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March 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM

Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Wide Swaths of Federal Employees

Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Wide Swaths of Federal Employees     Andrea Hsu March 28, 2025 NPR The executive order signed Thursday night covers all or some unionized employees at around 20 agencies, including the departments of Agric…

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March 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly

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March 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Pro-Israel Group Says It Has ‘Deportation List’ and Has Sent ‘Thousands’ of Names to Trump Officials

Pro-Israel Group Says It Has ‘Deportation List’ and Has Sent ‘Thousands’ of Names to Trump Officials     Anna Betts March 14, 2025 The Guardian Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests…

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March 31, 2025 at 6:10 AM

The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

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March 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Adolescence Is the Rare Gripping Crime Drama That Doesn’t Need a Twist

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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules.

Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules.     Ames Alexander & Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight; Joe Engleman, Barn Raiser March 25, 2025 Barn Raiser Thousands of farmers and small rural busine…

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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Radical Change Isn’t Free

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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump

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March 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 28, 2025

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March 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

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March 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM

‘Stop Turning Gaza Into Rubble’: Fed Up With War and Hamas Rule, Palestinians Ramp Up Their Protest

‘Stop Turning Gaza Into Rubble’: Fed Up With War and Hamas Rule, Palestinians Ramp Up Their Protest     Nagham Zbeedat March 26, 2025 Haaretz 'Hamas has nothing left to offer – nothing left to ensure even our basic survival,' one Gazan tells Haaretz, as Pale…

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March 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM

‘Rock and Pop Music Were the Unexpected Consequences of the Working-Class Entering History’

‘Rock and Pop Music Were the Unexpected Consequences of the Working-Class Entering History’     Brett Gregory March 27, 2025 Morning Star The Morning Star's Brett Gregory speaks with Toby Manning, author of Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popul…

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March 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM

The New “Blacklists” Work When Law Firms Stay Silent

The New “Blacklists” Work When Law Firms Stay Silent     Andrew Weissmann March 24, 2025 Just Security The legal profession cannot afford to remain silent. Lawyers — especially those in positions of influence — have a responsibility to represent those being …

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March 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dear America

Portside Culture Dear America     Marsha de la O Salt Number 7 As she travels across America, poet Marsha de la O asks her country, "Who is lost, and who isn't?" Coronado Circle, Nadya Brown   Once I took a midnight Greyhound out of …

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March 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The New Definition of Antisemitism Is Transforming America – and Serving a Christian Nationalist Plan

The New Definition of Antisemitism Is Transforming America – and Serving a Christian Nationalist Plan     Itamar Mann and Lihi Yona March 23, 2025 The Guardian Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating author…

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March 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Thousands Protest ICE Abduction of Tufts Student As Trump Attacks at Universities Intensify

Thousands Protest ICE Abduction of Tufts Student As Trump Attacks at Universities Intensify     Julia Conley March 27, 2025 Common Dreams The targeting of foreign students at Columbia, Tufts, Georgetown, and other universities has led to outcry among academi…

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March 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Does Columbia Still Merit the Name of a University?

Does Columbia Still Merit the Name of a University?     Rashid Khalidi March 25, 2025 The Guardian Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson. It was never about eliminati…

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March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Big Secret About Medicaid: It’s a Middle-Class Benefit, Too

The Big Secret About Medicaid: It’s a Middle-Class Benefit, Too     Ron Lieber March 21, 2025 New York Times If you have a parent short on savings, a disabled adult child or a minor with special needs, Medicaid may be your backstop. Plenty of people are unaw…

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March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.27 – Reader Comments: Trump Shit Show and War Crimes Made Public; Resistance Growing; Bernie-AOC Anti-Oligarchy Tour; ICE Abductions; Trump Anti-Voter Executive Order; Massive Palestinian Demonstrations for Peace Against Israel & Hamas

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March 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Netanyahu Repeats Threat To Seize Territory in Gaza As Anti-Hamas Protests Continue

Netanyahu Repeats Threat To Seize Territory in Gaza As Anti-Hamas Protests Continue     Lorenzo Tondo March 26, 2025 The Guardian Israeli PM warns of seizure of territories and ‘other measures’ if Hamas refuses to release remaining hostages Palesti…

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March 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM

The Real Yemen Scandal Has Zero To Do With Jeffrey Goldberg

The Real Yemen Scandal Has Zero To Do With Jeffrey Goldberg     Branko Marcetic March 26, 2025 Jacobin The press is mostly framing the Yemen group chat scandal as a story of incompetence. There’s little attention being paid to the deadliness, illegality, and…

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March 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Call It the ‘Dismantling Government Act’: House GOP Advances Bill Backing Musk-Led Destruction

Call It the ‘Dismantling Government Act’: House GOP Advances Bill Backing Musk-Led Destruction     Julia Conley March 26, 2025 Common Dreams "This bill would rubber-stamp unchecked abuses of power even further," said the leader of one government watchdog gro…

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March 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM

Democrats Just Flipped a Massively Pro-Trump District

Democrats Just Flipped a Massively Pro-Trump District     Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling March 26, 2025 The New Republic Democrats scored key victories in Pennsylvania. James Malone (wearing tie) campaigning in Pennsylvania's 36th State Senate district.…

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March 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM

The Mystery of Neil Gorsuch

Portside Culture The Mystery of Neil Gorsuch     Andrew Koppelman March 19, 2025 Los Angeles Review of Books "The principal virtue of the book," writes reviewer Koppelman, "is the light it unintentionally sheds on some of the Supreme Court’s least de…

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March 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 26, 2025

Global Left Midweek – March 26, 2025     March 26, 2025 xxxxxx The world economy is going through some stuff , From LawNet (Ho Chi Minh City)   Recalibrating Power The Crisis of African Liberators Prospects for Serbian Uprising Palestine, …

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March 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM

The Wisconsin Court Election Drawing Elon Musk’s Money

The Wisconsin Court Election Drawing Elon Musk’s Money     Emma Janssen March 21, 2025 The American Prospect Liberals and conservatives face off in the most political apolitical race in the country. Candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court former…

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March 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM

Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United

Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United     Matt Ford March 24, 2025 The New Republic The Supreme Court said in 2010 that the decision wouldn’t damage Americans’ faith in democracy. Whoops. Donald Trump, accompanied by Elon Musk …

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March 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM

What Comes After Globalization?

What Comes After Globalization?     Branko Milanovic March 24, 2025 Jacobin The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close. , Illustration by Ben Jones.   Donald Trump is bac…

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March 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM

It’s War and Peace With Donald and Pete – and the Worst Group Chat Ever

It’s War and Peace With Donald and Pete – and the Worst Group Chat Ever     Marina Hyde March 25, 2025 The Guardian We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither Presiden…

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March 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 25, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 25, 2025     March 25, 2025 xxxxxx A win for trans rights... in Montana! ,   More Than Just Conservative Midwife Arrested in Texas AAUP Organizes for Academic Freedom Behind the Case Against Mahmoud…

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March 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Black Bag: Not Much To See Here

Portside Culture Black Bag: Not Much To See Here     Eileen Jones March 19, 2025 Jacobin Black Bag is being hailed by critics as highly sophisticated cinematic fare — rather than an unambitious rush job by a talented director eager to move on to his …

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March 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM

20% of Americans Support Boycott of Firms Aligning Themselves With Trump Agenda

20% of Americans Support Boycott of Firms Aligning Themselves With Trump Agenda     Lauren Aratani March 22, 2025 The Guardian New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies A demo…

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March 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM

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

This Week in People’s History, Mar 26 – Apr 1     xxxxxx A Brand-New Protest Format Catches on in a Very Big Way (1965), Wasn’t That a Time? Yes, It Sure Was (1995), A Catchy Name for a Rotten Program (1950), Texas Racists Throw the Book at Student Protester…

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March 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Why Gavin Newsom’s Podcast Is a Political Disaster

Why Gavin Newsom’s Podcast Is a Political Disaster     Gil Duran March 18, 2025 FrameLab Gavin Newsom's effort to go upside-down has harmed his public standing. The upside of his venture is that provides, in hard numbers and immediate practical implications,…

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March 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Cheesy Terroir-Ism: The ABCs of AOCs

Portside Culture Cheesy Terroir-Ism: The ABCs of AOCs     Matthew Wills Jstor.org Whether it supports the production of wine or cheese, terroir is a “particularly French conception of cultural territory” says historian Tamara L. Whited. Piec…

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March 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How Intergenerational Organizing Strengthens Movements

How Intergenerational Organizing Strengthens Movements     Annie Faye Cheng March 19, 2025 Prism Combining the wisdom of experience with the energy of youth can create powerful, lasting change. ,   While New York City has always been a reli…

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March 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Momentous Class Struggle of the German Peasants’ War

The Momentous Class Struggle of the German Peasants’ War     Daniel Colligan March 22, 2025 Jacobin This year marks the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War, the largest European uprising before the French Revolution, in which peasants seized upon t…

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March 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM

Sunday Science: ‘More Than a Hint’ That Dark Energy Isn’t What Astronomers Thought

Sunday Science: ‘More Than a Hint’ That Dark Energy Isn’t What Astronomers Thought     Katrina Miller, Dennis Overbye March 19, 2025 New York Times An international team of astronomers unveiled the most compelling evidence to date that dark energy — a myster…

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March 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM

The Anti-Constitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship

The Anti-Constitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship     Evan D. Bernick January 30, 2025 Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project Looking back at our constitutional history to capture Trump's order’s viciousness. Doing so reveals that the order is not m…

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March 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM

Resistance Is Alive and Well in the United States

Resistance Is Alive and Well in the United States     Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman, Soha Hammam March 19, 2025 Waging Nonviolence Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — w…

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March 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM

Trump’s Antisocial State

Trump’s Antisocial State     Melinda Cooper March 18, 2025 Dissent The administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport. …

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March 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM

Constitutional Collapse

Constitutional Collapse     Aziz Rana March 21, 2025 Sidecar, blog of New Left Review Trump/Musk are pursuing the collapse of the American constitutional model, fundamentally altering the terrain on which the US left operates, requiring an oppositional polit…

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March 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Severance Is an Indictment of Workplace Hell

Portside Culture Severance Is an Indictment of Workplace Hell     Eileen Jones March 18, 2025 Jacobin Apple’s dystopian workplace thriller Severance entered its second season as a genuine cultural phenomenon. With its brutal satire of the American co…

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March 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid.

Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid.     Lakshya Jain March 21, 2025 Politico Democratic voters are even angrier than you think. A constituent shouts comments during a town hall hosted by Democratic Rep. Emily Randall in Tacoma, Wash., Frid…

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March 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Dark, McCarthyist History of Deporting Activists

The Dark, McCarthyist History of Deporting Activists     Michelle Chen March 21, 2025 The Progressive Donald Trump is using decades-old laws to expel critics and opponents. Newspaper clippings taken from the Los Angeles Committee for the Protection…

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March 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump’s Latin America Policy: Inconsistencies and Vacillations

Trump’s Latin America Policy: Inconsistencies and Vacillations     Steve Ellner March 12, 2025 NACLA Reports The Trump administration’s volatility on foreign policy reveals internal divisions within Trumpism. But when threats and populism lose their momentum…

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March 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Fighting the Trans Care Scare

Fighting the Trans Care Scare     Eva Moschitto March 17, 2025 Indypendent “Withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender…

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March 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

“When the Banality of Evil Becomes Normalized, It Grows Unchecked.”

“When the Banality of Evil Becomes Normalized, It Grows Unchecked.”     Rafael Sergi in conversation with Francesca Albanese March 15, 2025 Left Berlin We are at the potential tipping point of a necessary revolution. Right now, capitalism has armed itself — …

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March 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 21, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | March 21, 2025     March 21, 2025 xxxxxx AOC, on Fight Oligarchy Tour, Gives Speech of the Year. Imprisoned Israelis Refuse Military Service in Gaza. Why Your Brain Blinds You for Two Hours Every Day. Stripped for Parts | Documentary. Tr…

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March 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Bernie’s Anti-Oligarchy Tour Is Showing Dems How To Fight

Bernie’s Anti-Oligarchy Tour Is Showing Dems How To Fight     Zeeshan Aleem March 12, 2025 MSNBC Sanders is doing some things that Democrats ought to pay attention to. He is using the theme of oligarchy and class domination as an overarching message. “We are…

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