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February 12, 2024 at 4:25 AM

The New Mr. & Mrs. Smith Is Very Different From the Brangelina Film

Portside Culture The New Mr. & Mrs. Smith Is Very Different From the Brangelina Film     Eileen Jones February 8, 2024 Jacobin Loosely based on the 2005 film, the new Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV reboot uses the action-comedy genre to represent how im…

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February 12, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Sunday Science: How Life Works – A User’s Guide to the New Biology by Philip Ball

Sunday Science: How Life Works – A User’s Guide to the New Biology by Philip Ball     Adam Rutherford January 11, 2024 The Guardian An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life Grains of pollen under an electron…

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February 12, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Perfectionist Tradition

The Perfectionist Tradition     William P. Jones February 8, 2024 Dissent The African American perfectionists offered “faith” instead of “hope”—emphasizing the struggle to realize a vision of justice rather than passive assurance that it would prevail. …

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February 12, 2024 at 1:00 AM

How a Man Helped Close a Loophole in Illinois’ Slavery Law

How a Man Helped Close a Loophole in Illinois’ Slavery Law     Sydney Stallworth, Brad Wynn February 7, 2024 ksdk.com "Pete" was one of many slaves considered property of the Jarrot family in Cahokia Heights. He sued for his freedom, and the lawsuit closed I…

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February 12, 2024 at 1:00 AM

It’s Known As “Death by Incarceration.” These People Want To End It.

It’s Known As “Death by Incarceration.” These People Want To End It.     Victoria Law February 9, 2024 The Nation More people are serving life sentences without parole in Pennsylvania than almost anywhere else in America. An increasingly vocal movement is tr…

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February 12, 2024 at 1:00 AM

How Israel Turned a Teacher Into a Traitor

How Israel Turned a Teacher Into a Traitor     Oren Ziv February 9, 2024 972 Magazine Social media posts about Oct. 7 got him fired, arrested, and thrown in jail. Now, Meir Baruchin faces a fight to return to a school that wants him gone. Meir Baru…

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February 11, 2024 at 1:05 AM

$1 Million Verdict in Defamation Trial

$1 Million Verdict in Defamation Trial     Diane Bernard and Adam M. Lowenstein February 8, 2024 DeSmog Victory over climate deniers sends a strong message in defense of climate science and scientists. Professor Michael E. Mann's lawyer called atta…

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February 11, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Plan To Take Out Voting Rights

The Plan To Take Out Voting Rights     Quinn Yeargain February 9, 2024 the Lever Conservatives are launching a new battle to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act. Demonstrator Jo-Lynn Gilliam, of Atlanta, during a march for voting rights in…

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February 11, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Troubadour of 1960s New Left Is Celebrated in New Exhibit at Woody Guthrie Museum

Troubadour of 1960s New Left Is Celebrated in New Exhibit at Woody Guthrie Museum     Jeremy Kuzmarov January 24, 2024 Covert Action Magazine The Woody Guthrie Museum has done a public service spotlighting Ochs’s career. Phil Ochs’s biting commentaries remai…

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February 11, 2024 at 1:00 AM

A Palestinian American Was Stabbed in ‘Bias-Motivated’ Attack in Austin

A Palestinian American Was Stabbed in ‘Bias-Motivated’ Attack in Austin     Michelle Pitcher February 6, 2024 Texas Observer Police are investigating the assault as a potential hate crime as advocates call for local leaders to back a ceasefire in Gaza. …

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February 11, 2024 at 1:00 AM

America Is Not a Democracy

America Is Not a Democracy     David Dayen January 29, 2024 American Prospect The movement to save democracy from threats is too quick to overlook the problems that have been present since the founding. , (Illustration by Daniel Zender)   D…

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February 10, 2024 at 3:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | February 9, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | February 9, 2024     February 9, 2024 xxxxxx Surprise Win for Democrats in 2024's Most Crucial State. Orange Buffoon (Parody | "Harvest Moon"). Trump Is Losing Voters While Winning Primaries. The Tragic Story of This Famous Meteorite. T…

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February 10, 2024 at 1:15 AM

The Shameful Failure of Yesterday’s SCOTUS 14th Amendment Arguments

The Shameful Failure of Yesterday’s SCOTUS 14th Amendment Arguments     Thom Hartmann February 9, 2024 The Hartmann Report The simple reality is that the future of American democracy is as much on the line now as it was in 1866. That was lost in yesterday’s …

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February 10, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Electoral College Landscape

The Electoral College Landscape     Michael Podhorzer February 8, 2024 Weekend Reading To reach 270, Biden needs to win either Pennsylvania, or Georgia + Michigan. ,   One of the many reasons I urge people to stop caring about horse race po…

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February 10, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Meet the Settlers Targeted by Biden’s Sanctions — And Their Victims

Meet the Settlers Targeted by Biden’s Sanctions — And Their Victims     Oren Ziv February 8, 2024 972 Magazine Palestinians and Israelis who’ve experienced the settlers’ attacks first-hand see the move as a positive but wholly insufficient step toward accoun…

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February 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Immigrants Make America Stronger and Richer

Immigrants Make America Stronger and Richer     Paul Krugman February 5, 2024 New York Times Negative views of the economics of immigration are all wrong. Far from taking jobs away, foreign-born workers have played a key role in America’s recent success at …

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February 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Bob Moses: Gardener of Minds

Portside Culture Bob Moses: Gardener of Minds     C Liegh McInnis November 1, 2023 Valley Voices: A Literary Review The poet C. Liegh McInnis pays homage to the great African American activist, Robert Moses who led the campaign for civil rights in 1…

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February 9, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Under the Gold Dome: Bills That Could Impact Georgians’ Free Speech Rights

Under the Gold Dome: Bills That Could Impact Georgians’ Free Speech Rights     Ryan Zickgraf February 8, 2024 Atlanta Civic Circle Since the protests that broke out in Atlanta and elsewhere after police killed George Floyd in 2020, the state of Georgia has d…

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February 9, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Super Bowl Ads To Promote Israel

Super Bowl Ads To Promote Israel     Dave Zirin February 7, 2024 Real News Network New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft buys $7 million pro-Israel Super Bowl ad during Gaza genocide. The billionaire, personal friend and financier of Trump, has a long reco…

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February 9, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Welcome to the Cancer Factory

Welcome to the Cancer Factory     Jim Morris February 7, 2024 The Progressive The United States says it cares about blue-collar workers, but the worker protections in place tell a different story. , Alliance for American Manufacturing   The…

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February 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM

‘Texas Is Fighting for Its Right To Lay Concertina Wire’

‘Texas Is Fighting for Its Right To Lay Concertina Wire’     Janine Jackson interviews Aron Thorn February 7, 2024 FAIR We have gotten to this place by spending all of this money we could use welcoming people, putting welcoming infrastructure in place, we’re…

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February 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb. 8, 2024 – Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of BDS Is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto Rico; What Republicans Fear; 52nd Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade – Learn More

Tidbits – Feb. 8, 2024 – Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of BDS Is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto Rico; What Republicans Fear; 52nd Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade – Learn More     February 8, 2024 …

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February 8, 2024 at 6:40 AM

Israeli Groups Demand Gaza Cease-Fire As Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Deal

Israeli Groups Demand Gaza Cease-Fire As Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Deal     Jessica Corbett February 7, 2024 Common Dreams A former hostage warned the Israeli prime minister that if he continues to pursue "the destruction of Hamas, there won't be any hostages …

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February 8, 2024 at 6:25 AM

Exposed: US DEA Used Criminals To Spy On, Destabilize Venezuela, Mexico, Bolivia

Exposed: US DEA Used Criminals To Spy On, Destabilize Venezuela, Mexico, Bolivia     Ben Norton February 6, 2024 Geopolitical Economy "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it." ,   Numerous reports in major media outlets have documented …

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February 8, 2024 at 5:45 AM

The Right to Housing, Not Vacation Homes

The Right to Housing, Not Vacation Homes     Sonali Kolhatkar February 6, 2024 ZNet Can strict regulations on Airbnb solve the housing crisis? Probably not, but they’re a good start. ,   Americans have been on a vacation binge since the eas…

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February 8, 2024 at 5:35 AM

The Deadly New GOP Plan To Rapidly Privatize Medicare

The Deadly New GOP Plan To Rapidly Privatize Medicare     Thom Hartmann February 6, 2024 The Hartmann Report Medicare Advantage is not Medicare: it’s private health insurance for seniors that’s largely paid for with our tax dollars. They make their money by …

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February 8, 2024 at 3:20 AM

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

Portside Culture What Becomes of the Brokenhearted     Gene Seymour January 5, 2024 Bookforum Reviewer Seymour, in this reappraisal of this 1967 masterpiece of American and African literature, calls this novel "a what’s-it-to-you red cloak brandished…

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February 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 7, 2024

Global Left Midweek – February 7, 2024     February 7, 2024 xxxxxx In an age of mass protest, why aren’t we winning? Protesters in Brisbane show solidarity with indigenous rights and Palestinian freedom. Credit, Jono Searle/AAP   In an Age…

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February 7, 2024 at 1:15 AM

Casualties of a Failed Health Care System

Casualties of a Failed Health Care System     Robert Kuttner February 6, 2024 The American Prospect Why even an elite Boston hospital can feel like a makeshift infirmary in a war zone The Shapiro Building at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, …

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February 7, 2024 at 1:10 AM

The Real Harvard Scandal: A Henry A. Kissinger Professorship of Statecraft and World Order

The Real Harvard Scandal: A Henry A. Kissinger Professorship of Statecraft and World Order     Carolyn Eisenberg February 6, 2024 Common Dreams Beyond the war crimes that impacted untold millions, perhaps Kissinger’s most abiding legacy was this: the failure…

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February 7, 2024 at 1:10 AM

The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High

The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High     Sonali Kolhatkar February 4, 2024 Independent Media Institute It's not inflation, it's actually corporate greed keeping food prices high. It’s now time to turn the tables on our food system by centering …

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February 7, 2024 at 1:10 AM

The Best Lines in the Court Decision Blasting Trump’s Immunity Claim

The Best Lines in the Court Decision Blasting Trump’s Immunity Claim     David Corn February 6, 2024 Mother Jones A federal appeals court just said Trump’s argument he cannot be charged for crimes related to plotting to subvert the 2020 election is bullshit.…

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February 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Leonard Bernstein’s Radicalism

Portside Culture Leonard Bernstein’s Radicalism     Peter Dreier February 2, 2024 Dissent Bernstein used his status as a public figure both to popularize classical music and to support civil rights, the antiwar movement, and other political causes. …

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February 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – February 6, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – February 6, 2024     February 6, 2024 xxxxxx From “Salt of the Earth” to “Barbie” Poster promoting the theatrical premiere of the 1954 film Salt of the Earth. Credit, Independent Productions Co. / Wikimedia Commons   …

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February 6, 2024 at 8:10 AM

Why Private Investment Isn’t Driving a Rapid Green Transition

Why Private Investment Isn’t Driving a Rapid Green Transition     An Interview with Brett Christophers February 5, 2024 Jacobin Declining renewable energy prices have not led to a long-predicted renewables boom, because green energy still isn’t sufficiently …

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February 6, 2024 at 4:05 AM

We Don’t Believe in Last Chances. Except This Time.

We Don’t Believe in Last Chances. Except This Time.     xxxxxx Moderators February 5, 2024 xxxxxx Thank you if you responded to our fund appeal. If not, this is our last ask and your last chance. Either way, this message is for you. ,   Dea…

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February 6, 2024 at 3:40 AM

“Origin”: Ava DuVernay’s New Film Dramatizes “Caste,” From U.S. Racism to India’s Dalits to Nazi Germany

“Origin”: Ava DuVernay’s New Film Dramatizes “Caste,” From U.S. Racism to India’s Dalits to Nazi Germany     Ava DuVernay, Amy Goodman February 2, 2024 Democracy Now! Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her latest feature film, Origin, which explores …

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February 6, 2024 at 1:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Feb 6–12

This Week in People’s History, Feb 6–12     xxxxxx A Sad Day for Liberty (in 1899), Strikers Kill a Wage Cut (1894), If Men Were Angels (1788), Women Close in on the Right to Vote (1919), The Times They Are a-Changing' (1964), Strikers Shut Seattle Down (191…

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February 6, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Should We Be Afraid of Atmospheric Rivers?

Should We Be Afraid of Atmospheric Rivers?     Qian Cao February 5, 2024 The Conversation With flooding and mudslides in California, a hydrologist explains the good and bad of atmospheric rivers, and how they are being affected by global warming A …

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February 6, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Global Love of Boiled Peanuts

Portside Culture The Global Love of Boiled Peanuts     Julia Skinner June 13, 2023 The Bitter Southerner The story of boiled peanuts is as complex, fraught, and global as the South itself. To acknowledge the complexity, and challenges, of their histo…

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February 6, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Explaining Israel’s ‘Intelligence Failure’ on Hamas

Explaining Israel’s ‘Intelligence Failure’ on Hamas     Nyki Duda January 30, 2024 The Progressive Discussion about the failure to see that Hamas had the capability and intent to do what it did isn’t being linked to something that would be obvious to any hi…

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February 5, 2024 at 8:35 AM

Sunday Science: A Newly Identified ‘Hell Chicken’ Species Suggests Dinosaurs Weren’t Sliding Toward Extinction Before the Fateful Asteroid Hit

Sunday Science: A Newly Identified ‘Hell Chicken’ Species Suggests Dinosaurs Weren’t Sliding Toward Extinction Before the Fateful Asteroid Hit     Kyle Atkins-Weltman, Eric Snively January 25, 2024 The Conversation Did large dinosaurs go extinct the way a He…

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February 5, 2024 at 8:15 AM

Would Frantz Fanon Have Supported the Oct. 7 Massacre? His Biographer Isn’t So Sure

Would Frantz Fanon Have Supported the Oct. 7 Massacre? His Biographer Isn’t So Sure     Etan Nechin February 2, 2024 Haaretz How did a single chapter from a book written over six decades ago by a Black psychiatrist, who never discussed the Israel-Palestine i…

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February 5, 2024 at 7:20 AM

Ceasefire Vote Narrowly Passes Chicago City Council, Revealing Deep Divisions Among Democrats

Ceasefire Vote Narrowly Passes Chicago City Council, Revealing Deep Divisions Among Democrats     Shia Kapos January 31, 2024 Politico Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was the tie-breaking vote on a measure that conflicts with Biden’s strategy in the Middle Eas…

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February 5, 2024 at 7:00 AM

Indiana Lawmakers Trying To Kill Historic Suit Seeking Gun Industry Accountability

Indiana Lawmakers Trying To Kill Historic Suit Seeking Gun Industry Accountability     Tony Cook, IndyStar, and Vernal Coleman, ProPublica January 30, 2024 ProPublica, Co-published with IndyStar Gary, Indiana’s long-running lawsuit against the world’s larges…

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February 5, 2024 at 4:45 AM

CNN Staff Say Network’s Pro-Israel Slant Amounts to ‘Journalistic Malpractice’

CNN Staff Say Network’s Pro-Israel Slant Amounts to ‘Journalistic Malpractice’     Chris McGreal February 4, 2024 The Guardian Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives …

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February 5, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Why Conservatives Are Melting Down Over Taylor Swift

Portside Culture Why Conservatives Are Melting Down Over Taylor Swift     Li Zhou January 31, 2024 Vox Swift represents a constituency conservatives are losing big time: Young women. Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Eras Tour at All…

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February 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Family Budget Calculator

Family Budget Calculator     Economic Policy Institute January 31, 2024 EPI An interactive tool that shows the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living, for every County in the United States. , EPI  …

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February 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Inside the Israel Lobby’s New $90 Million War Chest

Inside the Israel Lobby’s New $90 Million War Chest     Amos Barshad February 1, 2024 The Lever Internal AIPAC materials reveal huge gifts from moguls — and the strategies lobbyists used to score the cash. , Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo   In the…

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February 4, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Referendum on Abortion Access Gets Kick-Off Rally As Advocates Prep for Nov. Ballot

Referendum on Abortion Access Gets Kick-Off Rally As Advocates Prep for Nov. Ballot     Danielle J. Brown January 22, 2024 Maryland Matters Freedom in Reproduction-Maryland is taking the lead, working with other abortion rights groups to persuade voters to a…

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