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July 20, 2023 at 4:10 AM

Big Oil Quietly Walks Back on Climate Pledges As Global Heat Records Tumble

Big Oil Quietly Walks Back on Climate Pledges As Global Heat Records Tumble     Dharna Noor July 16, 2023The Guardian Energy firms have made record profits by increasing production of oil and gas, far from their promises of rolling back emissions Pictured is o…
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July 20, 2023 at 12:10 AM

When the Welfare Rights Movement Was a Powerful Force for Uplifting the Poor

Portside Culture When the Welfare Rights Movement Was a Powerful Force for Uplifting the Poor     Eleanor J. Bader July 10, 2023The Indypendent The War on Poverty comes to life in this newly updated edition of a book that explores how welfare mothers in Las Veg…
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July 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Canada

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Canada     July 19, 2023xxxxxx Canada is alive with resistance Hundreds of Toronto tenants turn out for rent strike rally Saturday. Credit, CityNews Toronto   The Left Lacks Leadership Breakthrough in Toronto Tide Turning f…
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July 19, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Sanders NDAA Amendments Would Cut US Military Budget by 10%, Target Rampant Fraud

Sanders NDAA Amendments Would Cut US Military Budget by 10%, Target Rampant Fraud     Jake Johnson July 18, 2023Common Dreams One of the Vermont senator's amendments would require the Pentagon to return a portion of its budget if it fails another audit. Sen. B…
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July 19, 2023 at 12:10 AM

A Highway Destroyed Tulsa’s Thriving Black Wall Street – Now There’s Hope It Could Come Back

A Highway Destroyed Tulsa’s Thriving Black Wall Street – Now There’s Hope It Could Come Back     Geoff Dembicki July 18, 2023The Guardian Decades after a chilling racist massacre, Tulsa’s Greenwood district was bulldozed for I-244 – but a new plan aims to reverse its…
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July 19, 2023 at 12:10 AM

RFK Jr. Is Running on the Kennedy Name. What Does That Mean for the Family’s Legacy

RFK Jr. Is Running on the Kennedy Name. What Does That Mean for the Family’s Legacy     Tal Kopan July 18, 2023The Boston Globe The campaign is vexing some of the family in no small part because of how central public health and vaccine access were to the Kennedy agen…
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July 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

A Good Year’s Pay for a Good Day’s Work?

A Good Year’s Pay for a Good Day’s Work?     Sam Pizzigati July 18, 2023Counterpunch “The company has promised to create 2,500 new jobs that it says will pay an average annual wage of just $45,000 a year,” Good Jobs First points out, “while reaping subsidies of $3.4 …
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July 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Hollywood on the Picket Line – 5 Unsung Films That Put America’s Union History on the Silver Screen

Portside Culture Hollywood on the Picket Line – 5 Unsung Films That Put America’s Union History on the Silver Screen     Peter Drier July 14, 2023The Conversation The SAG-AFTRA strike comes at a time when polls suggest unions are more popular in the U.S. than a…
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July 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 18, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 18, 2023     July 18, 2023xxxxxx Choosing sides in the longest, hottest summer , Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press   Science Activism is Surging Education and Climate in MAGAland Dutch Ban on Hoarding Hous…
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July 18, 2023 at 12:10 AM

This Week in People’s History, July 18 – 24

This Week in People’s History, July 18 – 24     xxxxxx Jelly Roll Morton's hit single in 1923. Women's Rights Convention in 1848. Disability rights a winner in 1968. Prepaid comprehensive healthcare in 1945. Investigation smoke and mirrors in 2004. Prisoner abuse in …
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July 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Businessmen Broke Hollywood

The Businessmen Broke Hollywood     Xochitl Gonzalez July 17, 2023The Atlantic And now they don’t want to pay their employees. , David Butow / Redux   The Hollywood machine—from script writing, to shooting and production, to late-night talk-show PR—has o…
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July 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

State Guard Set Up by DeSantis Is Being Trained As Personal Militia, Veterans Say

State Guard Set Up by DeSantis Is Being Trained As Personal Militia, Veterans Say     Richard Luscombe July 15, 2023Guardian Veterans resign from the Florida State Guard force established as civilian disaster relief, citing concerns over ‘militaristic’ training and ‘…
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July 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Almonds Are Under Threat. The Key to Saving Them Could Be in the Soil

Portside Culture Almonds Are Under Threat. The Key to Saving Them Could Be in the Soil     Emily Baron Cadloff July 14, 2023Modern Farmer Rising temperatures, lack of water and encroaching development are creating tough conditions for the crucial California cro…
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July 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

On the Anniversary of ‘The Fire Next Time’

On the Anniversary of ‘The Fire Next Time’     David Shih July 4, 2023The Progressive Rereading The Fire Next Time after the death of Michael Brown, and then again after that of George Floyd, changed the book for me—because those events had changed me. I want my stu…
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July 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Iraq’s Climate Crisis

Iraq’s Climate Crisis     Juan Cole July 9, 2023TomDispatch You don’t want to be in the Iraq that this country invaded in what was, in essence, a giant oil grab and helped turn into a land of overheated rubble, dust, sand, drought, and increasingly over-the-top tempe…
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July 17, 2023 at 6:15 AM

Sunday Science: What Does ‘Brain Dead’ Really Mean? The Battle Over How Science Defines the End of Life

Sunday Science: What Does ‘Brain Dead’ Really Mean? The Battle Over How Science Defines the End of Life     Max Kozlov July 11, 2023Nature Ideological differences threaten to muddy the definition of death in the United States — with potentially negative consequences …
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July 17, 2023 at 5:25 AM

“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children

“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children     Siddharth Kara, Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh July 13, 2023Democracy Now Those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddh…
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July 17, 2023 at 4:10 AM

Want a Labor Party? Learn From the UK

Want a Labor Party? Learn From the UK     Eric Blank July 11, 2023Labor Politics What is the most viable path to a working-class party in the United States? How to Implode a Two-Party System from Within. ,   [I went on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show yesterday …
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July 17, 2023 at 3:45 AM

Jesse Jackson Is Keeping Hope Alive

Jesse Jackson Is Keeping Hope Alive     Robert L. Borosage July 13, 2023The Nation Veterans of his remarkable insurgent 1988 campaign gather to pay tribute. The Rev. Jesse Jackson., Cynthia Johnson / Getty Images   I did not start with the money, the ads…
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July 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Nuclear History in Lubumbashi

Nuclear History in Lubumbashi     Roger Peet July 1, 2023Justseeds I’ve been working for several years on a large linoleum blockprint that traces the history of the use of Congolese uranium in the Manhattan project. , Courtesy of Roger Peet   I spent thr…
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July 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Barack Obama’s New Netflix Series Shows That He Has Critiques but No Answers

Portside Culture Barack Obama’s New Netflix Series Shows That He Has Critiques but No Answers     Paul Prescod June 5, 2023Jacobin While it’s always refreshing to see the lives of working people centered in our media, the docuseries Working: What We Do All Day …
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July 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Abortion Ballot Measures Set the Stage Ahead of 2024

Abortion Ballot Measures Set the Stage Ahead of 2024     Caroline Vakil July 15, 2023The Hill Florida, South Dakota and Arizona are also battlegrounds for whether abortion is restricted or protected as states continue to contend with the Supreme Court’s decision to o…
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July 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies

Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies     Erica Cirino July 14, 2023The Bullet Clearly, micro- and nanoplastics are getting into us, with at least some escaping through our digestive tracts. We seem to be drinking, eating, and breathing it in. ,   The air…
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July 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

“We Are at the Beginning of a New Phase”

“We Are at the Beginning of a New Phase”     Roberto Morea interviews Fausto Bertinotti July 11, 2023Transform! Europe Italy needs a coalition — not a coalition of anti-fascist forces, but rather a coalition for anti-fascism. Fausto Bertinotti, Source: Fabio P…
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July 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

On War, Assange, Refugees and Climate, Lula Is Outraged

On War, Assange, Refugees and Climate, Lula Is Outraged     Paolo Vittoria June 24, 2023Il Manifesto Global We must build a utopia that can defeat the utopia of the right, which says the state is worth nothing, the state must be weak and private initiative solves eve…
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July 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

In Africa, the “Powerful, Political Act” of Agroecological Farming Is Being Supported by the Slow Food Movement

In Africa, the “Powerful, Political Act” of Agroecological Farming Is Being Supported by the Slow Food Movement     Amy Fallon July 14, 2023Equal Times Agroecology and biodiversity are the “only viable solutions” to climate change, environmental degradation and attem…
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July 15, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | July 14, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | July 14, 2023     July 14, 2023xxxxxx Fran Drescher Delivers Fiery Speech on SAG-AFTRA Strike. Integrity Watch: Harvard Fake Data Scandal Explained. Jack Smith Smacks Down 'Frivolous' Trump Delay Move. AOC Teams Up With UPS Workers. The Greediest…
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July 15, 2023 at 12:25 AM

A Voice That Has Shaped the Court and the Country: One Year of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

A Voice That Has Shaped the Court and the Country: One Year of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson     Candice Norwood June 30, 2023The 19th News In her first year on the Supreme Court, Jackson's words have offered historical context as the majority-conservative bench has …
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July 15, 2023 at 12:05 AM

A Good Year’s Pay for a Good Day’s Work?

A Good Year’s Pay for a Good Day’s Work?     Sam Pizzigati July 9, 2023Inequality.org Pay levels for top U.S. corporate execs have lost any connection to organizational rationality. Will Be CEO For Food, by Peter Kaminski (CC BY 2.0)   Can you imagine a …
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July 15, 2023 at 12:05 AM

“Orange Is the New Black” Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy

“Orange Is the New Black” Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy     Michael Schulman July 12, 2023The New Yorker The innovative and daring show was a worldwide hit for Netflix, but some of the actors say that they were never fairly compensated. Some c…
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July 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Where Am ‘I’? Your Brain and You

Where Am ‘I’? Your Brain and You     Diana Kwon July 12, 2023Scientific American How does your brain create a physical sense of self? New insight comes from zapping a region, known as the anterior precuneus, that causes people to feel dissociated from their body. …
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July 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

History Repeats Itself

Portside Culture History Repeats Itself     W. D. Ehrhart A poet sensitive to injustice, W.D. Ehrhart projects a “broken-hearted world without end.” ,   History Repeats Itself By W. D. Ehrhart But sooth is seyd, go sithen many yeres, That “feeld h…
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July 14, 2023 at 2:25 AM

Actors Strike Is On, Throwing Hollywood Into Turmoil

Actors Strike Is On, Throwing Hollywood Into Turmoil     Natalie Jarvey and Joy Press July 13, 2023Vanity Fair 160,000 actors, members of SAG-AFTRA, are shutting down all industry filming and voice-over production at midnight tonight. They are joining the 11,000 writ…
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July 14, 2023 at 1:55 AM

‘A Story That Didn’t Used To Be Told’: The Rise and Fall of Baseball’s Negro Leagues

‘A Story That Didn’t Used To Be Told’: The Rise and Fall of Baseball’s Negro Leagues     Andrew Lawrence July 5, 2023The Guardian In an eye-opening documentary The League, director Sam Pollard tells a fully-rounded tale of how Black baseball used to thrive. By the 19…
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July 14, 2023 at 1:25 AM

Racism and Race – The John Roberts Two-Step

Racism and Race – The John Roberts Two-Step     Jamelle Bouie July 8, 2023New York Times The Roberts two-step. He takes racism, a system of subjugation and social control, and removes the racists. What’s left is the mark of racism - race. A landmark case about the le…
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July 14, 2023 at 1:10 AM

The Destruction of This Palestinian Community Was Greenlit by Israel’s Supreme Court

The Destruction of This Palestinian Community Was Greenlit by Israel’s Supreme Court     Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham July 10, 2023The Nation The stories of the Palestinians struggling against Israel’s decades-long attempts to expel over 1,000 people from their homes…
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July 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – July 13, 2023 – Reader Comments: Supreme Court: Return To Separate and UnEqual; Child Labor; Remembering Pat Fry; Museums That Remember Slavery; Culture Wars Against Education; Ending Climate and Nuclear Crises; Announcements; Cartoons

Tidbits – July 13, 2023 – Reader Comments: Supreme Court: Return To Separate and UnEqual; Child Labor; Remembering Pat Fry; Museums That Remember Slavery; Culture Wars Against Education; Ending Climate and Nuclear Crises; Announcements; Cartoons     July 13, 2023xxxxxx …
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July 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Writers Who Went Undercover To Show America Its Ugly Side

Portside Culture The Writers Who Went Undercover To Show America Its Ugly Side     Samuel G. Freedman July 10, 2023The Atlantic In the 1940s, a series of books tried to use the conventions of detective fiction to expose the degree of prejudice in postwar Americ…
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July 13, 2023 at 7:40 AM

The Right Has Flipped the Real Vaccine Scandal on Its Head

The Right Has Flipped the Real Vaccine Scandal on Its Head     Branco Marcetic July 12, 2023Jacobin The real outrage isn’t that people can get vaccinated, but that due to pharmaceutical greed and government inaction, billions of people can’t. ,   Quick: …
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July 13, 2023 at 7:20 AM

As Goes Maine?

As Goes Maine?     Robert Kuttner July 12, 2023The American Prospect A hopeful story about the survival of independent local newspapers The Provincetown (Massachusetts) Independent is one example in a growing movement to save the local press by returning it to…
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July 13, 2023 at 7:05 AM

More Police in Schools Than Counselors

More Police in Schools Than Counselors     Robert Koehler July 11, 2023LA Progressive The nation’s schools are over-criminalized and under-resourced. U.S. schools have more police on hand than support staff. This image or file is a work of a U.S. National Guar…
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July 13, 2023 at 6:55 AM

How Climate Change Accelerates the Danger of Worldwide Fascism

How Climate Change Accelerates the Danger of Worldwide Fascism     Thom Hartmann July 10, 2023The Hartmann Report In addition to stepping up to mitigate climate change & green the world’s economy, the free nations must harden our democracies against reactive righ…
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July 13, 2023 at 1:50 AM

Why Crack Became the 1980s ‘Superdrug’

Portside Culture Why Crack Became the 1980s ‘Superdrug’     Jonathan Green July 11, 2023The New York Times Book Review This book "offers a fresh history of the epidemic that gripped minority communities, inflamed media coverage and led to draconian drug laws." …
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July 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – July 12, 2023

Global Left Midweek – July 12, 2023     July 12, 2023xxxxxx Repression breeds resistance in the West Bank, Guatemala, France and Myanmar Angry Palestinians mourn 12 killed in Israeli military operation in Jenin. Credit, Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images  …
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July 12, 2023 at 2:30 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – July 12, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – July 12, 2023     July 12, 2023xxxxxx The train wreck that is Twitter, and other fun stuff , Claytoonz   Platforms and Human Rights Mark Mashes Musk Warner Discovery in the Clutches of an Idiot Berlin Court Backs Palestinian Journa…
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July 12, 2023 at 1:35 AM

The Jenin Operation Didn’t End. Phase Two Has Begun.

The Jenin Operation Didn’t End. Phase Two Has Begun.     Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau July 10, 2023Mondoweiss The Israeli army's bulldozers and airstrikes not only leveled Jenin refugee camp, but paved the way for the PA to return to the camp and reassert its influenc…
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July 12, 2023 at 1:30 AM

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Tragedy―and Ours

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Tragedy―and Ours     Lawrence Wittner July 11, 2023Common Dreams The development of nuclear weapons had far broader consequences than the downfall of one gifted scientist. The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project, the first detonation …
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July 12, 2023 at 1:30 AM

The Arguments Against Student Debt Forgiveness Are All Bunk

The Arguments Against Student Debt Forgiveness Are All Bunk     Julian Jacobs July 11, 2023Jacobin There are very good reasons the US government should forgive student loan debt — not just for the debtors themselves, but for working-class people without college degre…
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July 12, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Reform Caucus Rises, Sues for Elections in Amazon Labor Union

Reform Caucus Rises, Sues for Elections in Amazon Labor Union     Luis Feliz Leon July 10, 2023Labor Notes Amazon is still refusing to recognize the union, much less begin negotiations. In the face of this stalemate, two approaches have emerged, and they are in confl…
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July 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Tragedy―and Ours

Portside Culture J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Tragedy―and Ours     Lawrence Wittner July 9, 2023Hollywood Progressive The July 21, 2023 theatrical release of the film Oppenheimer, focused on the life of a prominent American nuclear physicist, should help to remind u…
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