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March 18, 2024 at 2:30 AM

The Booksellers’ Revolt

The Booksellers’ Revolt     Maththew Patin / The Texas Observer March 11, 2024 The Texas Observer The READER Act would have required vendors to rate books on "explicitness" before selling to schools—and blacklisted those that didn't comply. “The Bo…

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March 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Should Black Women Stop Going on Love Is Blind?

Portside Culture Should Black Women Stop Going on Love Is Blind?     Fabiola Cineas March 16, 2024 Vox AD’s journey underscores the Netflix hit’s (Love Is Blind) misogynoir problem. ,   Fabiola Cineas covers race and policy as a rep…

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March 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation     Arun Gupta March 5, 2024 Yes Magazine On top of serving as war propaganda, stories by Zaka volunteers appear invented. Western media is full of Zaka atrocity claims, nearly all of which are fabricat…

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March 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Performers, Speakers Pull Out of SXSW Music Fest

Performers, Speakers Pull Out of SXSW Music Fest     Madaleine Rubin March 12, 2024 Texas Tribune More than 80 musicians and panelists say they will no longer appear at the nine-day festival, citing the U.S. Army’s support for Israel amid war with Hamas. …

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March 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Israel’s Army Exemptions for the Ultra-Orthodox

Israel’s Army Exemptions for the Ultra-Orthodox     Michael Brenner March 15, 2024 The Conversation The Jewish state is divided over the Jewish religion Israeli police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews as they block a main road in Jerusalem during a…

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March 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

What Can We Learn From Aaron Bushnell’s Self-Immolation?

What Can We Learn From Aaron Bushnell’s Self-Immolation?     Max Elbaum March 14, 2024 Convergence Aaron Bushnell’s call to action pushes us to consider the relationship between individual moral commitment and collective political action. , …

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March 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.

What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.     Topher Sanders, Dan Schwartz, Danelle Morton and Gabriel Sandoval March 13, 2024 ProPublica Railroad companies go to extreme lengths to portray themselves as safer than they really…

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March 16, 2024 at 2:25 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 15, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | March 15, 2024     March 15, 2024 xxxxxx Elon, Trump and Putin | The Alpha Males' Struggle. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - Horror in Manhattan. How Bats Carry Deadly Diseases Without Dying. The Zone of Interest | Movie. God Made a Dictat…

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March 16, 2024 at 1:40 AM

I Listened to Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—And So Should You

I Listened to Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—And So Should You     Susan B. Glasser March 14, 2024 The New Yorker Whether or not it’s news in the conventional sense, it’s easiest to understand the threat that Trump poses to American d…

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March 16, 2024 at 1:25 AM

Schumer Clears Path for Democrats To Disavow Netanyahu. Will Biden Follow?

Schumer Clears Path for Democrats To Disavow Netanyahu. Will Biden Follow?     Ben Samuels March 15, 2024 Haaretz Schumer's speech calling on Israelis to shake off Netanyahu made major waves in both U.S. and Israeli politics. Those waves could turn into a ts…

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March 16, 2024 at 1:10 AM

These Companies Pay Executives More Than They Pay in Taxes

These Companies Pay Executives More Than They Pay in Taxes     Sarah Anderson, William Rice and Zachary Tashman March 13, 2024 inequality.org Tesla, Ford, Netflix, and T-Mobile are among scores of profitable U.S. firms that pay their top executives more than…

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March 16, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Zionist Smears of Oscar-Winning Jonathan Glazer

Zionist Smears of Oscar-Winning Jonathan Glazer     Juan Cole March 12, 2024 Informed Comment Because Glazer’s statement accepting an Oscar threatens the project some have called “Israelism,” a cult-like Zionism=Judaism and “Jews must support Bibi” complex o…

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March 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Two Years Later

Portside Culture Two Years Later     Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach February 24, 2024 Rattle Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach knows more than a thing or two about Ukraine wars, way more to mark the passage of its second anniversary. ,   Two Year…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza     Sen. Bernie Sanders interviewed by Margaret Brennan March 10, 2024 CBS Face the Nation Sen. Bernie Sanders, said Sunday the Biden administration needs to make clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benja…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza     Sen. Bernie Sanders interviewed by Margaret Brennan March 10, 2024 CBS Face the Nation Sen. Bernie Sanders, said Sunday the Biden administration needs to make clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benja…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Turning the Tables in Minnesota

Turning the Tables in Minnesota     Harold Meyerson March 13, 2024 The American Prospect An enduring union-community alliance in the Twin Cities may be a model for progressive victories. The Twin Cities saw a series of labor actions, premised on the belief-t…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism

Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism     Dave Zirin March 11, 2024 The Nation Instead of confronting what the director of The Zone of Interest actually said, Zionists distorted his lines. Glazer was the only Oscar winner to say…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

US Helped Turn Honduras Into a Narco-State. Hold Obama, Trump and Biden Accountable

US Helped Turn Honduras Into a Narco-State. Hold Obama, Trump and Biden Accountable     Judy Ancel March 12, 2024 Kansas City Star The Drug Enforcement Administration had strong evidence since 2013 that the Hernandez brothers were making Honduras the primary…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.14, 2024 – Reader Comments: State of the Union and Ceasefire; Oppenheimer and Nuclear Danger Today; Haiti; Take Action – Reject AIPAC; Webinar: Israel After October 7; Standing Together NYC Fundraiser; Book Talk–The Right To Learn; More

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March 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.14, 2024 – Reader Comments: State of the Union and Ceasefire; Oppenheimer and Nuclear Danger Today; Haiti; Take Action – Reject AIPAC; Webinar: Israel After October 7; Standing Together NYC Fundraiser; Book Talk–The Right To Learn; More

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March 14, 2024 at 6:50 AM

Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

Portside Culture Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth     David Rosen March 4, 2024 New York Journal of Books This study, writes reviewer Rosen, "assesses the growing gap between that super-rich millionaires and billionaires and ever-increa…

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March 14, 2024 at 4:45 AM

Rabbis for Palestinian Rights Counter ‘Warmongering’ AIPAC in DC

Rabbis for Palestinian Rights Counter ‘Warmongering’ AIPAC in DC     Olivia Rosane March 13, 2024 Common Dreams "We refuse to be bystanders as the Israeli government wages a genocidal campaign in our name," one rabbi said. Rabbis and rabbinical stu…

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March 14, 2024 at 4:30 AM

Companies Paid Top Executives More Than They Paid in US Taxes – Report

Companies Paid Top Executives More Than They Paid in US Taxes – Report     Callum Jones March 13, 2024 The Guardian Compensation for senior bosses at firms from Tesla to T-Mobile US worth more than those companies’ net tax payments, study finds Fro…

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March 14, 2024 at 4:10 AM

Make (Some) Nukes History

Make (Some) Nukes History     Linda Pentz Gunter March 11, 2024 Beyond Nuclear International Hollywood stars put their name to a good message, but it’s the messengers who are problematic ,   A handful of Hollywood celebs, some highly recogn…

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March 14, 2024 at 4:05 AM

A Working Class Susceptible to Trump Needs Much More From Biden

A Working Class Susceptible to Trump Needs Much More From Biden     Les Leopold March 13, 2024 Common Dreams Standing on a picket line, as Biden did with the UAW, is important. But that cannot be the limit of efforts to make the economy work better for worki…

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March 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 13, 2024

Global Left Midweek – March 13, 2024     March 13, 2024 xxxxxx Women rock the world , Paulina Veloso, Chile/Capire   This Year’s International Women’s Day IWD Call for Myanmar France Enshrines Abortion Rights Against Femicide in Kenya Wome…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Gender Wage Gap Persists in 2023

Gender Wage Gap Persists in 2023     Elise Gould March 8, 2024 Economic Policy Institute March 12 is Equal Pay Day. The date represents how far into 2024 women would have to work on top of the hours they worked in 2023 simply to match what men were paid in 2…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM

‘That’s the Law’: Senators Say Biden Must End Arms Sales if Israel Keeps Blocking Aid

‘That’s the Law’: Senators Say Biden Must End Arms Sales if Israel Keeps Blocking Aid     Jake Johnson March 12, 2024 Common Dreams "Federal law is clear, and, given the urgency of the crisis in Gaza, and the repeated refusal of Prime Minister Netanyahu to a…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM

“Empire’s Laboratory”: How 2004 U.S.-Backed Coup Destabilized Haiti & Led to Current Crisis

“Empire’s Laboratory”: How 2004 U.S.-Backed Coup Destabilized Haiti & Led to Current Crisis     Amy Goodman interviews Jemima Pierre March 11, 2024 Democracy Now! "The root of this crisis is not last week, it’s not this week, it’s not even Ariel Henry. …

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March 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM

The Public Bank That Wasn’t: New Jersey’s Excursion Into Public Banking

The Public Bank That Wasn’t: New Jersey’s Excursion Into Public Banking     Ellen Brown March 12, 2024 Counterpunch What would a Public Bank in New Jersey be? “The basic premise of such an institution is to hold the millions of dollars in taxpayer deposits t…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Enduring Predictability of the Mostly Apolitical Oscars

Portside Culture The Enduring Predictability of the Mostly Apolitical Oscars     Eileen Jones March 11, 2024 Jacobin Yet another “return to normal” Oscars — briefly disrupted by a statement from Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer criticizing I…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 12, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 12, 2024     March 12, 2024 xxxxxx Hiroshima, Nagasaki and “Oppenheimer” , Jen Sorensen   After Dobbs, a War on Birth Control Uncommitted in Hawaii Finding Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Oppenheimer Scri…

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March 12, 2024 at 4:45 AM

Major US Corporations Threaten To Return Labor to ‘Law of the Jungle’

Major US Corporations Threaten To Return Labor to ‘Law of the Jungle’     Steven Greenhouse March 10, 2024 The Guardian Trader Joe’s and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board View image …

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March 12, 2024 at 1:45 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar. 12–18

This Week in People’s History, Mar. 12–18     xxxxxx Who Wrecked the Trains? (in 1949), Forward Ever, Backward Never! (1979), Take Your Blacklist and Shove It! (1954), Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round (1964), Paris Commune and Marx (1884), Terror in Nic…

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March 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Two Oppenheimers, Two Views of Who Should Control the Bomb

Two Oppenheimers, Two Views of Who Should Control the Bomb     KC Cole March 5, 2024 Knowable Magazine A rift in thinking about who should control powerful new technologies sent Robert Oppenheimer and his brother Frank on diverging paths. For one, the story …

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March 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Hardline U.S. Stance Ignores Non-GM Corn Opportunity for U.S. Farmers

Portside Culture Hardline U.S. Stance Ignores Non-GM Corn Opportunity for U.S. Farmers     Ken Roseboro and Timothy A. Wise Food Tank U.S. farmers of non-GMO corn could earn premium prices, particularly attractive right now that corn prices fell more …

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March 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

New Coalition Aims To Defend ‘Squad’ and Other Progressives Targeted by AIPAC

New Coalition Aims To Defend ‘Squad’ and Other Progressives Targeted by AIPAC     Amanda Becker March 11, 2024 The 19th The overwhelming influence of corporate Super PACs on our elections has expanded the gap between voters and their elected leaders into a c…

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March 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Filibuster at Serious Risk As Sinema Begins Her Senate Exit

Filibuster at Serious Risk As Sinema Begins Her Senate Exit     Burgess Everett, Ursula Perano March 5, 2024 Politico While Democrats are more vocal about wanting to abolish the upper chamber's supermajority requirement, it could be in danger regardless of w…

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March 11, 2024 at 7:50 AM

Sunday Science: Immune Cells Can Adapt to Invading Pathogens, Deciding Whether To Fight Now or Prepare for the Next Battle

Sunday Science: Immune Cells Can Adapt to Invading Pathogens, Deciding Whether To Fight Now or Prepare for the Next Battle     Kathleen Abadie, Elisa Clark, Hao Yuan Kueh March 8, 2024 The Conversation How does your immune system decide between fighting inva…

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March 11, 2024 at 7:05 AM

The Long Struggle To Read in Alabama’s Prisons

The Long Struggle To Read in Alabama’s Prisons     Beth Shelburne March 3, 2024 Facing South Jennings and other prisoners say reading is therapy for them, but a hostile bureaucracy often makes access to books and other reading materials difficult. …

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March 11, 2024 at 6:35 AM

At Seattle’s Boeing Field, Real-Time Video Offers a Rare Glimpse of America’s Troubled Deportation Flights

At Seattle’s Boeing Field, Real-Time Video Offers a Rare Glimpse of America’s Troubled Deportation Flights     McKenzie Funk March 8, 2024 ProPublica Key details about what happens inside ICE Air would still be hidden if not for a group of Washington activis…

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March 11, 2024 at 6:25 AM

The Radical History of International Women’s Day

The Radical History of International Women’s Day     Catherine Caruso March 8, 2024 Bucks County Beacon As the holiday has become mainstream, University of Pennsylvania Professor Kristen R. Ghodsee says #IWD has grown further away from its “socialist roots” …

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March 11, 2024 at 6:00 AM

Gender Wage Gap Persists in 2023

Gender Wage Gap Persists in 2023     Elise Gould March 8, 2024 Economic Policy Institute March 12 is Equal Pay Day, a reminder that there is still a significant pay gap between men and women in our country. Women are paid roughly 22% less than men on average…

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March 11, 2024 at 3:35 AM

What Does Winning an Oscar Even Mean Anyway? A Better Question To Ask Than Who Wins the Oscar: Who Benefits the Most, Win or Lose?

Portside Culture What Does Winning an Oscar Even Mean Anyway? A Better Question To Ask Than Who Wins the Oscar: Who Benefits the Most, Win or Lose?     Aja Romano March 8, 2024 Vox Many post-Oscar career trajectory outcomes boil down to three things …

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March 10, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Pharma’s Secret Middlemen Are Poisoning Health Care

Pharma’s Secret Middlemen Are Poisoning Health Care     Helen Santoro March 8, 2024 Lever News Following a lobbying blitz, Congress might punt all efforts to stop shadowy pharmacy benefit managers from inflating drug prices and killing small pharmacies. …

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March 10, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Intel’s $3.5 Billion Boondoggle

Intel’s $3.5 Billion Boondoggle     Austin Ahlman March 8, 2024 The American Prospect The microchip giant’s ‘secure enclave’ project will take nearly 10 percent of a CHIPS Act manufacturing fund that is already stretched thin. Intel has only recent…

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March 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Parsing Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address

Parsing Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address     Karen Dolan March 8, 2024 https://ips-dc.org/parsing-bidens-2024-state-of-the-union-address/ President Biden credited progressive economics with a strong post-COVID recovery. But on Gaza and immigration, he…

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March 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

'Uncommitted' vote against Biden blows past goal in Minnesota's Democratic primary

'Uncommitted' vote against Biden blows past goal in Minnesota's Democratic primary     Briana Bierschbach and Josie Albertson-Grove March 6, 2024 Star Tribune In Minnesota's primary for the Democratic Party, more than 45,000 people voted uncommitted. Minneso…

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March 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Iron Dome Is Global – And So Is the Resistance

The Iron Dome Is Global – And So Is the Resistance     Naomi Klein March 2, 2024 Red Pepper All we have is our solidarity. Our determination. Our resolve. And our shared moral commitment to the preciousness of life. With that, we can build a world with no ir…

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March 9, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 8, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | March 8, 2024     March 8, 2024 xxxxxx Eagle Pass Residents Sound Off on the Real "Invasion. " The IRS Files: How Billionaires Avoid Taxes. This Video Game Software Helps Us Do Paleontology. Working Families Party Responds to State of th…

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