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April 4, 2024 at 5:30 AM

The Supreme Court May Give Us Another 2008 Financial Crisis

The Supreme Court May Give Us Another 2008 Financial Crisis     Katya Schwenk April 2, 2024 The Lever A new case could decimate state-level consumer protections against predatory banking practices. , (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)   The United St…

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April 4, 2024 at 5:20 AM

‘Very Best of Humanity’: The Seven Aid Workers Killed in Israeli Airstrike

‘Very Best of Humanity’: The Seven Aid Workers Killed in Israeli Airstrike     Emine Sinmaz April 3, 2024 The Guardian Families and others pay tribute to the World Central Kitchen staff hit leaving Gaza food warehouse The killed aid workers (top ro…

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April 4, 2024 at 3:25 AM

A New History Changes the Balance of Power Between Ethiopia and Medieval Europe

Portside Culture A New History Changes the Balance of Power Between Ethiopia and Medieval Europe     David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele June 29, 2021 Smithsonian Magazine This book, writes reviewers Perry and Gabriele, "showcases the agency and powe…

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April 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 3, 2024

Global Left Midweek – April 3, 2024     April 3, 2024 xxxxxx All we have is our movements and the power we build together Post-election celebration in Istanbul. Credit, Associated Press   The Iron Dome is Global, and So is Resistance Upset…

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April 3, 2024 at 12:30 AM

The Hidden Potential of Bicycles

The Hidden Potential of Bicycles     Brian Kaller March 30, 2024 Mayberry The bicycle remains the most efficient method of using our bodies, allowing us to attain higher machine speeds for longer than we would on muscle power alone – and without using any mo…

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April 3, 2024 at 12:25 AM

The New Junta in Niger Tells the United States To Pack Up Its War and Go Home

The New Junta in Niger Tells the United States To Pack Up Its War and Go Home     Nick Turse April 2, 2024 Tom Dispatch Even the Pentagon tacitly admits that US-Sahelian partnerships aren’t reducing terrorist violence at all after 20 years. Niger's…

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April 3, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Black Women Reds and Black Women on the Liberal Left

Black Women Reds and Black Women on the Liberal Left     Malik Simba April 2, 2024 xxxxxx As we left the month of February, which was African American History Month--traditionally referred to as Black History Month--we now have left Women's History Month. Ea…

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April 3, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Al Jazeera Faces ‘Security Threat’ Ban As Israel Passes New Law

Al Jazeera Faces ‘Security Threat’ Ban As Israel Passes New Law     Lorenzo Tondo April 2, 2024 The Guardian Benjamin Netanyahu says after approval of bill he will ‘act immediately … to stop channel’s activities’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net…

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April 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’ Review: The Power of Parents

Portside Culture ‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’ Review: The Power of Parents     Ben Kenigsberg March 26, 2024 The New York Times Then the documentary shows how, just as the parents were dealing with unfathomable grief, Jones, through his Infowars broadc…

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April 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – April 2, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – April 2, 2024     April 2, 2024 xxxxxx Bots, NBC and a comic book about disinformation , CISAgov   NBC Drops a Hot Potato After Staff Revolt Apple Antitrust Suit Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor Won’t Lie for MAGA Trail…

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April 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM

‘Autocratic Rule’ of Erdogan Cracks As Secular Left Wins Big in Turkey Elections

‘Autocratic Rule’ of Erdogan Cracks As Secular Left Wins Big in Turkey Elections     Brett Wilkins April 1, 2024 Common Dreams "You opened the door to the rise of democracy, equality, and freedom," Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu said following his re-election…

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April 2, 2024 at 12:50 AM

Worse Than Dobbs? Not an April Fool

Worse Than Dobbs? Not an April Fool     Rakim Brooks April 1, 2024 Democracy Docket The Supreme Court mifepristone case forecasts decisions worse than Dobbs ,   I can still feel the painful blow Justice Clarence Thomas struck in his Dobbs c…

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April 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 2–8

This Week in People’s History, Apr 2–8     xxxxxx A Jury Frees the Panther 21 (in 1969), 8 Hours a Day is Long Enough to Work (1919), When You're Hot, You're Hot (1964), Take Your War and Shove It! (1969), You CAN Fight City Hall (1934), Inventing Email Wasn…

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April 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Maker of Wegovy, Ozempic Showers Money on U.S. Obesity Doctors

Portside Culture Maker of Wegovy, Ozempic Showers Money on U.S. Obesity Doctors     Chad Terhune and Robin Respaut December 1, 2023 Reuters Drugmaker Novo Nordisk paid at least $25.8 million to an elite group of U.S. obesity specialists who advocate …

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April 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

March 28, 2024: Supply Chains, Immigrants and Baltimore

March 28, 2024: Supply Chains, Immigrants and Baltimore     Heather Cox Richardson February 29, 2024 Letters from an American The workers who died in the bridge collapse on Tuesday “were not ‘poisoning the blood of our country they were replenishing it…. The…

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April 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers

The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers     Adam Gopnik March 18, 2024 The New Yorker The Nazi leader didn’t seize power; he was given it. The media lords thought that they could control him; political schemers thought that they co…

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April 1, 2024 at 9:25 AM

Sunday Science: Memories Are Made by Breaking DNA — and Fixing It

Sunday Science: Memories Are Made by Breaking DNA — and Fixing It     Max Kozlov March 27, 2024 Nature Nerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response, study in mice finds. Neurons (shown here in a coloured scanning el…

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April 1, 2024 at 7:45 AM

Do It Yourself, Brother: Cultural Autonomy and the New Thing

Do It Yourself, Brother: Cultural Autonomy and the New Thing     Christian Noakes March 1, 2024 Monthly Review The story of the struggle to liberate jazz from the exploitative, white-controlled music industry in 1950s, the seminal events of the movement and …

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April 1, 2024 at 7:15 AM

Too Few Americans Are Eating a Remarkable Fruit

Too Few Americans Are Eating a Remarkable Fruit     Zoë Schlanger March 28, 2024 The Atlantic Breadfruit is a staple in tropical places—and climate change is pushing its range north. Breadfruit, Ashay vb, CC BY-SA 4.0   Someplace in the lus…

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April 1, 2024 at 6:45 AM

The Nuclear Explosion That Makes US Aid to Israel Illegal

The Nuclear Explosion That Makes US Aid to Israel Illegal     James Bamford March 29, 2024 The Nation Israel’s nuclear program has been in violation of international law for decades, rendering it ineligible for American assistance. Israel’s nuclear…

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April 1, 2024 at 6:20 AM

The Little-Remembered Supreme Court Precedent That Could Protect IVF — and Abortion

The Little-Remembered Supreme Court Precedent That Could Protect IVF — and Abortion     Kimberly Wehle March 27, 2024 Politico A half-century before Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that family life is off limits from government interference. Could that …

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April 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Palm Royale Is a Weak Critique of the “Bubble” of the Rich

Portside Culture Palm Royale Is a Weak Critique of the “Bubble” of the Rich     Eileen Jones March 29, 2024 Jacobin Showing that rich women in 1969 are “living in a bubble” is like demonstrating that, as ever, water is wet. But even if Palm Royale wa…

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March 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Republicans’ New Border Target: Migrant Aid Groups

Republicans’ New Border Target: Migrant Aid Groups     Miriam Davidson March 28, 2024 The Progressive Criminalizing the groups providing humanitarian aid at the border won't solve our immigration crisis. But providing them funding might help. A pa…

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March 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM

5 Lessons From Hungary: How To Fight Authoritarians

5 Lessons From Hungary: How To Fight Authoritarians     Gordon Whitman March 13, 2024 The Forge Lessons from a convening between pro-democracy organizers from the U.S. and Hungary. Gordon Whitman explains how grassroots organizations can adapt as authoritari…

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March 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Protect the Weak: An Open Letter to Black and Latino Men Voting for Trump

Protect the Weak: An Open Letter to Black and Latino Men Voting for Trump     Nicholas Powers March 25, 2024 Indypendent Trump’s outlaw persona and a desire for economic security are driving support for the former president among Black men, Nicholas Powers w…

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March 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Healing Community Scars From Interstate Highways

Healing Community Scars From Interstate Highways     Jared Brey March 21, 2024 Governing The Reconnecting Communities program is giving $3.3 billion to help cities address problems caused by highways. But in most cases, the projects stop short of removing hi…

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March 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

30,000 Reasons: Argentines Uphold Memory in the Streets

30,000 Reasons: Argentines Uphold Memory in the Streets     Daniel Cholakian March 28, 2024 NACLA Reports March 24 commemorates the victims of state terrorism in Argentina. As President Javier Milei defends perpetrators of genocide, remembering becomes a for…

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March 30, 2024 at 2:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 29, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | March 29, 2024     xxxxxx Jordan Klepper on Dealing With Jan 6 Rioters. AOC on Looming Famine in Gaza, Will the ICJ's New Orders Help the People of Gaza? What Dollar General Doesn’t Want You To Know. What the Red Sea Ship Attacks Are Real…

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March 30, 2024 at 12:35 AM

To Eugene J. Loveman

Portside Culture To Eugene J. Loveman     By Alexander F. Bergman They Look Like ME A long-lost elegy remains a tribute to an American volunteer in the Spanish Civil War. ,   To Eugene J. Loveman By Alexander F. Bergman On the sea f…

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March 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Why Do Israelis Feel So Threatened by a Ceasefire?

Why Do Israelis Feel So Threatened by a Ceasefire?     Meron Rapoport March 29, 2024 972 Magazine Halting the Gaza war means recognizing that Israel’s military goals were unrealistic — and that it cannot escape a political process with the Palestinians. …

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March 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Big Idea: Why Am I So Forgetful?

The Big Idea: Why Am I So Forgetful?     Charan Ranganath March 25, 2024 Guardian A failing memory can be frustrating, but it may be a sign your brain is working exactly as it should ,   Every day, people across the planet ask themselves th…

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March 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Ten Years Since Its Annexation, Crimea Serves as a Grim Warning to Any Ukrainian Lands That Fall Under Russian Occupation

Ten Years Since Its Annexation, Crimea Serves as a Grim Warning to Any Ukrainian Lands That Fall Under Russian Occupation     Shane O'Rourke March 26, 2024 The Conversation The ten years since the annexation of Crimea has been a dismal exercise in the suppre…

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March 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Building on the Best of New York’s Social Housing Policy

Building on the Best of New York’s Social Housing Policy     Jonathan Tarleton March 26, 2024 Jacobin The New York state legislature is calling for the revival of Mitchell-Lama, a program that built over 160,000 affordable housing units in the mid-20th centu…

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March 29, 2024 at 12:40 AM

The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life

The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life     Peter Beinart March 22, 2024 New York Times For the last decade or so, an ideological tremor has been unsettling American Jewish life. Since Oct. 7, it has become an earthquake. It concerns the relationship betwe…

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March 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Marginal Realists of Standing Together

The Marginal Realists of Standing Together     Harold Meyerson March 25, 2024 The American Prospect An all-too-rare organization of Israeli Palestinians and Jews works for an unfantastical solution to the enduring conflict. What sets Standing Together apart …

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March 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Governors Are Calling for Investments in Early Care and Education

Governors Are Calling for Investments in Early Care and Education     Anna Lovejoy March 15, 2024 Center for American Progress Child care is both hard to find and increasingly expensive for families. The average price of licensed child care for a U.S. family…

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March 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

First City-Wide Rent Reduction in the History of New York State Upheld by Appellate Court

First City-Wide Rent Reduction in the History of New York State Upheld by Appellate Court     John Mage March 26, 2024 MRonLine Five judge panel rules unanimously determination of Kingston Rent Guidelines Board mandating 15% rent reduction is valid “[n]othin…

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March 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.28 2024 – Reader Comments: Ceasefire, Standing With Palestinians; RFK, Jr; Government Numbers About...; Single-Payer Saves-Report France; Greatest Baseball Films; Seafood’s Potential; Käthe Kollwitz – New Exhibition at MOMA in New York

Tidbits – Mar.28 2024 – Reader Comments: Ceasefire, Standing With Palestinians; RFK, Jr; Government Numbers About…; Single-Payer Saves-Report France; Greatest Baseball Films; Seafood’s Potential; Käthe Kollwitz – New Exhibition at MOMA in New York     Mar 28, 2024 -…

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March 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What To Do About It

Portside Culture Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What To Do About It     Steve Lawton March 20, 2024 Portside Leopold’s new book offers a closer and more detailed look at how wealth extrac…

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March 28, 2024 at 5:40 AM

Through a Grid, Darkly

Portside Culture Through a Grid, Darkly     Adrienne Raphel March 14, 2024 Los Angeles Review of Books This book, writes reviewer Raphel, "is both a memoir and a cultural analysis of American crosswords from the 1910s through the 2010s." , …

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March 28, 2024 at 2:50 AM

Cargo Giant in Baltimore Crash Silenced Whistleblowers

Cargo Giant in Baltimore Crash Silenced Whistleblowers     David Sirota, Helen Santoro, Freddy Brewster, Lucy Dean, Stockton, Katya Schwenk March 26, 2024 The Lever Regulators cited Maersk for its “illegal policy” blocking employees from reporting safety con…

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March 28, 2024 at 2:25 AM

Biden Administration’s Gaza Strategy Panned As ‘Mess’ Amid Clashing Goals

Biden Administration’s Gaza Strategy Panned As ‘Mess’ Amid Clashing Goals     Julian Borger March 26, 2024 The Guardian Strain of aiming to influence Israel’s actions without leverage and also avoiding starvation is showing, say analysts A Palestin…

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March 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Greatest Baseball Films

The Greatest Baseball Films     Peter Dreier March 27, 2024 xxxxxx Most baseball films are pure entertainment. But baseball is often the setting for notable films that tell a bigger story about America’s social conditions. As the Major League Baseball season…

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March 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Why Is America Letting the Oil Industry Destroy the Planet?

Why Is America Letting the Oil Industry Destroy the Planet?     Thom Hartmann March 22, 2024 The Hartmann Report The men who made the intentional decision to murder my father are long dead; the men and women who today are plotting to render much of our beaut…

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March 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 27, 2024

Global Left Midweek – March 27, 2024     March 27, 2024 xxxxxx Politics above — politics below UK/Palestine solidarity. Credit, David McAllister   India: Strategy to Defeat the Far Right in Power Surprise Win in Senegal Unfinished Feminist…

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March 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 26, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 26, 2024     March 26, 2024 xxxxxx Sustaining democracy with collective action Trump supporters hold images of Laken Riley before he speaks at a rally in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024. Credit, Elijah Nouve…

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March 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

As Israel Defies UNSC Demand for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Human Rights Body Slams Ongoing Genocide

As Israel Defies UNSC Demand for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Human Rights Body Slams Ongoing Genocide     Juan Cole March 26, 2024 Informed Comment The report concludes that Israel’s policies in Gaza give “reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating I…

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March 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Surprising Link Between Budgeting and Good Health

The Surprising Link Between Budgeting and Good Health     Carl Smith March 22, 2024 Governing Health outcomes and life expectancy improve in counties where residents have greater opportunity to engage in civic life. Residents of Belle Mina, Ala., w…

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March 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Biden Netanyahu Rift

The Biden Netanyahu Rift     Danny Postel and Lisa Goldman March 26, 2024 New Lines Magazine Is the Israeli-American ‘special relationship’ in danger, or are the two leaders merely playing a game of political survival? ,   This week’s diplo…

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March 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Single-Payer Healthcare Would Save Money and Lives

Single-Payer Healthcare Would Save Money and Lives     Jackson Diianni March 26, 2024 Common Dreams Our current way of doing things is inhumane and unsustainable, and it is essential that we transition to a system which prioritizes patient care over profit. …

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