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November 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Consequences of the Choice We Make in November

Consequences of the Choice We Make in November     Dr. James J. Zogby October 21, 2024 Washington Watch This isn’t a normal election. My community has been deeply traumatized by the genocide in Gaza and now the devastating war on Lebanon...Explain how punish…

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November 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 31 – Reader Comments: Donald Trump – We Reject You!; Israelis, Calling for Global Pressure on Israel To Force Immediate Ceasefire; Barbara Dane; Remembering Gustavo Gutierrez; Voter Intimidation and Election Worker Resource Guide; More

Tidbits – Oct. 31 – Reader Comments: Donald Trump – We Reject You!; Israelis, Calling for Global Pressure on Israel To Force Immediate Ceasefire; Barbara Dane; Remembering Gustavo Gutierrez; Voter Intimidation and Election Worker Resource Guide; More     October 3…

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October 31, 2024 at 12:20 AM

What Will You Do?

What Will You Do?     Rick Perlstein October 30, 2024 The American Prospect Life-changing choices we may be forced to make if Donald Trump wins Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at Nassau Coliseum, September 18, 202…

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October 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM

These Dictators Are Different. ‘Autocracy, Inc.’ Explains How

Portside Culture These Dictators Are Different. ‘Autocracy, Inc.’ Explains How     Frank Langfitt July 24, 2024 NPR Today's autocracies range “from theocracies to monarchies, that operate more like companies,” united by “a laser-focus on preserving t…

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October 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM

‘No ObamaCare’: How Trump, Johnson and RFK Jr. Plan To Destroy Americans’ Health Care

‘No ObamaCare’: How Trump, Johnson and RFK Jr. Plan To Destroy Americans’ Health Care     David Badash October 30, 2024 Alternet They have big plans to implement “massive” changes to the entire U.S. food, drug, and health care system—from killing ObamaCare a…

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October 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Willie Matos, Friend and Comrade

Willie Matos, Friend and Comrade     Andy Piascik October 29, 2024 Counterpunch Willie Matos, who worked his entire adult life for Puerto Rican liberation and freedom for working class people everywhere, passed away on October 14. , Photograph Sour…

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October 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” To Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital

A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” To Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital     Cassandra Jaramillo and Kavitha Surana October 30, 2024 ProPublica Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors …

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October 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Workers of the World Awaken

Global Left Midweek – Workers of the World Awaken     October 30, 2024 xxxxxx A picket line encircles the planet Educational assistants and support staff at Edmonton Public Schools rallied at Alberta legislature, joined by other unions. Credit, SHA…

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October 30, 2024 at 12:15 AM

US Election Sabotage Fears Grow After Ballot Boxes Set Aflame

US Election Sabotage Fears Grow After Ballot Boxes Set Aflame     Jessica Corbett October 29, 2024 Common Dreams "Make no mistake, an attack on a ballot box is an attack on our democracy and completely unacceptable," said Oregon's secretary of state …

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October 30, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Can Native Voters Carry Montana?

Can Native Voters Carry Montana?     Joseph Bullington October 29, 2024 In These Times From Billings to Fort Peck, organizers are working to register Indigenous voters—and believe they might shift the needle. Organizers with Western Native Voice st…

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October 30, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Israel’s Ban on UNRWA Continues a Pattern of Politicizing Palestinian Refugee Aid – and Puts Millions of Lives at Risk

Israel’s Ban on UNRWA Continues a Pattern of Politicizing Palestinian Refugee Aid – and Puts Millions of Lives at Risk     Nicholas R. Micinski, Kelsey Norman October 29, 2024 The Conversation Aid for refugees, particularly Palestinian refugees, has long bee…

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October 30, 2024 at 12:10 AM

He Directed a Film About the 1939 Fascist MSG Rally — Here’s What He Saw at Trump’s Rally

He Directed a Film About the 1939 Fascist MSG Rally — Here’s What He Saw at Trump’s Rally     PJ Grisar October 29, 2024 Forward Marshall Curry saw ‘brilliant’ stagecraft and dark, familiar rhetoric Donald and Melania Trump at the Oct. 27 Madison S…

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October 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – October 29, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – October 29, 2024     October 29, 2024 xxxxxx Down to the wire Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch   Trump’s Plans for the Media Anticipatory Obedience: Major Dailies Withhold Endorsements Communication Rules for Activ…

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October 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

‘Union’ Review: Documentary All-Stars Stephen Maing and Brett Story Team Up for a You-Are-There Look at the Fight To Unionize an Amazon Warehouse

Portside Culture ‘Union’ Review: Documentary All-Stars Stephen Maing and Brett Story Team Up for a You-Are-There Look at the Fight To Unionize an Amazon Warehouse     David Ehrlich January 22, 2024 IndieWire A gripping film about the fight to unioniz…

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October 29, 2024 at 6:10 AM

Don’t Cancel The Washington Post. Cancel Amazon Prime.

Don’t Cancel The Washington Post. Cancel Amazon Prime.     Ellen Cushing October 26, 2024 The Atlantic The subscription money enriching Jeff Bezos could instead be spent on the journalism crucial to preserving democracy. ,   The biggest sto…

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October 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 30-Nov 5

This Week in People’s History, Oct 30-Nov 5     xxxxxx ‘The Boss’ Protests (1984), Halloween Parade Is Born (1974), Algeria Fights for Freedom (1954), Safety First Isn’t for Everyone (1974), Thanks for Your Service (1874), Global Warming’s a Hoax. Really? (2…

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October 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Donald Trump’s Racist NYC Rally Was Vile. It Was Also Political Suicide.

Donald Trump’s Racist NYC Rally Was Vile. It Was Also Political Suicide.     David Rothkopf October 28, 2024 The Daily Beast The Madison Square Garden rally, operatic in its repulsive bigotry, will almost certainly alienate more voters who might have voted f…

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October 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

If You Think Grocery Prices Take a Big Bite out of Your Paycheck in the US, Check Out the Rest of the World

Portside Culture If You Think Grocery Prices Take a Big Bite out of Your Paycheck in the US, Check Out the Rest of the World     Peter A. Coclanis The Conversation Grocery prices are still up from prepandemic numbers in the U.S. but— relatively speaki…

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October 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas

How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas     Francesca D'Annunzio October 21, 2024 Texas Observer The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas …

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October 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Israel, My Israel? A Poem-Essay

Israel, My Israel? A Poem-Essay     Gene Bruskin October 23, 2024 Stansbury Forum An exploration of how "victims of the past/ Inundated by the echoing pageantry of the government’s traumatizing machine/ Become the victimizers of the present." A tribute to "i…

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October 28, 2024 at 6:25 AM

Sunday Science: Crazy New Physics Anomaly: Anti-Matter Helium Detected

Sunday Science: Crazy New Physics Anomaly: Anti-Matter Helium Detected     Sabine Hossenfelder August 14, 2024 Sabine Hossenfelder Anti-Matter Helium Detected . . . Dark Matter lurking about? , Sabine Hossenfelder   Arkansas May Have Vast…

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October 28, 2024 at 5:35 AM

Letters From an American: A Newsletter About the History Behind Today’s Politics.

Letters From an American: A Newsletter About the History Behind Today’s Politics.     Heather Cox Richardson October 26, 2024 Heather Cox Richardson substack Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the…

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October 28, 2024 at 4:15 AM

Washington Post Says It Will Not Endorse Candidate for First Time in 30 Years

Washington Post Says It Will Not Endorse Candidate for First Time in 30 Years     Anna Betts October 25, 2024 The Guardian Newspaper condemned for ‘chicken-shit’ decision on White House race as staffers say they are ‘deeply concerned’ Will Lewis wr…

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October 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

In Search of the Trump-Osborn Voters

In Search of the Trump-Osborn Voters     Austin Ahlman October 25, 2024 The American Prospect Dan Osborn is forging a new path through red states with anti-corporate populism and working-class identity politics. Independent Senate candidate Dan Osb…

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October 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How’s Iceland’s 4-Day Work Week Working? ‘Incredibly Well,’ Study Says

How’s Iceland’s 4-Day Work Week Working? ‘Incredibly Well,’ Study Says     Brett Wilkins October 25, 2024 Common Dreams "The Iceland story offers a very different vision to countries across Europe that are grappling with low productivity but trying the same …

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October 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Pro-Trump Oligarchs Driving Americans Into Homelessness

Pro-Trump Oligarchs Driving Americans Into Homelessness     Thom Hartmann October 26, 2024 Common Dreams The principle cause of today’s crisis of homelessness and housing affordability has one, single, primary cause: billionaires treating housing as an inves…

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October 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Other Sherman’s March

The Other Sherman’s March     Richard R. John October 22, 2024 History News Network How the younger brother of the famous general set out to destroy the scourge of monopoly power. John Sherman, c. 1880. , Library of Congress   The U.S. Just…

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October 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Crime Is Down. Why Do So Many Rural Americans Think It’s Going Up?

Crime Is Down. Why Do So Many Rural Americans Think It’s Going Up?     Rachael Hanel October 16, 2024 Barn Raiser False claims of “migrant crime” echo the Ku Klux Klan’s fear mongering. Colorado GOP chairman Dave Williams speaks before Republican p…

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October 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

When Hurricane Evacuation Isn’t an Option

When Hurricane Evacuation Isn’t an Option     Ayurella Horn-Muller October 18, 2024 Grist Not everyone rides out storms like Milton or Helene by choice. Some simply cannot afford to flee. Helene’s brutal winds and deadly storm surge left a path of …

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October 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

“We the People” Includes We the Incarcerated

“We the People” Includes We the Incarcerated     Kwaneta Harris October 18, 2024 Yes Magazine Since the end of the Civil War, the United States has found ways to disenfranchise Black voters. It started with literacy tests and poll taxes and threats of racist…

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October 26, 2024 at 1:55 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 25, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | October 25, 2024     October 25, 2024 xxxxxx Is America Ready Ditch the Electoral College? Voters May End Gerrymandering in Ohio. The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane. The Right-Wing Plan To Recruit Poll Workers in Swing States. How Much Sleep…

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October 26, 2024 at 12:50 AM

Will Donald Trump Go Full Fascist at Madison Square Garden?

Will Donald Trump Go Full Fascist at Madison Square Garden?     David Rothkopf October 25, 2024 The Daily Beast In February 1939, the German-American Bund held an infamous, Hitler-supporting rally in Madison Square Garden. On Sunday, Trump will be holding a …

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October 26, 2024 at 12:40 AM

Real Men Reject Fascism

Real Men Reject Fascism     Anand Giridharadas October 23, 2024 The.Ink However one might reject their premises, some fraction of the American men who have succumbed to the lure of Trump’s fascism need to feel seen and heard and recognized. Saving the countr…

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October 26, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Billie Jean King Led a Revolution in Women’s Sports and LGBTQ History

Billie Jean King Led a Revolution in Women’s Sports and LGBTQ History     Peter Dreier October 18, 2024 Teen Vogue Tennis star Billie Jean King challenged America to create more opportunities for women and LGBTQ people. Her advocacy for women’s sports in the…

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October 26, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How Much Energy Does It Take To Make a Baby?

How Much Energy Does It Take To Make a Baby?     Carissa Wong October 22, 2024 Nature Researchers are rethinking what they know. Across the animal kingdom, models have vastly underestimated the energy females invest in reproduction. A lack of women in the fi…

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October 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Bullets

Portside Culture Bullets     Terry Adams October 25, 2024 Portside Poet Terry Adams relates how a sensitive child might learn about the intricate relationship between bullets and death. ,   At age five my 16 year-old cousin let me h…

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October 25, 2024 at 12:05 AM

We, Israelis, Are Calling for Global Pressure on Israel To Force an Immediate Ceasefire

We, Israelis, Are Calling for Global Pressure on Israel To Force an Immediate Ceasefire     Open letter October 24, 2024 The Guardian More than 2,700 Israelis have signed this open letter, published in 11 languages, asking the international community to use …

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October 25, 2024 at 12:05 AM

What (Really) Happens if Trump Wins? – Hitler – Then and Now

What (Really) Happens if Trump Wins? – Hitler – Then and Now     Heather Cox Richardson October 22, 2024 Letters from an American Three months after Hitler promised to uphold the German Constitution, the concentration camp Dachau was open. Its first prisoner…

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October 25, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Bob Dylan Was an Endearing Young Scallywag!’ Barbara Dane, the Singer Who Burned a Path Through Folk, Blues and Activism, Dies at 97

Bob Dylan Was an Endearing Young Scallywag!’ Barbara Dane, the Singer Who Burned a Path Through Folk, Blues and Activism, Dies at 97     Garth Cartwright October 21, 2024 The Guardian The US singer-songwriter, who has died at 97, encountered Louis Armstrong …

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October 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Puerto Rico Could Be About To Elect Its First Pro-Independence Governor

Puerto Rico Could Be About To Elect Its First Pro-Independence Governor     Alberto Medina October 21, 2024 Medium Something unprecedented is happening in Puerto Rico which, like the U.S., will hold its general election on November 5th. For the first time ev…

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October 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 24 – Reader Comments: Elections – Ten Days To Go; Hard Lessons From 1968; Gaza War: Jews for Ceasefire; Learning From the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Calling for a Peace Movement; Project 2025- Why It’s Bad-Comic Resource; Announcements

Tidbits – Oct. 24 – Reader Comments: Elections – Ten Days To Go; Hard Lessons From 1968; Gaza War: Jews for Ceasefire; Learning From the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Calling for a Peace Movement; Project 2025- Why It’s Bad-Comic Resource; Announcements     October 24,…

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October 24, 2024 at 3:00 AM

Trump Is Anti-Worker. Here Are 10 of His Most Shocking Anti-Worker Statements

Trump Is Anti-Worker. Here Are 10 of His Most Shocking Anti-Worker Statements     Steven Greenhouse October 23, 2024 The Guardian The former president actually said that the wages of US workers are ‘too high’. And that’s far from the worst , …

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October 24, 2024 at 2:35 AM

Property Taxes Under Fire: North Dakota’s Radical Plan To End Them

Property Taxes Under Fire: North Dakota’s Radical Plan To End Them     Thom Hartmann October 22, 2024 The Hartmann Report Is this the beginning of the end for property taxes? One state could change the game… ,   North Dakota may shake this …

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October 24, 2024 at 2:25 AM

One Year of Israeli Bombing Has Set Gaza Back 7 Decades: UN Report

One Year of Israeli Bombing Has Set Gaza Back 7 Decades: UN Report     Jake Johnson October 22, 2024 Common Dreams A new United Nations report sounds alarm "over the millions of lives that are being shattered and the decades of development efforts that are b…

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October 24, 2024 at 2:15 AM

As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator

As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator     Michael S. Schmidt October 23, 2024 New York Times John Kelly, the Trump White House’s longest-serving chief of staff, said that he believed that Donald Trump met the definition of a fascist…

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October 24, 2024 at 2:00 AM

The Far Right’s 70-Year Crusade To Extinguish Public Education

Portside Culture The Far Right’s 70-Year Crusade To Extinguish Public Education     Eleanor J. Bader October 21, 2024 The Indypendent Heightened efforts in recent years to paint public schools as bastions of ideological perversion, sexual permissiven…

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October 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – October 23, 2024

Global Left Midweek – October 23, 2024     October 23, 2024 xxxxxx Elections elsewhere A woman holds cardboard keys reading "Vulture out" and "Right to a roof", as people protest to demand lower housing rental prices and better living conditions in…

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October 23, 2024 at 12:35 AM

Redeeming the Nobel in Economics

Redeeming the Nobel in Economics     Robert Kuttner October 18, 2024 The American Prospect This year’s prize went to three institutionalist critics of neoliberalism. The award is overdue. Economist Simon Johnson poses for a photograph after jointly…

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October 23, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Billionaire Investors Are ‘Supercharging’ Housing Crisis: Report

Billionaire Investors Are ‘Supercharging’ Housing Crisis: Report     Julia Conley October 21, 2024 Common Dreams "Billionaires see housing as a way to boost their bottom line, instead of a necessity to survive." Executives of Invitation Homes, a su…

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October 23, 2024 at 12:30 AM

“Will You Bring My Dad and Give Me My Hand Back?

“Will You Bring My Dad and Give Me My Hand Back?     Nick Turse October 22, 2024 Tom Dispatch War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things At least 16,314 Palestinian children were killed in Israel’s devastating offensive on the Gaza Str…

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