Sharon Parrott, CBPP President May 28, 2023Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Troubling elements include the provision that will put at risk food assistance f…

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May 29, 2023 at 4:35 AM

Sunday Science: Fossil Teeth Reveal How Brains Developed In Utero Over Millions of Years of Human Evolution

Sunday Science: Fossil Teeth Reveal How Brains Developed In Utero Over Millions of Years of Human Evolution     Tesla Monson January 25, 2023The Conversation The rate of prenatal growth directly relates to how big an adult brain grows. How and when Homo sapiens‘ high…

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May 29, 2023 at 2:15 AM

One Big Union

One Big Union     Michael Kazin May 15, 2023The Nation The Red Scare and the fall of the IWW. A new history examines the lost promise and fierce persecution of the IWW. Big Bill Haywood, Adolph Lessing, and Carlo Tresca, Paterson, New Jersey, 1913. , Walter P.…

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May 28, 2023 at 3:30 AM

The Character Assassination of San Francisco

The Character Assassination of San Francisco     Ari Paul May 24, 2023FAIR Homelessness and poverty are the tragic results of unfettered capitalism and raging inequality, whether it’s in rural West Virginia or in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. ,   CNN has j…

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May 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Wave of Lawsuits Against US Gun Makers

Wave of Lawsuits Against US Gun Makers     Adam Gabbatt May 27, 2023The Guardian Campaigners take legal route after success against big tobacco and other industries led to change Nashville students demand gun control after a school shooting on 27 March., Benja…

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May 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Henry Kissinger Is a Disgusting War Criminal.

Henry Kissinger Is a Disgusting War Criminal.     Ben Burgis May 27, 2023Jacobin It’s Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday today. The fact that this monster is celebrated instead of in jail tells you that he’s part of a much bigger problem — and that problem is America’s…

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May 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

FISA Is the “Trust Me, Chumps!” Surveillance Act

FISA Is the “Trust Me, Chumps!” Surveillance Act     James Bovard May 26, 2023CounterPunch Going back more than 20 years, FISA court rulings have complained of FBI agents lying to the court and abusing the law. As long as the FBI periodically promises to repent, the …

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