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March 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Yuki Miyamoto: Was Oppenheimer Primarily a Victim or a Victimizer?

Portside Culture Yuki Miyamoto: Was Oppenheimer Primarily a Victim or a Victimizer?     Frank T. Fitzgerald March 5, 2024 Hollywood Progressive The Oppenheimer film depicted some controversy that erupted at the lab after scientists heard about the de…

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March 26, 2024 at 6:10 AM

Draft UN Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide

Draft UN Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide     Brett Wilkins March 25, 2024 Common Dreams "Israel's genocide on the Palestinians in Gaza is an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler-colonial process of erasure." An injured Pal…

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March 26, 2024 at 3:55 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar 26 – Apr 1

This Week in People’s History, Mar 26 – Apr 1     xxxxxx Unions Set Back by Troops (1904), A Century of Young People's Concerts (1924), Brazilian Fascists Get the Nod (1964), Freedom on the Slow Road (1799), Big Money in Bananas (1899), Good Trouble on Stage…

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March 26, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Bobby, Think It Over: Your Candidacy May Doom Democracy

Bobby, Think It Over: Your Candidacy May Doom Democracy     Russ Baker March 24, 2024 Going Deep Do the right thing; make your family and forebears proud. ,   Dear Bobby,  According to your publicist, this Tuesday, March 26, you will announ…

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March 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

AOC, Sanders Renew Fight for Green New Deal for Public Housing

AOC, Sanders Renew Fight for Green New Deal for Public Housing     Jessica Corbett March 21, 2024 Common Dreams "Every American deserves to live in a safe, vibrant, and environmentally conscious community—including public housing residents," said Rep. Alexan…

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March 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Assessing Seafood’s Potential To Reduce Global Hunger, Improve Health

Portside Culture Assessing Seafood’s Potential To Reduce Global Hunger, Improve Health     Harvard T. H. Chan Newsletter February 14, 2024 Harvard T. H. Chan Aquatic foods have been instrumental in creating healthy and sustainable diets in many regio…

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March 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Legislative Inaction and Dissatisfaction With One-Party Control Lead to More Issues Going Directly to Voters in Ballot Initiatives, With 60% of Them in Six States

Legislative Inaction and Dissatisfaction With One-Party Control Lead to More Issues Going Directly to Voters in Ballot Initiatives, With 60% of Them in Six States     Thom Reilly March 21, 2024 The Conversation Citizen-led ballot measures in recent years hav…

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March 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM

Sunday Science: Our Black Hole Spins at 60% of the Theoretical Maximum – And Other Weird Facts About It

Sunday Science: Our Black Hole Spins at 60% of the Theoretical Maximum – And Other Weird Facts About It     Sabine Hossenfelder March 21, 2024 Sabine Hossenfelder Black holes are weird already, but it turns out that the black hole at the centre of the Milky …

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March 25, 2024 at 4:55 AM

A ‘Wary Faith’ in the Courts

A ‘Wary Faith’ in the Courts     Eric Foner March 19, 2024 New York Review A groundbreaking new book demonstrates that even during the days of slavery, African Americans knew a lot more about legal principles than has been imagined. Spectators and …

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March 25, 2024 at 4:40 AM

‘Flat and Shallow’: Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Divides Viewers in China

Portside Culture ‘Flat and Shallow’: Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Divides Viewers in China     Helen Davidson March 22, 2024 The Guardian Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese story …

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March 25, 2024 at 4:15 AM

The Class Struggle in Silicon Valley

The Class Struggle in Silicon Valley     Cory Doctorow March 11, 2024 Project Syndicate Deteriorating working conditions have led to a shift in perspective, sparking an unprecedented wave of worker activism. , leighklotz CC by 2.0 via Wikimedia Com…

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March 25, 2024 at 3:45 AM

Senegal’s Elites Wanted To Trash Democracy. Voters Didn’t.

Senegal’s Elites Wanted To Trash Democracy. Voters Didn’t.     Gregory Valdespino March 23, 2024 Jacobin Tomorrow, Senegal votes in an election that French-backed president Macky Sall repeatedly delayed. The fact that the election is going ahead is a victory…

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March 25, 2024 at 2:30 AM

Fort Worth’s Forgotten Lynching: In Search of Fred Rouse

Fort Worth’s Forgotten Lynching: In Search of Fred Rouse     Karen Olsson / Texas Observer March 18, 2024 Texas Observer Retracing the steps of a Texan lynched in 1921 requires a trip through dark days in state history. , Texas Observer   …

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March 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Mexico Defends GM Corn Restrictions With Science

Mexico Defends GM Corn Restrictions With Science     Timothy Wise March 14, 2024 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) "If we win, we will challenge an entire model of production. It would be a huge achievement, setting an international standard.…

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March 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

In Oil Country, First Nation With High Cancer Rates Accuses AER of ‘Regulated Murder’

In Oil Country, First Nation With High Cancer Rates Accuses AER of ‘Regulated Murder’     Brandi Morin March 20, 2024 IndigiNews Athabaska Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) Chief Allan Adam said the lawsuit puts the entire oil industry on notice. “When they caus…

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March 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Why Has Niger Declared US Military Presence in Its Territory Illegal?

Why Has Niger Declared US Military Presence in Its Territory Illegal?     Pavan Kulkarni March 19, 2024 Peoples Dispatch Only months after forcing its former colonizer France to withdraw its troops, Niger, West Africa’s largest country, has said the presence…

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March 23, 2024 at 3:30 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 22, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | March 22, 2024     March 22, 2024 xxxxxx RFK Jr. Is a Real-Time Nightmare. Mary Lou Fulton | Many More Of Us. The Captured Supreme Court. New Research Suggests That Our Universe Has No Dark Matter. The Growing Rift Between Gen Z Boys and…

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March 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM

The First Step Toward Disintegrating Israel’s Settler Machine

The First Step Toward Disintegrating Israel’s Settler Machine     Ori Kol March 19, 2024 972 Magazine Despite their narrow focus, recent international sanctions against settlers are laying the foundations to turn verbal condemnations into tangible action. …

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March 23, 2024 at 2:55 AM

Shelby County Opened the Door to Modern-Day Poll Taxes

Shelby County Opened the Door to Modern-Day Poll Taxes     Michael Podhorzer March 21, 2024 Weekend Reading Voter suppression is the modern-day version of poll taxes. The idea that there is an “acceptable” level of voter suppression is antithetical to what i…

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March 23, 2024 at 2:45 AM

How Pregnancy Changes the Brain

How Pregnancy Changes the Brain     Gina Jiménez March 15, 2024 Scientific American A study of more than 100 new parents showed that pregnancy and birth cause changes in brain circuits that may be involved in empathy and bonding with the child , …

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March 23, 2024 at 2:30 AM

But Really, Just File a Motion To Recuse Already

But Really, Just File a Motion To Recuse Already     Joyce Vance March 20, 2024 Civil Discourse Every federal judge is appointed by a president, and most of them go on to set aside the affiliations that got them there. But Cannon, at virtually every turn, h…

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March 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Thirteen Ways of Coping With Trump ’24

Portside Culture Thirteen Ways of Coping With Trump ’24     W. D. Ehrhart Poet W.D. Ehrhart makes a riff off 13 blackbirds, in hopes of you all doing the right thing in November. ,   Thirteen Ways of Coping with Trump `24 By W. D. …

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March 22, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Biden Plans To Halt Rafah Operation and Remind Netanyahu: Israel Needs America

Biden Plans To Halt Rafah Operation and Remind Netanyahu: Israel Needs America     Amos Harel March 21, 2024 Haaretz Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to talk about 'total victory,' despite tensions with the United States – but the fact that he's s…

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March 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Schumer Spoke for Diaspora Jews

Schumer Spoke for Diaspora Jews     Harold Meyerson March 19, 2024 The American Prospect Schumer was giving voice to what most Democratic officeholders believed but were afraid to say, and he clearly had the blessing of President Biden to go ahead and make t…

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March 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM

No, Immigrants Aren’t More Likely To Commit Crimes Than US-Born, Despite Trump’s Border Speech

No, Immigrants Aren’t More Likely To Commit Crimes Than US-Born, Despite Trump’s Border Speech     Terry Collins March 1, 2024 USA TODAY From 2012-2022, undocumented immigrants have a homicide conviction rate 14% below native-born Americans. Immigrants have …

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March 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Angela Davis: Standing With Palestinians

Angela Davis: Standing With Palestinians     Angela Y. Davis March 19, 2024 Hammer & Hope Reflecting on the past 60 years. "This is the first time in my own political memory that the Palestine solidarity movement is experiencing such broad support both t…

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March 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.21 2024 – Reader Comments: Most Committed Are the Uncommitted; Schumer Clears Path for Democrats; Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech; Folk Music and the New Deal; Women’s History Month in Song, Spoken Word; Block & Build-Left Strategy

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March 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Taking a Hammer to It

Portside Culture Taking a Hammer to It     Jeremy Hsu October 19, 2023 New Scientist Magazine An eye-opening read traces today’s collective rage against big tech back to the Luddite uprising the industrial revolution. Garment workers in Ban…

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March 21, 2024 at 10:50 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 21, 2024

Global Left Midweek – March 21, 2024     March 21, 2024 xxxxxx On the electoral front, surges and splits Desperate Gaza children march against bombing and food shortages. Credit, Video Elephant   Economics Must Change! Jenin Resistance On …

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March 21, 2024 at 6:40 AM

Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention

Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention     Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox March 19, 2024 Tom Dispatch Stop Treating Gaza Like a Natural Disaster Residents say 'nowhere is safe' in Gaza as the air attacks have been targeting site…

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March 21, 2024 at 6:05 AM

Biden Administration Announces Rule Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles

Biden Administration Announces Rule Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles     Coral Davenport March 20, 2024 New York Times The regulation would require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution…

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March 21, 2024 at 5:50 AM

Is SCOTUS About To Make Bribing Politicians the Same As “Earning a Tip”?

Is SCOTUS About To Make Bribing Politicians the Same As “Earning a Tip”?     Thom Hartmann March 20, 2024 The Hartmann Report And now it appears that the six corrupt Republicans currently on the Court are preparing to make political bribery even easier for t…

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March 21, 2024 at 5:40 AM

The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care

The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care     Elliot Haspel March 20, 2024 The Atlantic The service is essential to families and communities. It should be free. ,   Imagine a politician stepping up to a podium and promising that voters will …

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March 21, 2024 at 4:40 AM

Did Stalin Deliberately Let Ukraine Starve?

Portside Culture Did Stalin Deliberately Let Ukraine Starve?     Sheila Fitzpatrick August 25, 2017 The Guardian A vivid account exposes the myths of the catastrophic Ukrainian famine of 1932-3. ,   Red Famine Stalin's War on Ukrain…

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March 20, 2024 at 2:15 PM

Media Bits and Bytes – March 20, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – March 20, 2024     March 20, 2024 xxxxxx Who’s afraid of TikTok? , International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions   Election Misinfo Who’s Afraid of TikTok? Videogame Workers Get a Union NYT Unfair…

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March 20, 2024 at 12:45 AM

A Revolution in American Foreign Policy

A Revolution in American Foreign Policy     Bernie Sanders March 18, 2024 Foreign Affairs Replacing Greed, Militarism, and Hypocrisy With Solidarity, Diplomacy, and Human Rights The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 2024, Leah Millis / Reu…

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March 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Long Beach Hotel Workers To Earn Highest Minimum Wage

Long Beach Hotel Workers To Earn Highest Minimum Wage     Mark Kreidler March 15, 2024 Capital and Main A ballot measure to raise pay to $23 an hour could help workers in labor negotiations and boost the local economy. , Dimensions/Getty Images …

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March 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Supreme Court Case Designed To Legalize Bribery

Supreme Court Case Designed To Legalize Bribery     Katya Schwenk March 19, 2024 The Lever Snyder v. United States could make it legal for public officials to accept rewards for their corrupt actions. , AP Photo/Andrew Harnik   The U.S. Sup…

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March 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Can Baby Bonds Fight Wealth Gap and Racial Inequality?

Can Baby Bonds Fight Wealth Gap and Racial Inequality?     Lynn Parramore February 27, 2024 Institute for New Economic Thinking Connecticut is the first state to fund and enact a baby bonds program, inspiring more states to create their own plans. Can it mak…

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March 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Zone of Interest Is About the Danger of Ignoring Atrocities – Including in Gaza

Portside Culture The Zone of Interest Is About the Danger of Ignoring Atrocities – Including in Gaza     Naomi Klein March 14, 2024 The Guardian “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present – not to say, ‘Look what they did th…

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March 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar 19–25

This Week in People’s History, Mar 19–25     xxxxxx Hospital Workers Win (in 1969), Virginia Racists Split Hairs (1924), Anti-Racist Education Rules (1969), Protesters Beat the Rap (1969), German Troops in Rome (1944), The Fork Not Taken (1989), An Unemploye…

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March 19, 2024 at 12:20 AM

How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing

How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing     Thomas Fuller March 17, 2024 New York Times One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — an…

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March 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Moving Into the Agrihood

Portside Culture Moving Into the Agrihood     Kirsten Lie-Nielsen December 13, 2023 Modern Farmer Planned, farm-centered neighborhoods are on the rise in the United States, offering farm-to-table food and a strong community for residents.The Urban La…

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March 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Among the Exvangelicals: Sarah McCammon on Faith, Trump and Leaving the Churches Behind

Among the Exvangelicals: Sarah McCammon on Faith, Trump and Leaving the Churches Behind     Martin Pengelly March 17, 2024 Guardian In her first book, the NPR political correspondent examines a growing movement away from the rightwing Christian church …

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March 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Summer Lee Condemns Arrival of GOP ‘Billionaire Cavalry’ in PA Democratic Primary

Summer Lee Condemns Arrival of GOP ‘Billionaire Cavalry’ in PA Democratic Primary     Jake Johnson March 15, 2024 Common Dreams Moderate PAC -- funding Lee's opponent -- has been described as "an organization of centrist Democrats," but its only donation in …

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March 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Most Committed Are the Uncommitted

The Most Committed Are the Uncommitted     Jeet Heer The Nation A growing movement of “uncommitted” Democratic voters are making it impossible for the Biden White House to remain complacent about Israel’s war on Gaza. People gather at an Uncommitted…

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March 18, 2024 at 7:30 AM

Sunday Science: A Treaty To Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic Hangs in the Balance

Sunday Science: A Treaty To Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic Hangs in the Balance     Jon Cohen March 15, 2024 Science The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep inequalities between rich and poor countries. The WHO Pandemic Agreement hopes to improve global …

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March 18, 2024 at 5:30 AM

You Flood It, You Pay for It.

You Flood It, You Pay for It.     Bill McKibben March 15, 2024 The Crucial Years States are considering 'climate superfund' laws to hold Big Oil accountable Vermont’s capitol city, underwater in epic July flooding that wrecked most of Montpelier’s …

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March 18, 2024 at 5:05 AM

A New Alliance Could Change Puerto Rican Politics

A New Alliance Could Change Puerto Rican Politics     Rafael Bernabe, Ed Morales March 15, 2024 Jacobin The Citizens’ Victory Movement and the Puerto Rican Independence Party are forming a coalition called La Alianza. Their goal: a radical shift in Puerto Ri…

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March 18, 2024 at 4:55 AM

The Black Box of Race

The Black Box of Race     Henry Louis Gates Jr. March 16, 2024 The Atlantic In a circumscribed universe, Black Americans have ceaselessly reinvented themselves. , Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic.   My daughter Maggie gave birt…

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