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January 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Sunday Science: How China’s New AI Model DeepSeek Is Threatening U.S. Dominance

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January 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Harvard Outsources Program To Identify Descendants of Those Enslaved by University Affiliates, Lays Off Internal Staff

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January 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s “Defeat” in Gaza, Saudi Normalization, and the War on the West Bank

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January 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Forced Prison Labor in the “Land of the Free”

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January 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Letters From an American - January 25, 2025

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January 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM

‘I Can’t Handle All This Emotion’: Mo Amer on Using Daring Comedy To Redefine the Palestinian Experience

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January 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM

The Dubious History of America’s Most Famous Monarchist

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January 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM

Far-Right Leaders Are Forging a Global Alliance

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January 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM

How Meta’s Policy Updates Could Encourage Hate and Threaten Democracy

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January 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Defending Society Against MAGA Tyranny

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January 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Venture Capitalists in the Defence Industry

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January 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 24, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | January 24, 2025     January 24, 2025 xxxxxx How Saudi Arabia Bought Trump - And What They Want. Springtime for Elon (Song Parody). Trump Tech Requests. My Thoughts on the Trump Inauguration. Brooke Harrington - Trump’s “Broligarchy” of …

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January 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM

How To Persuade the Undecided in an Era of Disinformation

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January 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Trump’s Definitions of “Male” and “Female” Are Nonsense

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January 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM

'All Natural' Is Not a Viable Health Strategy

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January 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Leaked Documents Expose Deep Ties Between Israeli Army and Microsoft

Leaked Documents Expose Deep Ties Between Israeli Army and Microsoft     Yuval Abraham January 23, 2025 972 Magazine Since Oct. 7, the Israeli military has relied heavily on cloud and AI services from Microsoft and its partner OpenAI, while the tech giant’s …

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January 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Bring In the Clowns

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January 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump-Three Days of Wannabe Presidency or Dictatorship

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January 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Federal Judges in Jan. 6 Cases Slam Trump’s Pardons

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January 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Will Test the Supreme Court

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Will Test the Supreme Court     Matt Ford January 22, 2025 The New Republic The president’s latest salvo against the Constitution shouldn’t survive the judiciary’s scrutiny. But these days, you never know. Presi…

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January 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM

No Innocents in Gaza’: Reflecting on Israel’s First Fascist War

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January 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Jan.23- Reader Comments: WHAT TO DO IF ICE COMES TO YOUR DOOR; KNOW YOUR RIGHTS; Israel Intensified Its Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank; Betrayed by Vote on Laken Riley Act; LA Burned, Karen Bass; José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez; More

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January 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM

Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop Who Angered Trump With Inaugural Sermon?

Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop Who Angered Trump With Inaugural Sermon?     Anna Betts January 22, 2025 The Guardian Budde, 65, asked president to ‘have mercy’ on immigrants and LGBTQ+ people in prayer service on Tuesday ‘They fear for thei…

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January 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM

Faith Communities Vow To Continue Sanctuary Despite Trump’s Removal of Protections for Churches and Schools

Faith Communities Vow To Continue Sanctuary Despite Trump’s Removal of Protections for Churches and Schools     Felicia Hyde January 22, 2025 Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity They will continue to welcome immigrants and offer solidarity, support, and …

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January 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM

Trump’s Pardons Are Sending a Crystal-Clear Message

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January 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Trump’s First Orders Parrot Project 2025 Manifesto He Disavowed

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January 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM

‘The Death of Expertise’ Explores How Ignorance Became a Virtue

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January 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – January 22, 2025

Global Left Midweek – January 22, 2025     January 22, 2025 xxxxxx Thousands of women march against Trump — in the UK Women’s march, London: Bea, Nerys, Annie and Nell all say they are ‘scared’ about what is to come with Donald Trump’s second presi…

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January 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM

There’s No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire

There’s No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire     Carl Beijer January 21, 2025 Jacobin Democrats want us to believe that there is some cohort of “good billionaires” who can be relied upon to fight for political progress. But as the right-wing turn of tech bill…

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January 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Trump Promises To End Birthright Citizenship and Shut Down the Border – a Legal Scholar Explains the Challenges These Actions Could Face

Trump Promises To End Birthright Citizenship and Shut Down the Border – a Legal Scholar Explains the Challenges These Actions Could Face     Amy Lieberman with Jean Lantz Reisz January 20, 2025 The Conversation Amy Lieberman, a politics editor at The Convers…

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January 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Senate Democrats Boil Over Laken Riley Missteps

Senate Democrats Boil Over Laken Riley Missteps     Alexander Bolton January 21, 2025 The Hill “There is huge concern because we’re talking about the mandatory imprisonment based on an accusation without a person even being charged, let alone being convicted…

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January 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Citizens United Unleashed the Dark Money Surge That Shaped the 2024 Election

Citizens United Unleashed the Dark Money Surge That Shaped the 2024 Election     Marina Pino, Julia Fishman January 14, 2025 Brennan Center for Justice The influence of wealthy donors and dark money was unprecedented. Much of it would have been illegal befor…

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January 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Palestinian Filmmakers Are Doing the Impossible To Capture Their Stories

Portside Culture Palestinian Filmmakers Are Doing the Impossible To Capture Their Stories     Matt MInton January 10, 2025 The Progressive "We are not belonging to anybody or to any party. We are artists, filmmakers from Gaza, who want to tell our st…

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January 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – January 21, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – January 21, 2025     January 21, 2025 xxxxxx Media in galloping retreat , Ruben Bolling   Free Our Feeds Media in Galloping Retreat How to Protect Your Meta Data TikTok and RedNote AI Fans the LA Flames Trump’s Crypt…

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January 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM

‘It’s Finally Over, I’m Going Home’: Biden Grants Commutation for Leonard Peltier

‘It’s Finally Over, I’m Going Home’: Biden Grants Commutation for Leonard Peltier     Brett Wilkins January 20, 2025 Common Dreams "The victory of freeing Leonard Peltier is a symbol of our collective strength—and our resistance will never stop," vowed one I…

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January 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM

Woody’s New Year’s Resolutions and Ours

Woody’s New Year’s Resolutions and Ours     George Lakoff and Gil Duran January 1, 2025 FrameLab Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat Let's get to work! , Photo by BoliviaInteligente / Unsplash   It is hard to compete with Woody Gu…

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January 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 22–28

This Week in People’s History, Jan 22–28     xxxxxx The Long, Long, Road to Revolution (1905), ‘Can’t Nobody Lick Us’ (1940), Voter Suppression Meets Its Match (1965), Fluoride’s Safe to Drink, Period (1945), Designing the Trail of Tears (1825) , …

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January 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

California Just Became the First State To Ban Sell-By Dates

Portside Culture California Just Became the First State To Ban Sell-By Dates     Merlyn Miller October 4, 2024 Food & Wine California's new law prohibits sell-by dates and requires standardized language for date labels. A "sell-by" date…

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January 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle

A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle     T.J. Clark January 17, 2025 London Review of Books If Trump is what the image-world has now revealed itself to be – if he’s the ‘society’ we have settled for, looming against us, cruel and false and ugly and deter…

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January 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Running in Circles on Racial Justice

Running in Circles on Racial Justice     Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler January 16, 2025 LA Progressive The reaction to racial justice is relentless and comes whenever strives are made to make the nation more inclusive. , Image by Thomas G. on Pixabay …

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January 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Sunday Science: My Errant Uterus

Sunday Science: My Errant Uterus     Monica J. Casper January 14, 2025 Sapiens.org In a time of heightened threats to reproductive rights, a women’s health scholar and mother of two comes face to face with her uterus. A person touches the keloid sc…

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January 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM

Notes on Fighting Trumpism

Notes on Fighting Trumpism     Robin D. G. Kelley November 12, 2024 Boston Review To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity. , AP   Iam baffled, as I was in 2016, as to why so many liberals are still …

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January 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM

It Wasn’t Just Flawed Forecasts, Dishonesty Has Also Hurt Economists

It Wasn’t Just Flawed Forecasts, Dishonesty Has Also Hurt Economists     Dean Baker January 10, 2025 CEPR Economists have seriously failed the public in important areas over the last three decades. And these failures played a role in fostering the upward red…

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January 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM

For Reality

For Reality     Bill McKibben January 19, 2025 The Crucial Years A few thoughts on the last day of the old world ,   It is hard, watching the richest men on earth grovel before the new king, not to feel a little fear. I have some early morn…

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January 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM

A Public Model for Home Insurance

A Public Model for Home Insurance     Moira Birss, MacKenzie Marcelin January 17, 2025 Dissent We must reimagine our disaster risk finance system so it reduces exposure and provides protection fairly. A house in Manasota Key, Florida, after the des…

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January 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM

An Explosive Fox Sports Lawsuit Has Turned Into a Salacious, Sexist Mess

Portside Culture An Explosive Fox Sports Lawsuit Has Turned Into a Salacious, Sexist Mess     Kyndall Cunningham January 19, 2025 Vox Sexual harassment claims involving hosts Skip Bayless and Joy Taylor have become a playground for misogynists online…

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January 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM

Shove the Presidency Down Trump’s Throat

Shove the Presidency Down Trump’s Throat     Jason Linkins January 18, 2025 The New Republic Liberals spent the president-elect’s first term trying and failing to kick him out of office. This time out, they need to turn the White House into a prison. …

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January 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM

The TikTok Ban Won’t Help

The TikTok Ban Won’t Help     Siddharth Suhas Shanbhag January 18, 2025 Jacobin The TikTok ban is about US tech hegemony, not national security or protecting Americans’ data, which homegrown social media companies make a business of collecting and selling. …

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January 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Urgency of Interracial Solidarity in a Divided Nation

The Urgency of Interracial Solidarity in a Divided Nation     Brenda Victoria Castillo and Marc H. Morial January 18, 2025 Common Dreams By pitting Black and Brown communities against each other, shadow actors promote the false notion that democracy and equa…

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January 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez, Human Rights Activist and Former Chair of Young Lords, Dead at 76

José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez, Human Rights Activist and Former Chair of Young Lords, Dead at 76     Violet Miller January 12, 2025 Chicago Sun-Times “The Young Lords Organization turned political because we found out that just giving gifts wasn’t going to help our…

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