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April 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Break-Up?

The Break-Up?     John Feffer April 10, 2024 Foreign Policy in Focus Are the United States and Israel heading toward a divorce? Vice President Joe Biden visit to Israel March 2016, U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv   Critics of Israel once occupied the…

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April 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

When the State Comes for Your Estate

When the State Comes for Your Estate     Safiya Charles April 8, 2024 Type Investigations Medicaid was designed to provide healthcare for the poorest Americans. But after death, their relatives can be socked with massive bills, as one Charlotte family learne…

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April 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The One Who’s Left Water

Portside Culture The One Who’s Left Water     Jed Myers December 1, 2019 Tinderbox Washington state poet Jed Myers pays homage to the “one who’s left water” for the migrants crossing Arizona deserts facing “liberty or a cage.” ,   …

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April 12, 2024 at 2:20 AM

No Victory Awaits Israel in Rafah. Only More Death and Destruction

No Victory Awaits Israel in Rafah. Only More Death and Destruction     Gideon Levy April 10, 2024 Haaretz The call "No to Rafah" is heard only from Washington, not Kaplan Street. The call "No to Rafah" is still not strong enough even from Washington. It is n…

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April 12, 2024 at 2:05 AM

Claudia Sheinbaum-May Be Mexico’s First Woman President

Claudia Sheinbaum-May Be Mexico’s First Woman President     Arturo Cano; Translated from the Spanish by Nicholas Allen. April 9, 2024 The Nation The former student activist and current mayor of Mexico City is poised to make history with an ambitious platform…

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April 12, 2024 at 1:25 AM

Inside the Election Denial Groups Planning To Disrupt November

Inside the Election Denial Groups Planning To Disrupt November     David Gilbert April 8, 2024 Wired Groups like True the Vote and Michael Flynn’s America Project want to mobilize thousands of Trump supporters by pushing baseless claims about election fraud—…

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April 12, 2024 at 12:55 AM

‘Whole Thing Is an Epic Fraud’: RFK Jr. Official Admits Goal Is To Elect Trump

‘Whole Thing Is an Epic Fraud’: RFK Jr. Official Admits Goal Is To Elect Trump     Julia Conley April 8, 2024 Common Dreams RFK Jr. Official Admits Goal Is to Elect Trump, who previously canvassed for Trump in 2016 and 2020. Political observers have noted in…

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April 12, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Tidbits – Apr 11 – Reader Comments: Arizona Abortion Ruling-Make America ‘Great’ Again; Gaza Killings; Lavender AI Machine; Dental Health; Bob Dylan: With God 0n Our Side; Teach Palestine; Deborah Meier; Legacies of War on Terror; Wagner Act, NLRB

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April 11, 2024 at 6:00 AM

The Final Act on Government Surveillance

The Final Act on Government Surveillance     Luke Goldstein April 10, 2024 The American Prospect The House leadership in both parties is poised to expand, not reform, warrantless spying on Americans. But the rank and file isn’t going along. Speaker…

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April 11, 2024 at 5:50 AM

These Stunning Images Show Palestinian Life Before the Nakba

These Stunning Images Show Palestinian Life Before the Nakba     Suyin Haynes April 10, 2024 Jacobin Zionist propaganda refers to pre-1948 Palestine as a “land without a people.” A new photographic collection pushes back against this erasure of Palestinian h…

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April 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Jayapal, Sanders, and Khanna Say US Housing Crisis Must Be ‘At the Top of Our Agenda’

Jayapal, Sanders, and Khanna Say US Housing Crisis Must Be ‘At the Top of Our Agenda’     Jake Johnson April 10, 2024 Common Dreams "We really need a revolution in housing and how we deal with housing," said Sen. Bernie Sanders at a gathering on the issue. …

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April 11, 2024 at 5:20 AM

Where Is America’s ‘Rules-Based Order’ Now?

Where Is America’s ‘Rules-Based Order’ Now?     Spencer Ackerman April 10, 2024 New York Times When U.S. prerogatives diverge from international law, America has no problem violating it — all while declaring its violations to ultimately benefit global stabil…

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April 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 10, 2024

Global Left Midweek – April 10, 2024     April 10, 2024 xxxxxx Overviews and takeaways Swiss member of Senior Women for Climate Rosmarie Wydler-Walti talks to Greta Thunberg after the European Court for Human Rights ruling that climate protection i…

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April 10, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Americans Borrowing To Cover Daily Expenses

Americans Borrowing To Cover Daily Expenses     Jedidajah Otte April 9, 2024 The Guardian Respondents tell us about personal levels of borrowing, with most saying they were now struggling to repay their debts A shopper carries bags outside a Kroger…

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April 10, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Arizona Can Enforce an 1864 Law Criminalizing Nearly All Abortions, State Supreme Court Rules

Arizona Can Enforce an 1864 Law Criminalizing Nearly All Abortions, State Supreme Court Rules     Associated Press April 9, 2024 The Boston Globe Under the decision, a long-dormant law that predates Arizona’s statehood would take effect. It provides no excep…

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April 10, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Republicans Have Plans for Working People

Republicans Have Plans for Working People     Rebecca Gordon April 9, 2024 Tom Dispatch And You’re Not Going to Like Them Members of the United Steelworkers and AFL-CIO rally for public employees., AP/Gene J. Puskar   Recently, you may have…

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April 10, 2024 at 12:10 AM

‘No One Deserves Power for Life’: Coalition Demands Supreme Court Term Limits

‘No One Deserves Power for Life’: Coalition Demands Supreme Court Term Limits     Jessica Corbett April 9, 2024 Common Dreams "The TERM Act is necessary because lifetime tenure on the United States Supreme Court leads to a court that is insulated from, and u…

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April 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Old Oak Review – Ken Loach’s Fierce Final Call for Compassion and Solidarity

Portside Culture The Old Oak Review – Ken Loach’s Fierce Final Call for Compassion and Solidarity     Peter Bradshaw September 27, 2023 The Guardian A northern pub landlord confronts locals’ hostility towards Syrian refugees in Loach’s latest – and p…

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April 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 9, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 9, 2024     April 9, 2024 xxxxxx What the Baltimore bridge disaster taught the nation , Art by @princessa_xicana   Bridge Tragedy and Immigrants’ Gift The Rise of ‘Uncommitted’ Teachers Fight Book B…

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April 9, 2024 at 2:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 9–15

This Week in People’s History, Apr 9–15     xxxxxx New Deal Says Yes/No to Racism (1939), ¡Rachel Corrie, Presente!, Klan Sways A Jury (1964), The Ballot or the Bullet (1964), Jim Crow Shows Who's Boss (1944), If the Shoe of Inhumanity Fits, Wear It (1939), …

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April 9, 2024 at 12:40 AM

Is This the End of Academic Freedom?

Is This the End of Academic Freedom?     Paula Chakravartty and Vasuki Nesiah April 5, 2024 New York Times Students and faculty members in solidarity with the Palestinian people have found the campus environment alarmingly constrained. Harvard stud…

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April 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Percival Everett on American Fiction and Rewriting Huckleberry Finn

Percival Everett on American Fiction and Rewriting Huckleberry Finn     David Shariatmadari April 6, 2024 Guardian ‘I’d love a scathing review’ says novelist Percival Everett. His work triumphed at the Oscars, but he isn’t interested in acclaim. He talks to …

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April 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Black Farmers Growing Rice

Portside Culture The Black Farmers Growing Rice     Liz Susman Karp March 29, 2024 Ambrook Research A hopeful Southern project is helping reclaim lost heritage while building livelihoods, rebuilding old foodways, and rejuvenating land. From…

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April 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Federal Court Strikes Major Blow to Black Voting Rights

Federal Court Strikes Major Blow to Black Voting Rights     Brandon Tensley March 28, 2024 Capital B The decision means South Carolina’s June primary likely will be held under a map that the court had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory. …

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April 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

No, Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court Is Not Our Friend

No, Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court Is Not Our Friend     Elie Mystal April 5, 2024 The Nation The former justice is calling on Americans to emulate the civility of Supreme Court justices, never mind the extreme harm some of those justices are doing. …

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April 8, 2024 at 5:45 AM

Sunday Science: Lucy’s World

Sunday Science: Lucy’s World     Ann Gibbons April 5, 2024 Science Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old fossil still reigns as mother of us all. But she now has rivals Lucy’s iconic partial skeleton, 40% complete, was discovere…

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April 8, 2024 at 4:50 AM

Irremediable Defeat: On Israel’s Other Unwinnable War

Irremediable Defeat: On Israel’s Other Unwinnable War     Ramzy Baroud April 5, 2024 CounterPunch The Israeli economy, according to recent data by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics, has shrunk by over 20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023. Moreov…

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April 8, 2024 at 4:40 AM

The Coming Birth-Control Revolution

The Coming Birth-Control Revolution     Katherine J. Wu April 3, 2024 The Atlantic An abundance of new methods for men could transform women’s contraception too. , Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: SSPL / Getty.   This …

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April 8, 2024 at 4:20 AM

Antitax Nation

Antitax Nation     David Cay Johnston April 5, 2024 The American Prospect Michael Graetz’s new book explains how clever marketing duped America into shoveling more tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations. Due to excessive tax cuts, ordinary Amer…

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April 8, 2024 at 3:55 AM

Chicago-Inspired ‘Purpose’ Explores Fictionalized Iconic Black Family in Blistering Steppenwolf Production

Chicago-Inspired ‘Purpose’ Explores Fictionalized Iconic Black Family in Blistering Steppenwolf Production     Steven Oxman February 25, 2024 Chicago Sun Times Clearly inspired by Chicago’s Jackson family — as in Jesse and Jesse Jr. — the play is set at a tr…

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April 8, 2024 at 12:45 AM

Everyone’s Hooked on Netflix’s 3 Body Problem

Portside Culture Everyone’s Hooked on Netflix’s 3 Body Problem     Eileen Jones April 1, 2024 Jacobin Based on Cixin Liu’s megapopular sci-fi novels, 3 Body Problem is an engrossing spectacle about alien invasion. It’s a welcome 21st-century twist on…

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April 7, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Supreme Court May Give Us Another 2008 Financial Crisis

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 States S…

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April 7, 2024 at 12:05 AM

An Utterly Misleading Book About Rural America

An Utterly Misleading Book About Rural America     Tyler Austin Harper April 4, 2024 The Atlantic White Rural Rage has become a best-seller—and kindled an academic controversy. , Joseph Rushmore   Rage is the subject of a new book by the po…

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April 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The World’s Moral Failure in Gaza

The World’s Moral Failure in Gaza     Graça Machel April 4, 2024 Project Syndicate Madiba (Mandela) always considered Palestinian liberation key to achieving a just and free world for all. How can any of us speak credibly of universal human rights and the in…

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April 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Working-Class People Rarely Have a Seat ‘At the Legislative Table’ in State Capitols

Working-Class People Rarely Have a Seat ‘At the Legislative Table’ in State Capitols     Robbie Sequeira and Josh Kurtz April 1, 2024 Stateline Just 116 of the nearly 7,400 state legislators -- about 2% of Democrats and 1% of Republicans -- meet the definiti…

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April 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

US Politics Since the Gaza Crisis

US Politics Since the Gaza Crisis     Paul Garver March 27, 2024 Chartist The Democratic Party cannot ignore its need for hundreds of thousands of active campaigners to turn out younger and lower income urban voters in general elections. US complicity in Gaz…

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April 6, 2024 at 1:50 AM

Friday Nite Videos | April 5, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | April 5, 2024     April 5, 2024 xxxxxx Bob Dylan | With God on Our Side. Welcome to Trump Elementary | The Daily Show. Against All Enemies | Movie. Has Trump Even Read the Bible? Why the Era of Cheap Streaming Is Over. To view …

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April 6, 2024 at 1:10 AM

‘Lavender’: The AI Machine Directing Israel’s Bombing Spree in Gaza

‘Lavender’: The AI Machine Directing Israel’s Bombing Spree in Gaza     Yuval Abraham April 3, 2024 972 Magazine The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight a…

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April 6, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Rebecca Solnit Wants a Joyous, Inviting Left — Not an Angry, Puritanical One

Rebecca Solnit Wants a Joyous, Inviting Left — Not an Angry, Puritanical One     Anand Giridharadas April 4, 2024 The.Ink. This first installment is about the fight for progress, what our movements get right, what they get wrong, why they must learn to celeb…

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April 6, 2024 at 12:10 AM

War First, Then Annexation: Is Israel Preparing To Permanently Occupy Gaza?

War First, Then Annexation: Is Israel Preparing To Permanently Occupy Gaza?     Dahlia Scheindlin April 3, 2024 Haaretz While expectations rise that surging protests could bring down the Netanyahu government, the Bible-infused nationalists in power are conso…

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April 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Why Isn’t Dental Health Considered Primary Medical Care?

Why Isn’t Dental Health Considered Primary Medical Care?     Lola Butcher March 21, 2024 Knowable Magazine Ailments of the mouth can put the body at risk for a slew of other ills. Some practitioners think dentistry should no longer be siloed. Oral …

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April 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

War News

Portside Culture War News     Beau Beausoleil Agitate! Journal San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil writes a poem each day during the current war in Gaza. ,   War News By Beau Beausoleil I sit at Blue Heron Lake staring out at the rip…

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April 5, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Israel Pays a Political Price for Killing Aid Workers – When They’re Not Palestinians

Israel Pays a Political Price for Killing Aid Workers – When They’re Not Palestinians     Amira Hass April 3, 2024 Haaretz The attack that killed seven volunteers from World Central Kitchen is Israel's latest assault on the humanitarian aid system in Gaza. T…

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April 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Palestinian Struggle for Labor Rights in Israel

The Palestinian Struggle for Labor Rights in Israel     Jaclynn Ashly April 2, 2024 Jacobin Palestinian workers whose underpaid labor provides part of Israel’s low-cost workforce. Their stories of organizing amid ethnic cleansing shed light on how this work …

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April 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Billionaire Class in the U.S. Is Now Bigger Than Ever – We Need Progressive Taxation Now.

The Billionaire Class in the U.S. Is Now Bigger Than Ever – We Need Progressive Taxation Now.     Omar Ocampo April 2, 2024 Inequality.org There are now 813 billionaires with $5.7 trillion in wealth, making the ten-figure club even more powerful economically…

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April 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Will the US Move Toward “Demonstration Elections”?

Will the US Move Toward “Demonstration Elections”?     Van Gosse April 3, 2024 The Nation If fascism—or even just an authoritarian regime—does happen here in November, it may look surprisingly familiar. The current Supreme Court is likely to go along with wh…

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April 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How German Atheists Made America Great Again

Portside Culture How German Atheists Made America Great Again     S. C. Gwynne March 26, 2024 New York Times What was the Civil War about? In a word, slavery. The driving force in American politics in the decades after the American Revolution was the…

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April 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Apr4 2024 – Reader Comments: Demand Ceasefire, Stop Killing Civilians; Israelis Threatened by Ceasefire?; Worse Than Dobbs?; the Black Scholar Journal: Legacies, Futures of Black Radicalism-Apr 6&7; Celebrating Pittsburgh’s Anne Feeney-May1

Tidbits – Apr4 2024 – Reader Comments: Demand Ceasefire, Stop Killing Civilians; Israelis Threatened by Ceasefire?; Worse Than Dobbs?; the Black Scholar Journal: Legacies, Futures of Black Radicalism-Apr 6&7; Celebrating Pittsburgh’s Anne Feeney-May1     April…

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April 4, 2024 at 6:05 AM

The Active-Duty Airman Refusing To Eat While Gaza Starves

The Active-Duty Airman Refusing To Eat While Gaza Starves     Gerry Condon April 3, 2024 Common Dreams Airman Larry Hebert, who began a hunger strike at the White House on Easter Sunday, says he was inspired by the self-immolation of active-duty Airman Aaron…

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April 4, 2024 at 5:45 AM

Shouldn’t Every American Enjoy the Luxury of a Roof?

Shouldn’t Every American Enjoy the Luxury of a Roof?     Sam Pizzigati March 28, 2024 Inequality.org A frightening share of our richest don’t necessarily think so , Khallid Shabazz   America, a new report details, is minting millionaires at…

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